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puzzle

/ˈpʌzəl/
noun
  1. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

    "Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle."

  2. A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.

  3. A crossword puzzle.

Synonymsanybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery, crossword
verb
  1. To perplex (someone).

  2. To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.

    "We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted."

  3. To make intricate; to entangle.

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