inextricable vs puzzling

inextricable

adj
  • Impossible to solve. 

  • Impossible to untie or disentangle. 

  • Impossible to escape from. 

puzzling

adj
  • Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing. 

noun
  • Time spent pondering something confusing. 

How often have the words inextricable and puzzling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )