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unpuzzle

verb

To solve (a puzzle); to work out.

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Meanings

verbunpuzzle (third-person singular simple present unpuzzles, present participle unpuzzling, simple past and past participle unpuzzled)

present singular third person unpuzzles · participle present unpuzzling · participle past unpuzzled · past unpuzzled

transitiveTo solve (a puzzle); to work out.
We need to unpuzzle the past to heal our hearts, and the present to see who we are.
2022, Annie Kotowicz, What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic
1 more example
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.
Synonyms: puzzle out, resolve, unriddle, absolve, decipher, get to the bottom of, iron out, meliorate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo solve (a puzzle); to work out.

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Also see

decipher get to the bottom of iron out puzzle out ravel reason out resolve riddle solve think out unravel unriddle unsolve work out

Origin

From un- + puzzle.

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Cite this entry

APA

unpuzzle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpuzzle

MLA

“unpuzzle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpuzzle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpuzzle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpuzzle.

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