Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpuzzle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-puz-zle
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To solve (a puzzle); to work out.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"We need to unpuzzle the past to heal our hearts, and the present to see who we are."

Etymology

From un- + puzzle.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unpuzzles (present, singular) unpuzzling (participle, present) unpuzzled (participle, past) unpuzzled (past)

Synonyms

puzzle out resolve unriddle absolve decipher get to the bottom of iron out meliorate ravel reason out riddle sleuth

Questions

What does unpuzzle mean?: To solve (a puzzle); to work out.
Where does unpuzzle come from?: From un- + puzzle.

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