Phrase Hound found 43 phrases and 34 compound words that contain puzzle. The most common are listed below. Open puzzle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 43
- jigsaw puzzleA type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.
- crossword puzzleA crossword.
- puzzle gameA jigsaw puzzle; a jigsaw (the game).
- puzzle gamesplural of puzzle game: A jigsaw puzzle; a jigsaw (the game).
- monkey puzzleA large coniferous tree, Araucaria araucana, native to Chile.
- puzzle boxA box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it.
- Puzzle PalaceThe headquarters of the National Security Agency.
- Chinese puzzleA kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.
- burr puzzleAn interlocking puzzle consisting of notched sticks to be assembled into a three-dimensional structure.
- puzzle canonA canon in which only one voice is notated and the rules for determining the remaining parts and the time intervals of their entrances must be guessed.
- puzzle lockA mechanical lock with unusual or hidden mechanics, requiring ingenuity to open.
- puzzle ringA ring (jewellery item) made up of multiple interconnected bands, capable of being taken apart and reassembled.
- puzzle ringsplural of puzzle ring: A ring (jewellery item) made up of multiple interconnected bands, capable of being taken apart and reassembled.
- puzzle box showA genre of high concept fiction with complex stories and subplots that eventually reveal an underlying mythos.
- puzzle outTo figure out; to discover or find a solution to.
- puzzle cubeA Rubik's cube.
- piece of the puzzleA clue that contributes to the solution of a mystery.
- twisty puzzleA puzzle consisting of a set of interlocking pieces that can be arranged into various combinations by twisting, such as a Rubik's cube.
- Chinese finger puzzleA Chinese finger trap.
- puzzle jugA trick jug with a perforated neck and hidden tube, designed as a game in which a drinker is challenged to drink its contents without spilling.
- vanishing puzzleA mechanical optical illusion comprising multiple pieces that can be rearranged to show different versions of a picture depicting several objects, the number of which depends on the arrangement of the pieces.
- floor puzzleA usually large jigsaw puzzle that does not fit into a frame, meant, instead, to be assembled on a surface such as a floor.
- food puzzleA device that dispenses food for a housepet when the pet successfully solves a puzzle by manipulating parts of the device.
- puzzle boxesplural of puzzle box: A box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it.
- puzzle overTo think intensely and deeply about a confusing problem, situation, or question in an effort to understand it or to find a solution.
Compound words 34
- puzzlementThe confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
- puzzlemasterSomeone who designs or creates puzzles.
- puzzlerySomething that contains puzzles;
- confuzzleA state of confusion or puzzlement.
- subpuzzleA puzzle making up part of a larger puzzle.
- unpuzzleTo solve (a puzzle); to work out.
- befuzzleTo confuse.
- puzzleheadA puzzleheaded person, one having a mind full of confused notions.
- puzzlesomeMarked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering
- puzzlistOne who enjoys creating or solving puzzles; a puzzle aficionado.