mysteries

NOUN

puzzle, secret

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conundrum enigma problem question riddle secrecy subtlety thriller

STRONG

abstruseness charade chiller cliffhanger crux cryptogram difficulty grabber inscrutability mystification occult oracle perplexity poser puzzlement rebus rune sphinx stickler stumper teaser twister whodunit why

WEAK

brainteaser braintwister closed book inscrutableness mindboggler sixty-four-thousand-dollar question tough nut to crack

Antonyms

WEAK

known understanding

Example Sentences

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mysteries

That spread of responses highlights how little consensus exists around one of the central mysteries of modern cosmology.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

They also couldn’t win gold at the math Olympiad or crack any of math’s famous mysteries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Decoder Ring, Slate’s podcast about cracking cultural mysteries, turns its investigatory powers inward to explore what exactly a “podcast” is these days, as more and more shows pivot from audio to video.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

For the researchers on the ship, seeing the creature was a reminder, if they needed one, of how many mysteries the deep still holds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Science is where you might uncover facts that explain mysteries.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti