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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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Danger comes in familiar settings in these mysteries from Emma Garman and Catriona McPherson.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

His inexplicable home-run drought has emerged as one of the biggest mysteries of the season.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But where the blazing redhead star turned recluse’s mystery came from something thrown into the water, the copper-tressed, genre-blurring songwriter’s own mysteries are contained within.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Kepler had nothing but his mathematical ability and a burning zeal to unlock the mysteries of the Universe.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin