Meaning & use
mystery
Something that is difficult or impossible to explain, understand, or identify.
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The disappearance of the ship remains an unsolved mystery to this day.
She loves reading a good mystery before falling asleep at night.
A note on using this word
"Mystery" also names a whole genre of fiction centered on solving a crime or puzzle, separate from its general meaning of the unknown.
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