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unpuzzle

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To solve (a puzzle); to work out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 2010, Jill Kriegel (2010), commentary on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens It is no ordinary paradox Dickens has set himself to unpuzzle here. The whispered truth behind every syllable of the human story is the staggering fact that finite man should find himself endowed with infinite expectations.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: puzzle out, resolve, unriddle, absolve, decipher, get to the bottom of, iron out, meliorate, ravel, reason out, riddle, sleuth, solve, tease out, think out, unpuzzle, unravel, unsolve, upsolve, work out, Any from Thesaurus:untangle

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + puzzle.