Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 3 compound words that contain puzzles. The most common are listed below. Open puzzles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- jigsaw puzzlesplural of jigsaw puzzle: A 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 puzzlesplural of crossword puzzle: A crossword.
- twisty puzzlesplural of twisty puzzle: A puzzle consisting of a set of interlocking pieces that can be arranged into various combinations by twisting, such as a Rubik's cube.
- Chinese puzzlesplural of Chinese puzzle: A kind of puzzle made of interlocking pieces that must be disassembled and reassembled.
- floor puzzlesplural of floor puzzle: A usually large jigsaw puzzle that does not fit into a frame, meant, instead, to be assembled on a surface such as a floor.
- food puzzlesplural of food puzzle: A device that dispenses food for a housepet when the pet successfully solves a puzzle by manipulating parts of the device.
- monkey puzzlesplural of monkey puzzle: A large coniferous tree, Araucaria araucana, native to Chile.
- puzzles outthird-person singular simple present indicative of puzzle out: To figure out; to discover or find a solution to.
- puzzles overthird-person singular simple present indicative of puzzle over: To think intensely and deeply about a confusing problem, situation, or question in an effort to understand it or to find a solution.
- puzzles throughthird-person singular simple present indicative of puzzle through: To work methodically to solve or understand something complex.
- Parsons puzzlesplural of Parsons puzzle: A kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.
- Chinese finger puzzlesplural of Chinese finger puzzle: A Chinese finger trap.
- burr puzzlesplural of burr puzzle: An interlocking puzzle consisting of notched sticks to be assembled into a three-dimensional structure.
- vanishing puzzlesplural of vanishing puzzle: A 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.
- zigsaw puzzlesplural of zigsaw puzzle: A 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.
- xword puzzlesplural of xword puzzle: A crossword.
Compound words 3
- metapuzzlesplural of metapuzzle: A compound puzzle formed by several lesser puzzles. In contrast to a regular puzzle, a metapuzzle is missing data that is essential to solving it, and which can only be obtained by solving other sometimes entirely …
- monkeypuzzlesplural of monkeypuzzle: A large coniferous tree, Araucaria araucana, native to Chile.
- subpuzzlesplural of subpuzzle: A puzzle making up part of a larger puzzle.