Synonyms of the word

whodunit

• n. A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine…

mystery

• n. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
• n. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
• n. (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.
• n. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
• n. (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had…
• n. (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
• n. A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.

story

• n. A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
• n. A lie, fiction.
• n. (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
• n. (obsolete) History.
• n. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
• v. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
• n. (obsolete) A building or edifice.
• n. (chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
• n. (typography) Alternative form of storey.