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Synonyms
puz·zle (pŭźəl)

[Origin unknown.]

verb: -zled, -zling, -zles. 

transitive verb 

  1. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.
  2. To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study: He puzzled out the significance of the statement.

intransitive verb 

  1. To be perplexed.
  2. To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.

noun 

  1. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.
  2. Something that baffles or confuses.
  3. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment.

derivatives

puźzler
noun

synonyms:

puzzle, perplex, mystify, bewilder, confound These verbs mean to cause bafflement or confusion. Puzzle suggests difficulty in solving or interpreting something: “The poor creature puzzled me once . . . by a question merely natural and innocent” (Daniel Defoe) Perplex stresses uncertainty or anxiety, as over reaching an understanding or finding a solution: a dilemma that perplexed the committee. Mystify implies defying comprehension by obscuring facts: symbolism that mystifies me. Bewilder emphasizes extreme mental confusion: “The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered” (Logan Pearsall Smith) To confound is to confuse and astonish: God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise (I Corinthians 1:27)