baffle
verb/ˈbæfəl/
Frequency rank: #16,779 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to confuse or perplex someone completely
Example sentence
The complexity of the puzzle continued to baffle even the most experienced players.
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