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Synonyms of puzzle out

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Another word for puzzle out is resolve. Other synonyms of puzzle out are riddle, sleuth, decipher, meliorate and unriddle.

Synonyms and similar words for puzzle out

verbTo figure out; to discover or find a solution to.

  • iron outTo resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
  • think outTo devise or solve by a process of thought.
  • work outTo resolve; to find a solution for.
  • decipherTo find a solution to a problem.
  • get to the bottom ofTo come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve.
  • meliorateTo make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
  • reason outTo solve or determine by reasoning.
  • resolveTo find a solution to (a problem).
  • riddleTo solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
  • sleuthTo act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
  • solve
  • tease out figurativelyTo unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.
  • unpuzzleTo solve (a puzzle); to work out.
  • unravel figurativelyTo clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to...
  • unriddleTo solve (a perplexing problem).
  • upsolveTo solve; explain.
  • absolve obsoleteTo resolve; to explain; to solve.
  • ravel archaicOften followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
  • unsolve obsoleteTo solve.

Meaning of puzzle out

  1. verb To figure out; to discover or find a solution to.

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Questions about synonyms of puzzle out

What is another word for puzzle out?
Puzzle out has 19 synonyms on Word.ws, such as resolve, riddle, sleuth, decipher, meliorate, unriddle, unpuzzle and upsolve.
What does puzzle out mean?
Puzzle out means to figure out; to discover or find a solution to.

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