Phrase guide
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noun
A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
A 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games
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noun
a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mystery, mystery story, whodunit
History
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Across languages
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