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puzzle
noun
a
game
,
toy
,
or
activity
with
pieces
or
clues
that
you
must
fit
together
or
figure
out
to
discover
the
answer
•
Lena
spread
the
pieces
of
the
new
1
,
000-piece
puzzle
across
the
dining
room
table
.
Lena
spread
the
pieces
of
the
new
1
,
000-piece
puzzle
across
the
dining
room
table
.
•
Completing
a
crossword
puzzle
every
morning
keeps
my
grandfather's
mind
sharp
.
Completing
a
crossword
puzzle
every
morning
keeps
my
grandfather's
mind
sharp
.
From
late
16th-century
English
"
pusle
"
meaning
"
bewilder
or
confound
,"
later
applied
to
toys
and
games
that
cause
such
a
feeling
.
noun
something
that
is
difficult
to
understand
or
explain
;
a
mystery
•
Why
the
lights
kept
flickering
remained
a
complete
puzzle
to
the
engineers
.
Why
the
lights
kept
flickering
remained
a
complete
puzzle
to
the
engineers
.
•
For
centuries
,
the
construction
of
the
pyramids
has
been
a
puzzle
to
historians
.
For
centuries
,
the
construction
of
the
pyramids
has
been
a
puzzle
to
historians
.
Sense
extended
from
the
idea
of
something
that
perplexes
the
mind
to
any
mysterious
problem
.
verb
-
puzzle
,
puzzling
,
puzzles
,
puzzled
to
confuse
or
baffle
someone
by
being
difficult
to
understand
•
The
complicated
instructions
puzzled
the
tourists
at
the
ticket
machine
.
The
complicated
instructions
puzzled
the
tourists
at
the
ticket
machine
.
•
Her
unexpected
answer
puzzled
the
teacher
.
Her
unexpected
answer
puzzled
the
teacher
.
Earliest
verb
sense
meaning
“
confuse
”
dates
from
late
1500s
,
possibly
related
to
“
pose
”
a
problem
.
verb
-
puzzle
,
puzzling
,
puzzles
,
puzzled
to
think
carefully
for
a
long
time
while
trying
to
understand
or
solve
something
•
He
sat
by
the
fire
,
puzzling
over
the
ancient
map
.
He
sat
by
the
fire
,
puzzling
over
the
ancient
map
.
•
I
spent
the
afternoon
puzzling
about
how
to
fix
the
leak
.
I
spent
the
afternoon
puzzling
about
how
to
fix
the
leak
.
Derived
from
the
transitive
sense
:
one
who
is
puzzled
begins
to
puzzle
over
a
problem
.
