perplexity
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/pəˈplɛksɪti/
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/pəˈplɛksɪti/ (UK) · /pəɹˈplɛksəti/ (US)
Definition of perplexity
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being perplexed.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being perplexed.
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(countable, uncountable)Something that perplexes.
“The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.”
- (countable, uncountable)A measure of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
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Etymology
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
Words you can make from perplexity
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9 words6-letter words
25 words- EXPIRY 18 pts
- EXPERT 15 pts
- EXPIRE 15 pts
- EXILER 13 pts
- RIPPLY 13 pts
- TRIPPY 13 pts
- YIPPEE 13 pts
- PELTRY 11 pts
- PERTLY 11 pts
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- RETYPE 11 pts
- RIPELY 11 pts
- TRIPLY 11 pts
- TYPIER 11 pts
- YELPER 11 pts
- LIPPER 10 pts
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- EERILY 9 pts
- PELITE 8 pts
- PELTER 8 pts
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- RETILE 6 pts
5-letter words
33 words- PREXY 17 pts
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- IXTLE 12 pts
- LIPPY 12 pts
- TELEX 12 pts
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- PEERY 10 pts
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- ELITE 5 pts
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4-letter words
63 words- PIXY 16 pts
- PLEX 13 pts
- PREX 13 pts
- EXIT 11 pts
- ILEX 11 pts
- PIPY 11 pts
- TYPP 11 pts
- PILY 9 pts
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3-letter words
44 words- PYX 15 pts
- PIX 12 pts
- LEX 10 pts
- REX 10 pts
- TIX 10 pts
- PLY 8 pts
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- PIP 7 pts
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- LEY 6 pts
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- TRY 6 pts
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2-letter words
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