puzzle

(pŭzˈəl)

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.

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

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.

Related Forms:

• puzˈzler noun