What does baffle mean?
Word: Baffle
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Baffle means to confuse someone so completely that they cannot understand or explain something.
Synonyms: confuse, bewilder
Antonyms: explain
How do you spell baffle?
Syllables: baf - fle
Tricky part: The word ends in le, not el.
Watch out for: baffel, baffil
Memory tip: Finish baffle the way you finish little and table: le, not el.
Baffle in a sentence
Example 1: The missing chocolates baffled everyone at home.
Example 2: This riddle baffles even my older cousins.
Example 3: Scientists still cannot explain the strange lights; they baffle everyone who sees them.
Fun Fact
Baffle is also a noun: a board or panel that blocks or slows down sound, light or water, like the panels inside some loudspeakers.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: baffle
a) reveal
b) solve
c) puzzle
d) amuse
Show answer
c) puzzle. To puzzle someone is to baffle them.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The magician's last trick managed to bafle even my clever older brother.
a) magician's
b) brother
c) clever
d) bafle
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d) bafle. Baffle needs a double f.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lefbaf
a) raffle
b) baffle
c) bauble
d) waffle
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b) baffle. Bauble needs a u, waffle needs a w and raffle needs an r, so the six letters make baffle.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) misterious
b) confuseing
c) riddel
d) baffle
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d) baffle. Baffle is spelt right; mysterious has a y, riddle ends in le and confusing drops the e of confuse.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ravi was baffled by the maths problem. What did he most sensibly do next?
a) finished it in a minute
b) marked it as too easy
c) asked the teacher to explain it
d) set it as a puzzle for his friend
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c) asked the teacher to explain it
2. A Class 4 pupil is most likely to be baffled by ____.
a) a sum she has done before
b) her own name on a list
c) a riddle with no clear answer
d) a story she knows by heart
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c) a riddle with no clear answer
