5
put out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, uncertainty)
5
rebus(noun, difficulty, question, secret, obscurity)
5
solve(verb, resolve, crack, answer)
5
study(verb, perplex, wonder, bewilder, mystify)
5
stumper(noun, trouble, difficulty, challenge, question)
5
worry(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
4
becloud(verb, upset, trouble, obscure, confuse)
4
buffalo(verb, confuse, baffle, throw, confound)
4
cipher(noun, confidence, secret, mystery)
4
closed book(noun, expression, trouble, challenge, question)
4
cloud(verb, upset, trouble, obscure, confuse)
4
code(noun, confidence, secret, mystery, cipher)
4
complicate(verb, upset, trouble, bother, obscure)
4
cryptogram(noun, difficulty, question, secret, obscurity)
4
escape(confuse, confound, evade, flee)
4
fox(verb, confuse, baffle, throw, perplex)
4
mull over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, confuse, baffle)
4
mystifier
4
nut to crack(expression, idiom, difficulty, secret)
4
obscure(verb, adjective, upset, trouble, confuse)
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