puzzle out

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

:  to exert (oneself, one's mind, etc.) over such a problem or situation

:  complicate, entangle

:  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 identify as being a closet homosexual

: 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