Puzzle and Task

Puzzle

Puzzle noun - Something hard to understand or explain.

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Task and puzzle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Task" instead a noun "Puzzle".

Nearby Words: puzzling, puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Puzzle and task are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Puzzle" instead a noun "Task".

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

long	long puzzle	long task
particular	particular puzzle	particular task
similar	similar puzzle	similar task
common	common puzzle	common task
Other adjectives: complex, certain, original, single, annoying, difficult, simple, small, actual, hard, main, easy, important, new, major, final, tedious, next, last, different, hardest.

Summary: Mycroft gives Sherlock the apparently simple task of solving a puzzle box containing a stolen microchip.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Sherlock
Mondo Medicals is a first-person perspective puzzle game by Cactus that puts the player through 8 levels (called 'dissorientations'), where his task is to find the exit.

Source: Video Game / Mondo Medicals
The Another Code games avert this, due to finding the right key for each lock being a common task for any non-puzzle-locked door.

Source: Interchangeable Antimatter Keys

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