Instance
Instance verb - To show or make clear by using examples.
Usage example: instanced the hero's moral courage with several examples from the novel
Puzzle
Puzzle verb - To throw into a state of mental uncertainty.
How words are described
| particular | particular instance | particular puzzle |
| similar | similar instance | similar puzzle |
| brief | brief instance | brief puzzle |
| certain | certain instance | certain puzzle |
| Other adjectives: original, single, small, entire, real, infamous, main, interesting, famous, early, major, final, classic, worst, odd, next, bizarre, last, literal. | ||
Common collocations
| time | instance time | puzzle time |
Both words in one sentence
- Depressingly, the worst instance is the climactic puzzle, which requires you to read several tablets scattered all over the game, and use the mantras that are written on them.
Source: Guide Dang It / Action -
The visuals in the Allergic Cliffs puzzle, for instance really does give you the feeling of being thousands of feet above the valley below.
Source: Scenery Porn / Video Games -
For instance, in Braid, he managed to miss a puzzle piece after receiving the key in the same room as it.
Source: Lets Play / Over The Gun
Cite this Source
Puzzle and Instance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instance/puzzle
Instance & Puzzle. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/instance/puzzle>.
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