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DEFINITION:

Adjective
a person skillful in solving or creating crossword puzzles

ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Latin
(cruci-, "cross") + verbum "word"

PRONUNCIATION:
kru-sê-vêr-bêl-ist
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
23! Woo-Hoo!

USAGE/EXAMPLES:

The Compleat CRUCIVERBALIST uses an archaic variant spelling of “complete” in its title, but there is more to this decision than sounding self-consciously old-fashioned.

--The Curious History of the Crossword: 100 Puzzles from Then and Now
by Ben Tausig, 2013

Each January, the newest member of the Lake Poytawukie Chamber of Commerce got an assignment to look up the current CRUCIVERBALIST Association membership, and mail a Lake Poytawukie postcard to every one of them.

--Oskaloosa Moon
by Gary Sutton

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Are you a CRUCIVERBALIST? Do you create crossword puzzles or are you most adept at solving them?

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