Meaning of puzzlemaster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who designs or creates puzzles.
2. Someone exceptionally skilled at solving puzzles.

Examples

“A few puzzles come⟳ from Sam Loyd, the famous nineteenth-century American puzzlemaster.”

“In this book, we offer⟳ you the challenge⟳ of breaking several types of real ciphers and cryptograms, all devised by noted Australian puzzlemaster Denise Sutherland (author of Word Searches For Dummies [Wiley]).”

“To get⟳ us to try⟳ a little harder, at dinner we played a little game that I called "Can You Say⟳?" As Bossy Mama, I acted as puzzlemaster, and did my best to challenge⟳ the kids without ever stumping them.”

“The first Ebola puzzle went up six months ago, and biochemists are following up on some of the virus-blocking designs developed by Foldit's puzzlemasters.”

“During escape⟳ games, puzzlemasters are seated in a control⟳ room, giving players hints when they're needed. [Nicole] Chan is considered the head puzzlemaster at Trapology—she designs the challenges and puzzles for her games.”

“Tracy Bennett — the puzzlemaster with best job in the Wordle”

“After eight months the musical 3-year-olds were expert puzzlemasters, scoring 80 percent higher than their playmates did in spatial intelligence -- the ability to visualize the world accurately.”

“In any case, even the puzzlemaster could find⟳ no clues in the weird notations.”

“What kind of challenge⟳? I had no idea. I sighed and looked around the warehouse. I felt like⟳ a puzzlemaster surrounded by pieces, none of them fitting together as if they were from different puzzles.”

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