perplex

perplex is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
2. adjective. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
3. adjective. To plague; to vex; to tormen.
4. adjective. Intricate; difficult.
5. verb. make more complicated

   "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

   Synonyms: complicate

6. verb. be a mystery or bewildering to

   "This beats me!"

   "Got me--I don't know the answer!"

   Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle

Synonyms

complicate, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

Common word forms

perplexed, perplexer, perplexes, perplexing, perplexity, perplexable, perplexment

Words from these letters

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