Thesaurus results for PUZZLED (OUT)

puzzled (out)

verb

past tense of puzzle (out)

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time

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The 76ers have a lot to work on and a lot to work out, and none of it will be solved overnight.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
But, for the moment, the rest of the code has yet to be solved.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of solved

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Later on Saturday, Pezeshkian called on state TV for a revival of the interim deal, which was signed on June 17 but quickly unraveled amid disagreements over what had been agreed, especially on the status of the Strait of Hormuz.

— Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
As curators unraveled the truth behind the images, the album soon made headlines and ignited a debate that reverberated far beyond the museum walls.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of unraveled

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Even after California erased a 14-point lead in Week 1, UCLA answered with 21 unanswered points to complete a 45-24 drubbing.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
For Dungarpur, the restoration answered a demand that had been building for years.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of answered

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Salah’s future was not resolved until March, by which time Semenyo had joined Manchester City and hit the ground running.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But then Godzilla re-emerged, and Kōichi resolved to die fighting the monster to atone for Odo Island.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

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