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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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Diet could help answer one of the biggest mysteries raised by the fossils: how did early Homo and this unidentified Australopithecus share the same place?

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

In addition to solving scientific mysteries, studying this debris helps researchers better understand how asteroids and comets change over time.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Among the film’s many mysteries, one I’ve found particularly intriguing has to do with Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post and CEO of its parent company during the Watergate investigations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

At the same time, the mysteries multiplied relentlessly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The whole state depressed him, the blue lines representing highways that intersected towns whose names and destinies were mysteries to him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy