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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
puzzle
/ˈpʌzəl/
noun1 of 2
a problem that requires thought and skill to be solved
- “There's a monkey puzzle tree at the end of the garden.”Tatoeba
- “The puzzle was too difficult for me to solve.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To perplex (someone).
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)