puzzlistn.
/ˈpʌzlɪst/, U.S. /ˈpəzləst/ Originally U.S.
A person who devises or attempts to solve puzzles.
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1924 Ogden (Utah) Examiner 6 Mar. 8/1 To test your ability as a puzzlist, we want you to send us your answer to the following puzzle.
1934 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 3 June By supplying correctly the first missing word the puzzlist can divide it to spell the three words missing in the last line.
1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Feb. 127/1 Readers in this country are unlikely to accept ‘ticktack toe’ for ‘noughts and crosses’ or speak of their favourite composer as a ‘puzzlist’.
1971 Sci. Amer. Oct. 106/3 Let us combine the rules of the two rival puzzlists by allowing both steps and hops, as in Halma.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Nov. 129 Some of the signs are too clever by half, having been designed by the town's puzzlist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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