Thesaurus results for RIDDLED (OUT)

riddled (out)

verb

past tense of riddle (out)

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics

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What Arcade Actually Bought At its core, Smithery solved a discovery and packaging problem.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Museum officials initially lowered blackout shades over the windows, which solved the conservation problem but created another one.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of solved

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His impact cannot be measured simply in years of service, calls answered, or accomplishments.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026
The man composes his responses with the help of a manual that instructs him on which incoming string of Chinese characters should be answered with which other string of Chinese characters.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

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White Sox reliever Grant Taylor, who got the final out of the sixth, worked out of a jam in the seventh by striking out Durbin to leave runners on the corners.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
It’s called the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, and the physics behind it was worked out in the late 1860s.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of worked out

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So far, this is the only one of the NTSB recommendations stemming from the crash that has been resolved and marked closed by the agency.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
The Powell settlement in January created a sense of optimism that more cases would be resolved, and quickly.

— Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of resolved

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While Uber was no exception, Naga said the company has now figured out a better way to deploy AI without breaking the bank.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Unable to afford a state-of-the-art Roland TR-808, Rahzel (as Brown called himself on stage) figured out how to imitate all the rhythmic effects with his own mouth.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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