as in mysteries
something hard to understand or explain
the final fate of the colonists at Roanoke remains a puzzle to this very day
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as in baffles
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
it is the cause of the disease that puzzles doctors
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Recent Examples of puzzles
Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Experts recommend short initial departures, avoiding dramatic exits or returns, and providing mentally stimulating toys or food puzzles to keep canines occupied.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Her husband built all of the shelves that now hold toys, puzzles and supplies.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
While both rely on observations made with the Hubble space telescope, as well as both leveraging type Ia supernovae, these two puzzles are very distinct from one another.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
In the puzzles, sliding the door to the left or right would reveal a delicious tray of mealworms.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
Facing physical puzzles along the way, each episode sees the teams navigate varied landscapes, from narrow city streets to rivers and countryside meadows.
—Peter White, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Instead of just one big release, her music unfurls as a drip-stream of puzzles that encourage crowdsourcing and theory-crafting.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
Climbing has always attracted a loyal base of diehards, thanks to the sport’s addictive combination of brain-teasing puzzles, playful agility, and, not least of all, its adrenaline-pumping element of danger.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Experts recommend short initial departures, avoiding dramatic exits or returns, and providing mentally stimulating toys or food puzzles to keep canines occupied.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Her husband built all of the shelves that now hold toys, puzzles and supplies.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
While both rely on observations made with the Hubble space telescope, as well as both leveraging type Ia supernovae, these two puzzles are very distinct from one another.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
In the puzzles, sliding the door to the left or right would reveal a delicious tray of mealworms.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
Facing physical puzzles along the way, each episode sees the teams navigate varied landscapes, from narrow city streets to rivers and countryside meadows.
—Peter White, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Instead of just one big release, her music unfurls as a drip-stream of puzzles that encourage crowdsourcing and theory-crafting.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puzzles
Noun
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Sign up for Being Human, our newsletter that explores wellness culture, human behavior, mortality and disease, and other mysteries of the body and the mind.—
Helen Ouyang,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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All these small pleasures that most children know are still mysteries to her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Take the quiz here … DUGOUT SECRETS – Mysterious wooden canoe found after Hurricane Ian still baffles experts three years later.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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One case that still baffles is the macabre story of Virginia McCullough, who killed her parents for their money – and then lived with their bodies for four years.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But the state's message confuses parents, especially the poor and underserved, Anzalone said.—
Arthur Allen,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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But too often, this instinct to chase conflict distorts reality and confuses the public.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Wedged in the far southeastern corner of the bottom of the continent, between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa, a status that bewilders modernizers and beguiles traditionalists.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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