Answer and Puzzle

Answer

Answer verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

Usage example: try to answer this riddle

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Puzzle and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Puzzle" instead a verb "Answer".

Puzzle verb - To throw into a state of mental uncertainty.

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Answer and puzzle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Puzzle".

Nearby Words: puzzling, puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler

long	long answer	long puzzle
particular	particular answer	particular puzzle
common	common answer	common puzzle
short	short answer	short puzzle
Other adjectives: complex, original, true, single, obvious, simple, actual, real, big, wrong, quick, easy, final, next, last, different, literal.

The later seasons are often considered a good example of when this trope is done wrong, as the puzzle pieces didn't fit together and every answer gave several dozen more puzzle pieces to work with.

Source: Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
Puzzler, used in Seasons 16-17, was a mini-puzzle that could come after any of the first three rounds with an answer related to the puzzle immediately before it.

Source: Retired Game Show Element
They were given the answer, but scrambled with one letter added; correctly unscrambling the answer dropped the extra letter into the word puzzle.

Source: Series / That's the Question

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