Etymology

sudokuist

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Today it means: A person who solves sudoku puzzles. Full definition →

English sudoku ← Japanese 数独 (sūdoku)
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The story

  1. Japanese数(すう)字(じ) (sūji)
  2. Japaneseは (wa)
  3. Japanese独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin)
  4. Japaneseに (ni)
  5. Japanese限(かぎ)る (kagiru)
  6. Japanese数独 (sūdoku)
  7. Englishsudoku
  8. English todaysudokuist

From sudoku + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.