Enigmatologist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who creates or studies puzzles.

    "I went to a lecture by enigmatologist Will Shortz, and when I saw how he engaged an audience of […] 2,000 in a game of word puzzles, I pictured him as a teacher with a very large class."

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"I went to a lecture by enigmatologist Will Shortz, and when I saw how he engaged an audience of […] 2,000 in a game of word puzzles, I pictured him as a teacher with a very large class."

Etymology

From enigmatology + -ist.

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