What part of speech is puzzles?

Puzzles can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. puzzles is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of puzzle (infinitive).
  • 2. puzzles is a noun, plural of puzzle.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does puzzles mean?

Definitions

Verb

puzzle - be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
puzzle - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

Noun

puzzle - a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
puzzle - a game that tests your ingenuity

Examples of puzzles

#   Sentence  
1. noun How he escaped still puzzles us.
2. noun What puzzles me most is why Tom even bothered to go see Mary.
3. noun I love puzzles so much!
4. noun We love puzzles.
5. noun I like puzzles.
6. noun I like crossword puzzles.
7. noun Tom is good with puzzles.
8. noun I love puzzles.
9. noun Do you think you can solve these puzzles?
10. noun Can you solve these puzzles?
11. noun Do you also like doing crossword puzzles?
12. noun Tom loves puzzles.
13. noun That's just my way of saying things, dude. It always puzzles me that non-native speakers think they can decide if shit sounds natural or weird unless, of course, it has evident grammatical errors or the wording is fucked up.
14. noun His question puzzles me.
15. noun Her question puzzles me.
16. verb With the help of a reference grammar of the Georgian language, Tom was eventually able to puzzle out even the few non-international traffic signs outside the two cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi.
17. verb With the help of a reference grammar of the Georgian language, Tom was eventually able to puzzle out even the few non-international traffic signs outside the two cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi.
Sentence  
noun
How he escaped still puzzles us.
What puzzles me most is why Tom even bothered to go see Mary.
I love puzzles so much!
We love puzzles.
I like puzzles.
I like crossword puzzles.
Tom is good with puzzles.
I love puzzles.
Do you think you can solve these puzzles?
Can you solve these puzzles?
Do you also like doing crossword puzzles?
Tom loves puzzles.
That's just my way of saying things, dude. It always puzzles me that non-native speakers think they can decide if shit sounds natural or weird unless, of course, it has evident grammatical errors or the wording is fucked up.
His question puzzles me.
Her question puzzles me.
verb
With the help of a reference grammar of the Georgian language, Tom was eventually able to puzzle out even the few non-international traffic signs outside the two cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi.
With the help of a reference grammar of the Georgian language, Tom was eventually able to puzzle out even the few non-international traffic signs outside the two cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi.

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