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What (who) is Puzzle - definition

PROBLEM OR ENIGMA THAT TESTS THE INGENUITY OF THE SOLVER

Enigmatology; Puzzle game; Pzzl; Puzzles; Brainbreaker; Online puzzle; Puzzle solving; Online puzzles; Zest Online Riddle; Frvade; Online Puzzle; Metagrobology; Web Riddler; P4X the riddle; P4x the riddle; Puzzle-solving; Puzzle piece; Puzzlist; Enigmatologist

puzzle

I

n.

1) to solve a puzzle

2) a crossword puzzle; jigsaw puzzle (AE; BE has jigsaw)

3) a puzzle to (the whole matter was a puzzle to the police)

II

v.

1) (d; intr.) to puzzle over (to puzzle over a problem)

2) (R) it puzzled me that they never answered the telephone

puzzle

(puzzles)

1.

If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused.

My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.

VERB: V n

• puzzling

His letter poses a number of puzzling questions.

ADJ

2.

If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.

In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.

VERB: V over/about n

3.

A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly.

...a word puzzle.

N-COUNT: oft supp N

see also crossword

4.

You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle.

Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...

= mystery

N-SING: a N

Puzzle

·vi To be bewildered, or perplexed.

II. Puzzle ·vt To make intricate; to Entangle.

III. Puzzle ·vi To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

IV. Puzzle ·v The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

V. Puzzle ·vt To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle;

- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

VI. Puzzle ·vt To Perplex; to Confuse; to Embarrass; to put to a stand; to Nonplus.

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

Wikipedia

Puzzle

A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together (or take them apart) in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, and logic puzzles. The academic study of puzzles is called enigmatology.

Puzzles are often created to be a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logical problems. In such cases, their solution may be a significant contribution to mathematical research.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle

Examples of use of Puzzle

1. "It‘s this idea that I have a piece of the puzzle and you have a piece the puzzle.

2. He said bureaucracy remains an irritating puzzle.

3. "He‘s the ambassador of the crossword puzzle world.

4. Traders were left with conflicting data to puzzle over.

5. The end Another popular puzzle is why dinosaurs became extinct.