Answer and Figure out

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Answer

Answer verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Usage example: try to answer this riddle
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Figure out is a synonym for answer in solve topic. In some cases you can use "Figure out" instead a verb "Answer".
Nearby Words: answered, answering, answerable, answerer, answerback

Figure out

Figure out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Usage example: a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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Answer is a synonym for figure out in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Figure out", if it concerns topics such as solve, explain.

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  • It was only figured out when a psychologist asked the horse a question nobody knew the answer to, and the horse couldn't figure out how to answer.
    Source: Evil-Detecting Dog
  • Idiosyncrazy Usually, though, he makes his disorder work for him, as the obvious answer to his clue masks the real answer, which is much more difficult to figure out.
    Source: Idiosyncrazy
  • Series / The Hollywood Squares It is up to them to figure out if the stars are giving a correct answer or making one up; that's how they get the squares.
    Source: Series / The Hollywood Squares
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