All whodunit synonyms
who·dun·it
W w noun whodunit
- difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- grabber — a person or thing that grabs.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- occult — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- oracle — Oracle Corporation
- perplexity — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- poser — wannabe, pretentious person
- puzzlement — the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- rebus — a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
- rune — a poem, song, or verse.
- sphinx — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- stumper — a person or thing that stumps.
- teaser — a person or thing that teases.
- twister — a person or thing that twists.
- why — for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly?
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- puzzler — a person who puzzles.
- mystery — anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
- thriller — a person or thing that thrills.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- secret — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- conundrum — A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
- enigma — A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- riddle — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- secrecy — the state or condition of being secret, hidden, or concealed: a meeting held in secrecy.
- subtlety — the state or quality of being subtle.
- abstruseness — hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- charade — If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
- chiller — A chiller is a very frightening film or novel.
- crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
- cryptogram — a secret symbol