puzzle out

: to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally

: complicate, entangle

: to solve with difficulty or ingenuity

: the state of being puzzled : perplexity

: something that puzzles

: a question, problem, or contrivance designed for testing ingenuity

: in a direction away from the inside or center

: outside

: from among others

: eject, oust

: to identify publicly as being such secretly

: to become publicly known

used as a function word to indicate an outward movement

: situated outside : external

: out-of-bounds

: situated at a distance : outlying

: outside

: one who is out of office or power or on the outside

: an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball

: in a manner that exceeds or surpasses and sometimes overpowers or defeats