lay out vs puzzle

lay out

verb
  • To concoct; think up. 

  • To prepare a body for burial. 

  • To arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection). 

  • To lie in the sunshine. 

  • To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. 

  • To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor. 

  • simple past tense of lie out 

  • To scold or berate. 

  • To explain; to interpret. 

puzzle

verb
  • To think long and carefully, in bewilderment. 

  • To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation. 

  • To make intricate; to entangle. 

noun
  • Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. 

  • A riddle. 

  • The state of being puzzled; perplexity. 

  • A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. 

  • A jigsaw puzzle. 

  • A crossword puzzle. 

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