puzzle out

verb

puzzled out; puzzling out; puzzles out

: to understand or find (something, such as the answer to a difficult problem) by careful thinking

She puzzled out the meaning of the strange phrase.

Examples of puzzle out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is yet another question that will genuinely take some puzzling out! — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Humanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds soaring overhead and trying to puzzle out their seemingly magical secret. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 July 2026

Historically this has been the agency that has puzzled out the causes of new diseases. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026

Above the galleries, where the new towerlet leans back and tilts its face to the sun, the firm has built a three-dimensional puzzle out of triangular pieces. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for puzzle out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout