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PUZZEL

Definition: PUZZEL

PUZZEL

Noun

1. A harlot; a drab; a hussy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PUZZEL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references)

Etymology: Puzzel \Puz"zel\, noun. [Compare to the French expression pucelle virgin.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PUZZEL

Non-English Usage: "PUZZEL" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (enigma, puzzle, riddle).

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Modern Usage: PUZZEL

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

De Witte puzzel (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: PUZZEL

DomainTitle

Books

  • De stukken van de puzzel : twaalf invullingen van de natie-idee (reference)

  • Leven met Emilie : 69 stukken uit een puzzel van 70 (reference)

  • Srebrenica, who cares? : een puzzel van de werkelijkheid (reference)

  • The Ancient Chinese Puzzel Gameelffers,Ha (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "PUZZEL"

Words rhyming with "PUZZEL" (pronounced 'Puz"zel'): Bretzel, Crizzel, Pretzel, Sizel, Weezel. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PUZZEL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: puzzle.

Words within the letters "e-l-p-u-z-z"

-2 letters: pule.

-3 letters: leu, lez, pul.

-4 letters: el, pe, up.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-p-u-z-z"
 

+1 letter: puzzled, puzzler, puzzles.

 

+2 letters: puzzlers, unpuzzle.

 

+3 letters: unpuzzled, unpuzzles.

 

+4 letters: puzzlement.

 

+5 letters: puzzlements.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PUZZEL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 55 5A 5A 45 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    ..-    --..    --..    .    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010101 01011010 01011010 01000101 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#85 &#90 &#90 &#69 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0055 005A 005A 0045 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

505560603946

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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