Usually means: Mystery involving the identification culprit.
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  1. whodunit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whodunit: Merriam-Webster
  3. whodunit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. whodunit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. whodunit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. whodunit: Vocabulary.com
  7. Whodunit, whodunit: Wordnik
  8. whodunit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. whodunit: Wiktionary
  10. whodunit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. whodunit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. whodunit: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. whodunit: Dictionary.com
  14. whodunit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. whodunit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Whodunit (disambiguation), Whodunit (song), Whodunit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. whodunit: Rhymezone
  18. whodunit: FreeDictionary.org
  19. whodunit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. whodunit: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whodunit: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whodunit: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.

Similar:
mystery, mystery story, whodunnit, whodunwhat, howdunit, howdunnit, whydunnit, docudrama, dees, daytime drama, more...

Opposite:
howcatchem, reverse mystery, crime drama

Types:
murder mystery, detective story, thriller, suspense, mystery, suspense thriller, mystery thriller, more...

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classic, good, real, traditional, simple, historical, modern, latest, classical, english, intriguing

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Similar:
mystery, mystery story, whodunnit, whodunwhat, howdunit, howdunnit, whydunnit, docudrama, dees, daytime drama, more...

Opposite:
howcatchem, reverse mystery, crime drama

Types:
murder mystery, detective story, thriller, suspense, mystery, suspense thriller, mystery thriller, more...

Adjectives:
classic, good, real, traditional, simple, historical, modern, latest, classical, english, intriguing

Colors:
    black,     gray,     red,     dark blue,     burgundy, more...



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