PUZZLE
NOUNS
► BEAST a puzzle; what beats one to discover → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLAICK ► BLAIK a puzzle → Bk1911 Sc.
► BRAIN BUSTER a particularly difficult problem or puzzle → 1924
► BRAIN TRICK an exercise for the brain; a puzzle → 1901
► BRAIN-TWISTER a difficult problem; a puzzle, often one designed as a challenge or for amusement → 1878
► GUDDICK a riddle, a conundrum, a puzzle → 1886 Sc.
► MAIZIE a puzzle → 1929 Sc.
► MONKEY’S FIST anything that puzzles; something difficult to understand → 1901 chiefly nautical usage, obs.
► OPPOSAL the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle → 1426 obs.
► PALL a puzzle, a problem, a poser; something which brings one to a standstill → 1866 Sc.
► PAULER a puzzle, a poser, a knockout blow → 1858 Sc.
► PROJECT a puzzle → 1902 Amer. dial.
► PUZZLE-CAP something which puzzles the mind; a puzzle → 1774 obs.
► PUZZLEDOM the realm of puzzles; also, the state of being puzzled; perplexity, bewilderment → 1748
► PUZZLE-PEG a puzzling subject, a puzzle → 1845
► QUIRKLE a puzzle in which the answer depends on a catch or quibble → 1824 Sc.
► QUIRKLUM a little arithmetical puzzle in which the answer depends on a catch or quibble → 1824 Sc.
► REDDLIN ► RIDDLING ► RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum → 1873 Eng. dial.
► STUMP an attempt to puzzle or confound → Bk1904 sl.
► STUMPER a puzzler → 1847 sl.
► TEASER a difficult problem; a puzzle → 1830
NOUNS – PERSON
► PUZZLE-HEAD a person who is enthusiastic about puzzles, esp. crossword puzzles → 1974 chiefly US
► PUZZLIST a person who devises or attempts to solve puzzles → 1924 orig. US
VERBS
► BAIZE ► BAZE to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze → 1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BAMBAZE to confuse, to puzzle → Bk1911 Sc.
► BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide → Bk1911 Sc.
► BEMIST to confuse the senses of; to bewilder; to puzzle → 1627
► BLAICK ► BLAIK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLOT to nonplus, to puzzle → Bk1911 Sc.
► CABOBBLE to mystify, to puzzle, to confuse → 1880 Eng. dial.
► CAP to puzzle, to perplex → 1781 Eng. dial.
► CUMBER to confound or trouble the mind or senses; to perplex, to puzzle → 1375 obs.
► DIFFICULT to put in a difficulty, to perplex, to puzzle → 1631 Sc.
► DUNCE UPON to puzzle, to mystify, to confound → 1611 obs.
► ENGLISH to puzzle → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► FLOOR to confound, to puzzle → 1830 UK sl.
► GUFFLE to puzzle very much; to nonplus → 1825 Sc.
► LEATHER to puzzle, to nonplus → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► MAFFLE to puzzle, to confuse, to bewilder → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MAZE to amaze, to astonish; to bewilder, to puzzle, to mystify → 1836 Eng. dial.
► METAGROBOLIZE to puzzle, to mystify; to puzzle out → 1653 humorous
► MOMBLE to confuse; to puzzle; to wander mentally → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MOPPLE to confuse; to puzzle → 1869 Eng. dial.
► MUSE to bewilder, to cause puzzlement → 1673 obs.
► PALL ► PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle → 1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PASS to surpass; to surprise, to puzzle → 1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PUT TO THE GAZE to puzzle, to nonplus → 1646 obs.
► QUEER to quiz or ridicule; to puzzle → 1790 sl.
► RIDDLE to puzzle → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SET ON GROUND to puzzle, to nonplus a person → 1601 obs.
► STUMP to challenge, to defy, to puzzle, or confound → 1837 sl.
► TAFFLE to puzzle, to bamboozle, to outwit → 1950 Sc.
► TERRIFY to puzzle, to perplex → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TICKLE to puzzle → 1865 Sc.
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