Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puzzled

/ˈpʌ.zl̩d/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: puz-zled
IPA: /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/

28

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Confused or perplexed.

verb

simple past and past participle of puzzle

Example Sentences

"They diſentangle from the puzzled ſkein / In vvhich obſcurity has vvrapp'd them up, / The threads of politic and ſhrevvd deſign / That ran through all his purpoſes, […]"
"[W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act."
"Once or twice he scratched his head, and stared out of the window with a puzzled frown. And each time, after a brief survey of the other side of Half Moon Street, he turned back again to the breakfast table with a grin."
"They could not, it was said, keep Scandinavian bogies and the Scriptures separate in their puzzled brains."

Inflected Forms

more puzzled (comparative) most puzzled (superlative)

Derived Forms

puzzledly puzzledness

Synonyms

stuck at a loss nonplused nonplussed

Rhymes With

muzzled

Questions

How do you pronounce puzzled?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/.
What does puzzled mean?: Confused or perplexed.

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