Puzzle

//ˈpʌzl̩//

Synonyms for "puzzle" (240 found)

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Noun(1 words)
conundrum

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Translations

188 translations across 63 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • enigmë noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أُحْجِيَّة noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • أُحْجِيَّة noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • بَازْل noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • لُغْز noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Armenian

4 entries
  • առեղծված noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • գլուխկոտրուկ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • գլուխկոտրուկ noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • հանելուկ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • müəmma noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • башватҡыс noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • башватҡыс noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • галавало́мка noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • зага́дка noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ধাঁধা noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • সমস্যা noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • पहेली noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • главоблъ́сканица noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • зага́дка noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • пъ́зел noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • обърквам verb ((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

Burmese

3 entries
  • စကားထာ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • ပဟေဠိ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • အမေးပုစ္ဆာ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Catalan

2 entries
  • trencaclosques noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • trencaclosques noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 智力游戲 /智力游戏 noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • 猜謎游戲 /猜谜游戏 noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • 謎 /谜 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • 難題 /难题 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Czech

2 entries
  • hlavolam noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • záhada noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Danish

1 entries
  • gåde noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hersenbreker noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • mysterie noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • puzzel noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • raadsel noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Estonian

2 entries
  • mõistatus noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • mõistatus noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Finnish

4 entries
  • arvoitus noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • pulma noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • pähkinä noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • tehtävä noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

French

4 entries
  • casse-tête noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • jeu de patience noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • mystère noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • puzzle noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თავსატეხი noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • თავსატეხი თამაში noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

German

4 entries
  • Geduldspiel noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • Geduldsspiel noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • Puzzle noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • Rätsel noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Greek

3 entries
  • αίνιγμα noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • γρίφος noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • γρίφος noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חִידָה noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पहेली noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • भेद noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • मुअम्मा noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • रहस्य noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fejtörő noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • rejtvény noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • rejtély noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • talány noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • púsl noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tebakan noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • لُغَز noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • مُعَمَّا noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • پازِل noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • چیسْتان noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Italian

3 entries
  • mistero noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • rompicapo noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • rompicapo noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Japanese

4 entries
  • パズル noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • 謎 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • 難問 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • 難題 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жұмбақ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thǖyēu noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Khmer

3 entries
  • បណ្ដៅ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • ប្រស្នា noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • ល្បែងផ្គុំរូប noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Korean

4 entries
  • 난문 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • 난제 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • 수수께끼 noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • 짝맞추기 noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • табышмак noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Latvian

2 entries
  • mīkla noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • noslēpums noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • galvosūkis noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • mįslė noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • за́гатка noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • за́гатка noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • оньсого noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • ᠣᠨᠢᠰᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Māori

3 entries
  • panga noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • whakapōkaikaha verb ((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)
  • whakapōkīkī verb ((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • muema noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • çiştan noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gåte noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Pashto

1 entries
  • معما noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Polish

2 entries
  • zagadka noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • łamigłówka noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • desafio noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • enigma noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • quebra-cabeça noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • confundir verb ((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

Romanian

1 entries
  • enigmă noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Russian

4 entries
  • головоло́мка noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • зага́дка noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • затрудне́ние noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • пазл noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • प्रहेलिका noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dubh-fhacal noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • zȁgonētka noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • zȁgonētka noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • за̏гоне̄тка noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • за̏гоне̄тка noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hlavolam noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • záhada noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Slovene

2 entries
  • uganka noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • uganka noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Spanish

4 entries
  • enigma noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • puzle noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • rompecabezas noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • rompecabezas noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Swedish

3 entries
  • gåta noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • mysterium noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • pussel noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Tajik

2 entries
  • муаммо noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • чистон noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Tatar

2 entries
  • башваткыч noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • табышмак noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปริศนา noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • ปริศนา noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Turkish

3 entries
  • bulmaca noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • bulmaca noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • muamma noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • головоло́мка noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)
  • зага́дка noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • пазл noun (game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بھید noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • راز noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • مُعَمَّا noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • پَہیلی noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تېپىشماق noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • chiston noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • jumboq noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • muammo noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • topishmoq noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • sự bối rối noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)
  • sự khó xử noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Welsh

1 entries
  • pos noun (thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

Sample sentences

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You could have solved this puzzle with a little more patience.

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I can't finish this part of the puzzle.

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Have you worked the puzzle out?

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I can't figure out how to solve the puzzle.

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