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Plural of puzzle

regular plural

The plural of puzzle is puzzles.

Forms of puzzle

Singularpuzzle /ˈpʌzəl/
Pluralpuzzles
Countablecountable and uncountable

Puzzles in a sentence

  • Woman's heart and mind are insoluble puzzles to the male.1924 November 8, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Illustrious Client”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y....
  • The whole thing puzzles me.2004, George Carlin, “Bits and Pieces”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, page 261
  • Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?From the entry pit
  • I love doing puzzles, especially crosswords, but lately I've taken to sudokus too.From the entry do
  • Such exercises as puzzles and chess can help keep the mind sharp as we age.From the entry exercise

Meaning of puzzle

  1. noun The state of feeling confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; bewilderment, confusion; (countable) often in in a puzzle: an instance of this.
  2. noun A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
  3. noun Often preceded by a descriptive word: a game or toy, or a problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one's mental ability.

Full definition of puzzle

Questions about the plural of puzzle

What is the plural of puzzle?
The plural of puzzle is puzzles.
Is puzzle countable?
Puzzle is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: puzzle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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