Meaning of puzzle In English

• 0 a situation that is difficult to understand:

  • Scientists have been trying to solve this puzzle for years.

  • The situation remains a puzzle to all of us.

  • The building blocks are like the pieces of a puzzle.

  • a jigsaw puzzle

  • a crossword puzzle

  • a puzzle book

• 1 to cause someone to feel confused and slightly worried because they cannot understand something:

  • The findings of the survey puzzle me - they're not at all what I would have expected.

  • [ + question word ] It puzzles me why she said that.

  • Management are still puzzling about how the accident could have happened.

  • Scientists are puzzling over the results of the research.

• 2 something that is difficult to understand:

  • Their son is a puzzle to them.

  • The police are trying to solve the puzzle of who sent them the letter.

  • a jigsaw/crossword puzzle