Puzzle
Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.
To make intricate; to entangle.
To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
To be bewildered, or perplexed.
To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
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Puzzle Quotations
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
Lewis Carroll
Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
Ambrose Bierce
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
Deepak Chopra
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.
Stephen Sondheim
People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.
Marilyn vos Savant
I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that's 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says 'go outside.'
Demetri Martin
Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
Oliver Goldsmith
Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.
Maya Lin
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
Douglas Horton
Puzzle Translations
puzzle in Afrikaans is verwar
puzzle in Danish is forvirre
puzzle in Dutch is puzzel, raadsel
puzzle in Portuguese is enigma
puzzle in Swedish is pussel
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