Chinese puzzle | intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes |
jigsaw puzzle | a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces |
puzzle | a game that tests your ingenuity |
mystery enigma secret closed book | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained, how it got out is a mystery, it remains one of nature's secrets |
detective novel mystery novel | novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end |
mystery mystery story whodunit | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie |
murder mystery | a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered |
puzzle puzzler mystifier teaser | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution, he loved to solve chessmate puzzles, that's a real puzzler |
crossword puzzle crossword | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle |
mystery play | a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ |
monkey puzzle chile pine Araucaria araucana | large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts |
puzzle over | try to solve |
perplex vex stick get a puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound ca | be a mystery or bewildering to, This beats me!, Got me--I don't know the answer!, a vexing problem, This question really stuck me |
solve work out figure out puzzle out lick work d | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of, did you solve the problem?, Work out your problems with the boss, this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out, did you get it?, Did you get my meaning?, He could not work the math problem |
puzzle | be uncertain about, think about without fully understanding or being able to decide, We puzzled over her sudden departure |