Cryptics Puzzle Translator

puz·zle /ˈpəzəl/ Learn to pronounce verb verb: puzzle; 3rd person present: puzzles; past tense: puzzled; past participle: puzzled; gerund or present participle: puzzling cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand or make sense of something. "one remark he made puzzled me" Similar: perplex confuse bewilder bemuse baffle mystify confound nonplus throw set someone thinking flummox discombobulate faze stump beat fog wilder gravel maze pose obfuscate perplexed confused bewildered bemused baffled mystified confounded nonplussed at a loss at sea flummoxed discombobulated stumped fazed clueless without a clue bushed wildered graveled mazed difficult/hard to understand baffling perplexing mystifying bewildering confusing complicated unclear beyond one above one's head mysterious enigmatic ambiguous paradoxical obscure abstruse unfathomable inexplicable incomprehensible impenetrable cryptic oracular wildering Opposite: clear straightforward comprehensible think hard about something difficult to understand or explain. "she was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the office" Similar: think hard about give much thought to rack one's brains about mull over muse over ponder brood about contemplate meditate on consider reflect on deliberate on chew over turn over in one's mind cogitate on wonder about ask oneself about pore on solve or understand something by thinking hard. "she was trying to puzzle out who the speakers were" Similar: work out understand comprehend think out think through sort out reason out solve make sense of get to the bottom of make head or tail of unravel untangle decipher decode find the key to piece together figure out suss out crack noun noun: puzzle; plural noun: puzzles a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge. short for jigsaw puzzle (see jigsaw). a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma. "the meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle" Similar: enigma mystery paradox conundrum poser riddle question question mark problem stumper Origin late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. verb verb: puzzle; 3rd person present: puzzles; past tense: puzzled; past participle: puzzled; gerund or present participle: puzzling cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand or make sense of something. "one remark he made puzzled me" Similar: perplex confuse bewilder bemuse baffle mystify confound nonplus throw set someone thinking flummox discombobulate faze stump beat fog wilder gravel maze pose obfuscate perplexed confused bewildered bemused baffled mystified confounded nonplussed at a loss at sea flummoxed discombobulated stumped fazed clueless without a clue bushed wildered graveled mazed difficult/hard to understand baffling perplexing mystifying bewildering confusing complicated unclear beyond one above one's head mysterious enigmatic ambiguous paradoxical obscure abstruse unfathomable inexplicable incomprehensible impenetrable cryptic oracular wildering Opposite: clear straightforward comprehensible think hard about something difficult to understand or explain. "she was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the office" Similar: think hard about give much thought to rack one's brains about mull over muse over ponder brood about contemplate meditate on consider reflect on deliberate on chew over turn over in one's mind cogitate on wonder about ask oneself about pore on solve or understand something by thinking hard. "she was trying to puzzle out who the speakers were" Similar: work out understand comprehend think out think through sort out reason out solve make sense of get to the bottom of make head or tail of unravel untangle decipher decode find the key to piece together figure out suss out crack noun noun: puzzle; plural noun: puzzles a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge. short for jigsaw puzzle (see jigsaw). a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma. "the meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle" Similar: enigma mystery paradox conundrum poser riddle question question mark problem stumper Origin late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. verb verb: puzzle; 3rd person present: puzzles; past tense: puzzled; past participle: puzzled; gerund or present participle: puzzling cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand or make sense of something. "one remark he made puzzled me" Similar: perplex confuse bewilder bemuse baffle mystify confound nonplus throw set someone thinking flummox discombobulate faze stump beat fog wilder gravel maze pose obfuscate perplexed confused bewildered bemused baffled mystified confounded nonplussed at a loss at sea flummoxed discombobulated stumped fazed clueless without a clue bushed wildered graveled mazed difficult/hard to understand baffling perplexing mystifying bewildering confusing complicated unclear beyond one above one's head mysterious enigmatic ambiguous paradoxical obscure abstruse unfathomable inexplicable incomprehensible impenetrable cryptic oracular wildering Opposite: clear straightforward comprehensible think hard about something difficult to understand or explain. "she was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the office" Similar: think hard about give much thought to rack one's brains about mull over muse over ponder brood about contemplate meditate on consider reflect on deliberate on chew over turn over in one's mind cogitate on wonder about ask oneself about pore on solve or understand something by thinking hard. "she was trying to puzzle out who the speakers were" Similar: work out understand comprehend think out think through sort out reason out solve make sense of get to the bottom of make head or tail of unravel untangle decipher decode find the key to piece together figure out suss out crack noun noun: puzzle; plural noun: puzzles a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge. short for jigsaw puzzle (see jigsaw). a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma. "the meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle" Similar: enigma mystery paradox conundrum poser riddle question question mark problem stumper Origin late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. verb verb: puzzle; 3rd person present: puzzles; past tense: puzzled; past participle: puzzled; gerund or present participle: puzzling cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand or make sense of something. "one remark he made puzzled me" Similar: perplex confuse bewilder bemuse baffle mystify confound nonplus throw set someone thinking flummox discombobulate faze stump beat fog wilder gravel maze pose obfuscate perplexed confused bewildered bemused baffled mystified confounded nonplussed at a loss at sea flummoxed discombobulated stumped fazed clueless without a clue bushed wildered graveled mazed difficult/hard to understand baffling perplexing mystifying bewildering co