puzzle

nouns

a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"

mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser

a game that tests your ingenuity

puzzle

is a type of (narrower)

the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

"the child received several games for his birthday"

game

verbs

be a mystery or bewildering to

"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

is derived from

puzzlement

is derived from

puzzler

see also

puzzle out

be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

"We puzzled over her sudden departure"

puzzle

is derived from

puzzlement

is a type of (narrower)

reflect deeply on a subject

"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over