puzzle
English
/ˈpʌzəl/
noun
Definitions
- Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
- A crossword puzzle.
- A jigsaw puzzle.
- A riddle.
- (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
- The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Etymology
Suffix from English pose (interrogate, perplex, puzzle).
Origin
English
pose
Gloss
interrogate, perplex, puzzle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bepuzzle English
- bepuzzlement English
- counterpose English
- empuzzle English
- head English
- headed English
- hunt English
- malpose English
- metapuzzle English
- multipose English
- posable English
- pose English
- poseable English
- poselet English
- poser English
- posest English
- poseth English
- posey English
- puzzledom English
- puzzlefest English
- puzzlehead English
- puzzleheaded English
- puzzleheadedness English
- puzzlehunt English
- puzzleless English
- puzzlelike English
- puzzlement English
- puzzler English
- puzzlery English
- puzzlesome English
- puzzlest English
- puzzleth English
- puzzlewit English
- puzzlist English
- puzzly English
- subpuzzle English
- superpose English
- unpuzzle English
- wit English
- peli Finnish
- puzzlepeli Finnish
- Puzzle German
- puzzle Italian
- puzzel Dutch, Flemish
- puzzelen Dutch, Flemish
- puzzle French
- пазл Russian
- puzle Spanish, Castilian
- puzzle Spanish, Castilian
- Norwegian Bokmål
- puslespill Norwegian Bokmål
- spill Norwegian Bokmål
- パズル Japanese
- puzzle Polish
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- puslespel Norwegian Nynorsk
- spel Norwegian Nynorsk
- pose Middle English
- puzzle Czech
- παζλ Greek (modern)
- пазл Ukrainian
- 퍼즐 Korean
- wit
- hunt
- pose
- head
- posey
- poser
- poseth
- puzzly
- posest
- headed
- malpose
- puzzler
- poselet
- posable
- puzzlery
- empuzzle
- puzzlist
- puzzlest
- puzzleth
- unpuzzle
- poseable
- bepuzzle
- multipose
- puzzledom
- superpose
- puzzlewit
- subpuzzle
- puzzleless
- puzzlesome
- metapuzzle
- puzzlefest
- puzzlehead
- puzzlement
- puzzlehunt
- puzzlelike
- counterpose
- bepuzzlement
- puzzleheaded
- puzzleheadedness