Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "puzzle" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

at toys r us drawer kindergarten class newspaper own home table toy shop toy store

Capable Of

consits of few similar pieces fool person keep mind limber

Derived Terms

Puzzle Palace befuzzle bepuzzle bepuzzle confuzzle empuzzle empuzzle lawyer's puzzle metapuzzle monkey puzzle piece of the puzzle puzzle box puzzle canon puzzle cube puzzle game puzzle jug puzzle lock puzzle out puzzle over puzzle ring puzzle through puzzle-monkey puzzle-peg puzzleation puzzled puzzledom puzzlefest puzzlehead puzzleheaded puzzlehunt puzzleless puzzlelike puzzlemaster puzzlement puzzler puzzlery puzzlesome puzzlewit puzzlewit puzzling puzzlist subpuzzle unpuzzle unpuzzle

Derived From

le pose

Etymologically Related To

pusle

Has Part

many pieces many small oddly shaped pieces

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bedevil befuddle chew over confound confuse contemplate discombobulate excogitate fox fuddle game meditate mull mull over muse ponder problem reflect ruminate speculate think over throw

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

15 puzzle Chinese finger puzzle Chinese puzzle Parsons puzzle burr puzzle crossword puzzle floor puzzle food puzzle jigsaw puzzle twisty puzzle vanishing puzzle xword puzzle zigsaw puzzle

Type Of (IsA)

game non agentive artifact picture problem

Manner Of

chew over

Receives Action

found in newspaper

Related Terms

conundrum crossword crossword fun crossword puzzle crossword style entangle fun game intricate jigsaw jigsaw game jigsaw pieces jigsaw puzzle jigsaw toy make sense of many pieces perplex perplexity picture pieces puzzlement riddle solution style toy understand work out

Synonym Network

anybody's guess brain teaser crossword guessing game jigsaw perplex

Used For

amusing yourself build pattern matching ability building skills challenge challenge mind distraction educating person engaging mind enjoying entertainment entertaintment exasperating people with short tempers filling time focusing attention intriguing mind killing time learning mental activity mental challenge mental stimulation play solving

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