Definition of Puzzle out

1. Verb. Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of. "He could not work the math problem"

Exact synonyms: Figure Out, Lick, Solve, Work, Work Out
Generic synonyms: Understand
Entails: Reason
Specialized synonyms: Answer, Resolve, Riddle, Strike, Guess, Infer, Answer, Break
Derivative terms: Solution, Solvent, Solver, Solving, Workable

Definition of Puzzle out

1. Verb. To figure out; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puzzle Out

putzed
putzes
putzing
putzite
puukko
puukkos
puy
puya
puyas
puys
puzel
puzels
puzzel
puzzels
puzzle
puzzle out
puzzle over
puzzled
puzzled out
puzzledly
puzzledom
puzzleheaded
puzzleheadedness
puzzlehunt
puzzlehunts
puzzlelike
puzzlement
puzzlements
puzzler
puzzlers

Literary usage of Puzzle out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry and Prose: Being Essays on Modern English Poetry by Adolphus Alfred Jack (1912)
"You have to read it two or three times to puzzle out a story which is more implied than told : to find out, for example, that 'Madam' is the hero's wife, ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"Read, September 1716, Jaeger 8, and could puzzle out Jaeger 5; November 22d, ... 1890, $J in both eyes, and could puzzle out f$ ; November i8th, ..."

3. British Sports and Pastimes. 1868 by Anthony Trollope (1868)
"The hounds were obliged then to puzzle out their own quarry, or to give it up. Men were more patient than they now are, and the hounds were allowed to ..."

4. Vocabulary Centers, Grades 1-2 by Jo Ellen Moore (2006)
"Read each puzzle out loud. 4. Work together to do your own activity sheet. 5. Use the answer key to check your answers. Independent Practice 1. ..."

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