mystery
Plural: mysteries
Noun
- Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- "how it got out is a mystery"
- a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- 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.
- A mystery play.
- A secret or mystical meaning.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- A sacrament.
- A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
- A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
- A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.
Examples
- That man is a mystery.
- the Eleusinian mysteries
- the Mysteries of Mithras
- The mystery of where all the high-value letters disappeared was perplexing.
- The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.
- The truth behind the events remains a mystery.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “I initiate”), from μύω (múō, “I shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.
Scrabble Score: 15
mystery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmystery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mystery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
mystery: valid Words With Friends Word