mystery
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Noun 4 meanings
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
“The truth behind the events remains a mystery.”
Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
“That man is a mystery.”
An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
A mystery play.
Etymology
From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “to initiate”), from μύω (múō, “to shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.
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MYSTERY at a glance
MYSTERY has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (M 3 + Y 4 + S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,251 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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