confuzzle

/kənˈfʌz.əl/

confuzzle noun: a state of confusion or puzzlement.

Noun

confuzzle (plural confuzzles)

(childish, slang) A state of confusion or puzzlement.
- I was all in a confuzzle last night after the Ellen show, and my mind was going too fast for my typing skills.1997 May 1, Glenn Hushyn, “Almost done with the semester”, in alt.shoe.lesbians (Usenet)
- Always glad to clear up confuzzles since too often I only add to them. ;)2000 July 6, “Lula” a.k.a “Josie” a.k.a. “Archer-bull”, “Re: FMily [sic.] Take Note was Re: Numbness & pain”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet)

confuzzle (third-person singular simple present confuzzles, present participle confuzzling, simple past and past participle confuzzled)

குழப்பு, குழப்பமுறச் செய், திகைக்க வை

Noun
plural	confuzzles
Verb
third-person singular present	confuzzles
present participle	confuzzling
past participle	confuzzled
past	confuzzled

Blend of confuse + puzzle. Compare befuzzle.

What does confuzzle mean?: Confuzzle means a state of confusion or puzzlement.
What is confuzzle in Tamil?: Confuzzle in Tamil is குழப்பு, குழப்பமுறச் செய், திகைக்க வை. See Confuzzle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is confuzzle?: Confuzzle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce confuzzle?: Confuzzle is pronounced /kənˈfʌz.əl/.
What is the plural of confuzzle?: The plural of confuzzle is confuzzles.

Adapted from Wiktionary: confuzzle (page history and authors); confuzzle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-confuzzle.ogg.

Cite this entry: “confuzzle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/confuzzle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.