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Mystery Novel

Definition: Mystery Novel

Mystery Novel

Noun

1. Novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Mystery Novel

Synonym: detective novel (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Mystery Novel

DomainTitle

Books

  • Guns Drugs & Monsters Cal McDonald Mystery Novel (reference)

  • Gin and Daggers: A Murder, She Wrote Mystery Novel (reference)

  • A Delicately Personal Matter: A J.D. Mulroy Mystery Novel (reference)

  • Death Mask: A Julian Quist Mystery Novel (reference)

  • Murder Out of Wedlock: A Julian Quist Mystery Novel (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mystery Novel

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mystery novel

81

murder mystery novel

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mystery Novel

Language Translations for "mystery novel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

kriminalgeschichte (mystery story), krimi (crime film, crime movie, crime series, crime thriller, detective novel, murder mystery, mystery story, thriller, whodunit). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

怪奇小説 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かいきしょうせつ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ysterymay ovelnay

   

Russian 

  

детективный роман (detective novel, mystery, whodunit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Mystery Novel

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-l-m-n-o-r-s-t-v-y-y"

-3 letters: overmelts, oystermen, resolvent, vestrymen.

-4 letters: entresol, molester, moneyers, motleyer, overlent, overlets, overmelt, remotely, smeltery, solemner, venomers.

-5 letters: elevons, elytron, emoters, erosely, estrone, etymons, loments, melters, meltons, mentors, merlons, merlots, meteors, molters, moneyer, monster, moreens, motleys, myrtles, mystery, nestler, novelty, omelets, overlet, overmen, overset, overtly, relents, remelts, remotes, removes, resmelt, resolve, restyle, revolts, revotes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mystery Novel


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 79 73 74 65 72 79      4E 6F 76 65 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01001110 01101111 01110110 01100101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#121 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#78 &#111 &#118 &#101 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0079 0073 0074 0065 0072 0079      004E 006F 0076 0065 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4791858671849124881887178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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