mystery: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 15 letter points · starts with M · ends with Y
Meaning of mystery
noun
- countable, uncountable
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Example: The truth behind the events remains a mystery.
- countable, uncountable
Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
Example: That man is a mystery.
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, uncountable
A mystery play.
Listed forms: mysteries.
Source: Wiktionary — mystery.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for mystery.
noun
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
noun
a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
- mystery story
- whodunit
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mystery in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mystery
M(3) + Y(4) + S(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of mystery
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from mystery
38 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mystery. Showing up to 24, longest first.