Puzzle

"Puzzle" in Finnish

arvoitus

(thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

pulma

(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

(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

(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)

askarruttaa

((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.)

askarruttaa

((intransitive) to feel confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

haeskella

((intransitive) to search in a confused or mystified manner)

koluta

((intransitive) to search in a confused or mystified manner)

pohdiskella

((transitive) to use (one’s brain or mind) to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to try to work out (a complicated matter, a problem, etc.))

pohdiskella

((intransitive) to think deeply in bewilderment to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

pähkäillä

((transitive) to use (one’s brain or mind) to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to try to work out (a complicated matter, a problem, etc.))

pähkäillä

((intransitive) to think deeply in bewilderment to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

ratkaista

((intransitive) to solve a complicated matter, a problem, etc., by working through confusing or difficult matters)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.