noun. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.

noun. Something that baffles or confuses; an enigma.

noun. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment.

intransitive verb. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter. synonym: perplex.

intransitive verb. To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study.

intransitive verb. To be perplexed.

intransitive verb. To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.

To perplex or pose with or as with difficult points, problems, or questions; put to a stand; gravel.

To entangle; make intricate.

To resolve or discover by long cogitation or careful investigation; make out by mental labor; cogitate: with out.

Synonyms Perplex, etc. (see embarrass), pose, nonplus, bewilder, stagger.

To be bewildered; be perplexed or posed.

noun. A difficult question or problem; specifically, a riddle, or a toy or contrivance which is designed to try one's ingenuity.

noun. Embarrassment; perplexity: as, to be in a puzzle, or in a state of puzzle.

noun. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

noun. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

intransitive verb. To be bewildered, or perplexed.

intransitive verb. To work, as at a puzzle.

transitive verb. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

transitive verb. To make intricate; to entangle.

transitive verb. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out.

noun. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

noun. A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.

noun. A crossword puzzle.

noun. A jigsaw puzzle.

noun. A riddle.

verb. To perplex (someone).

verb. be a mystery or bewildering to

noun. a game that tests your ingenuity

noun. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

verb. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

"But it ` s just -- it ` s a normal investigative process, you know, and it ` s odd that the term puzzle was used, because essentially that ` s what an investigation is."

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