figured out
Cracked the puzzle
Figured out means solved or understood after effort.
You figure out a puzzle, a math problem, or why someone is upset.
The phrase implies working through confusion to reach clarity: I finally figured out how to use this app.
To have someone figured out is to understand their character or motives.
- resolvedFirmly decided upon
- deducedReached by reasoning
- decodedConverted from cipher
- understoodGrasped the meaning
- realizedBecame aware of
unraveled · pieced together · grasped · wrapped my head around · deciphered · comprehended · discerned · put two and two together · connected the dots · discovered · cracked · ascertained · learned · pinpointed · inferred · sussed · analyzed · interpreted
- understandingunderstand, comprehend, grasp, fathom, follow
- exclamations of successeureka, bingo, aha, got it, nailed it
- interpretedtranslated, explained, decoded, understood, read
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- Game Outcomessolved, unsolved, win, loss, completion
- exposedbare, uncovered, revealed, visible, exposed
figured outbaffled
Utterly unable to understand
confused · puzzled · mystified · perplexed · bewildered
figured outstuck on
Fixated upon, romantically
abandoned · hit a wall · misunderstood · unsolved · unresolved
figure, out, figures, figured, figuring, disfigure, figurative, configure, prefigure