Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

murder mystery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: mur-der mys-tery
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.

noun

A game in which one or more players are tasked with killing off all other players, who in turn must identify the murderers and vote them out or otherwise remove them from the game.

Inflected Forms

murder mysteries (plural)

Questions

What does murder mystery mean?: A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.

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