To Puzzle

1. (transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
2. (intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted.
3. (transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.

Synonyms

• confuse