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verbbe a mystery or bewildering to
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"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles" "that's a real puzzler"nouna particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solutiontype of:
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nouna game that tests your ingenuitytype of:
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"We puzzled over her sudden departure"verbbe uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
Definition that contains puzzle
- bother make confused or perplexed or puzzled
- crossword a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
- scrabble a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- sudoku a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number
- rebus a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
- detective novel novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
- word square a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
- jigsaw puzzle a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces
- chinese puzzle intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes
- tangram a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs