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Befuddling...
verb
Definition
- 1
verb
Wandering, briefly and without distress, in the fog that precedes comprehension.
- 2
verb
Of a problem: gently confusing the solver in the useful way, such that the solution arrives in the confusion's wake.
Example
“Befuddling the edge case.”— Claude Code, briefly lost