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What is a term or name for someone who is very adept at solving puzzles or situations that require though processing and logic.

I ran across this question, however this only deals with crossword puzzles. I'm looking for something that could be applied on a broader sense.

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Enigmatologist is the word for the person you describe. The term was coined by Will Shortz, the former editor of Games magazine, which I read voraciously as a child. He's currently the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle. Mr. Shortz is apparently the only person in the history of the world to have a degree in Enigmatology (the University of Indiana, 1974).

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    And specifically, one who solves, or has any connection to crossword puzzles is a cruciverbalist.
    – Steven Littman
    Feb 14, 2016 at 13:38
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A puzzler can either be a puzzle or somebody who solves puzzles.

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One who is analytical would be a good problem solver. And in this context might presumably be more apt to solving puzzles then others.

Dictionary.com

skilled in or habitually using analysis.

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Solutionist has a wider meaning and may refer to someone who solves problem in a more general sense:

  • a problem-solver (Collins)

Solutionism:

  • The belief that all difficulties have benign solutions, often of a technocratic nature.

(Yourdictionary.com)

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  • In the Oxford Dictionary On-Line, solutionist is not given any entry at all. It is also underlined in red by my Internet-Explorer spell-checker. But solver is there in the dictionary and accepted by Microsoft, at least. I would call such a person a problem-solver.
    – WS2
    Feb 13, 2016 at 9:36
  • @WS2 - the term is present also in M-W, it is not a common one but still it is used. - " a very good listener and solutionist for whatever our needs were." books.google.it/…
    – user66974
    Feb 13, 2016 at 14:46
  • In my area of work (computer software) "solutioneering" is a term of mild derision meaning to suggest solutions to a problem without first fully understanding it.
    – Paul Johnson
    Feb 14, 2016 at 10:52
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What is a term or name for someone who is very adept at solving puzzles or situations that require though processing and logic? I'm looking for something that could be applied on a broader sense.

Normally I do not comment on other answers but, however novel the word Enigmatologist is. It is not included in many dictionaries and is not an approved word in those it does appear in. Also it does not answer the question, only part of it.

The word that can be applied in a broader sense is problem-solver It is rather mundane but it does cross the t's as well as dot the i's

problem-solving; noun; Cambridge English Dictionary; the process of finding solutions to problems:

problem-solver; noun; Cambridge English Dictionary

example; He is considered a troubleshooter and a problem-solver.

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