Meanings
nounmurder mystery (plural murder mysteries)
plural murder mysteries
- fictionA subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.
- gamesA game in which one or more players are tasked with killing off all other players, who in turn must identify the murderers and vote them out or otherwise remove them from the game.
Translations
Chinese 劇本殺 /剧本杀
- 劇本殺 /剧本杀 (jùběnshā)game
Chinese Mandarin 凶殺懸疑 /凶杀悬疑, 凶案小説
- 凶殺懸疑 /凶杀悬疑 (xiōngshā xuányí)fiction
- 凶案小説 (xiōng'àn xiǎoshuō)fiction
- 凶殺小説 /凶杀小说 (xiōngshā xiǎoshuō)fiction
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “murder mystery,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murder%20mystery.
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