Puzzle

Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

To make intricate; to entangle.

To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

To be bewildered, or perplexed.

To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.