Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locked-room mystery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: locked--room mys-tery
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of crime (typically a murder) in detective fiction that is committed in circumstances under which it appears impossible for the perpetrator to have entered the crime scene, committed the crime, and left undetected.

Inflected Forms

locked-room mysteries (plural)

Questions

What does locked-room mystery mean?: A type of crime (typically a murder) in detective fiction that is committed in circumstances under which it appears impossible for the perpetrator to have entered the crime scene, committed the crime, and left undetected.

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