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.
To solve with difficulty or ingenuity.
A game situation or obstacle to be overcome. Puzzles may be some problem that is logically related to the story, or may be totally unrelated to it (for example, a slider puzzle). Back to the Index of Terms
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
a toy that tests your ingenuity
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"
a challenge in a work of IF that requires a non-obvious set of commands in order to be met
a form of entertainment which presents some sort of problem or mystery which makes you think in order to figure it out
a mental challenge, usually suitable for one person to solve alone
a mystery we seek to solve -- and the mystery is that we are whole even with our missing pieces
an obstacle that the player must solve to continue through the adventure
a partial grid, having that grid as its only solution
a problem, generally located within a single Room, which requires the players to perform a particular sequence of actions before they can receive some kind of reward (generally either useful information or access to another Room or Object)
a problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity
a problem or enigma that is written down, acted out, etc
a task that challenges the solver's ingenuity
Any mental exercise whose mechanics and solution are designed to not be immediately obvious. Some types of puzzles include brain-teasers, riddles, cryptograms, rebuses, crossword puzzles, word finds, and acrostics. However, most puzzles in a puzzle adventure combine components of existing classes of puzzles with new and original rules.