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puzzlist

puzzlist noun: one who enjoys creating or solving puzzles; a puzzle aficionado.

Noun

puzzlist (plural puzzlists)

  1. One who enjoys creating or solving puzzles; a puzzle aficionado.
    • "Sam Loyd: America's Greatest Puzzlist" [chapter title]1959, Martin Gardner, Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions

Forms of puzzlist

pluralpuzzlists

Origin of puzzlist

From puzzle + -ist.

Questions about puzzlist

What does puzzlist mean?
Puzzlist means one who enjoys creating or solving puzzles; a puzzle aficionado.
What part of speech is puzzlist?
Puzzlist is a noun.
What is the plural of puzzlist?
The plural of puzzlist is puzzlists.

Words near puzzlist in the dictionary

  1. puzzling over
  2. puzzling through
  3. puzzlingly
  4. puzzlingness
  5. puzzlings
  6. puzzlist
  7. puzzlists
  8. puzzly
  9. puzzolan
  10. puzzolana
  11. puzzolanas

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