puzzles

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baffle, confuse v.
wonder about v.

VERB

baffle, confuse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amaze befuddle bemuse bewilder complicate confound disconcert distract disturb dumbfound flabbergast flummox frustrate mystify nonplus perplex rattle stump

STRONG

addle bamboozle beat befog buffalo discombobulate floor foil obscure pose snow stir stumble throw

WEAK

get to profundicate psych out put off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appease calm clarify clear up comfort enlighten explain explicate facilitate help soothe

STRONG

aid assist lose

WEAK

elucidate illustrate not care unravel

VERB

wonder about

Synonyms

STRONG

brood cudgel marvel muse ponder study

WEAK

ask oneself mull over rack one's brains think about think hard

Antonyms

STRONG

forget ignore neglect

WEAK

clarify elucidate explain illustrate not care unravel

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puzzles

The researchers say the bounce could potentially address two major puzzles in cosmology.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Whether or not you like puzzles, you can count on that.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Writing in The Times, Beard bemoaned that the poem's "erotic puzzles, the teasing ironies, the intriguing questions about truth and falsehood" had been replaced with "a rather ponderous Hollywood message about civilisational decline".

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

He also said he would continue doing the newspaper’s crossword puzzles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Grandma Ranjana had loved puzzles and mysteries and would have approved of Ms. Hussey.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett