Wonderword vs. Puzzle

Wonderword

Wonderword is a word search puzzle, still created by hand, with a solution at the end. All the words in the grid connect and the remaining letters spell out the answer.

Puzzlenoun

Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

‘Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.’;

Puzzlenoun

A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.

Puzzlenoun

A crossword puzzle.

Puzzlenoun

A jigsaw puzzle.

Puzzlenoun

A riddle.

Puzzlenoun

(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.

Puzzlenoun

The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

‘to be in a puzzle’;

Puzzleverb

(transitive) To perplex (someone).

Puzzleverb

(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.’;

Puzzleverb

(transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.

Puzzlenoun

Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

Puzzlenoun

The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

Puzzleverb

To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

‘A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others.’; ‘He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.’;

Puzzleverb

To make intricate; to entangle.

‘They disentangle from the puzzled skein.’; ‘The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.’;

Puzzleverb

To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; - followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

Puzzleverb

To be bewildered, or perplexed.

‘A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing.’;

Puzzleverb

To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

Puzzlenoun

a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution;

‘he loved to solve chessmate puzzles’; ‘that's a real puzzler’;

Puzzlenoun

a toy that tests your ingenuity

Puzzleverb

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’;

Puzzleverb

be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide;

‘We puzzled over her sudden departure’;

Puzzle

A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle.