v. 1 to confuse; 2 to think about something that is confusing or is hard to understand.
We puzzled over her sudden departure. OR The book's ending puzzled me.
We puzzled over her sudden departure. OR The book's ending puzzled me.
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The student's inconsistency in his test scores puzzled the teacher.
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What puzzled the Grinch Christmas morning?
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How many cards did the puzzled penguins play with?
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What had puzzled Katie's mother about her behavior since she was a baby?
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The scientists were puzzled when the frogs that propagated in the fall.
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The book's ending puzzled me.
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After the Grinch puzzled until his puzzler was sore, what did he think about Christmas?
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What does puzzled mean?
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We were puzzled by Will's frantic gesticulations until we saw the bee.
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What puzzled the sherrif about the money stolen from the bank?
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baffle; confuse; bamboozle; befog
clarify; elucidate; explain; illustrate; unravel
2 syllables
puz-zled
muzzled
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