Synonyms: puzzle
Definition: a game that tests your ingenuity
Similar words: game
Definition: the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
Usage: the child received several games for his birthday
Synonyms: puzzle, puzzler, teaser, mystifier
Definition: a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
Usage: he loved to solve chessmate puzzles; that's a real puzzler
Similar words: problem
Definition: a question raised for consideration or solution
Usage: our homework consisted of ten problems to solve
Synonyms: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Similar words: throw, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle
Definition: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Usage: These questions confuse even the experts; This question completely threw me; This question befuddled even the teacher
Synonyms: puzzle
Definition: be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
Usage: We puzzled over her sudden departure
Similar words: chew over, reflect, ponder, think over, speculate, ruminate, mull, mull over, muse, excogitate, contemplate, meditate
Definition: reflect deeply on a subject
Usage: I mulled over the events of the afternoon; philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years; The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate