9
chiller(noun, name, difficulty, anxiety, confusion)
8
mystery(noun, difficulty, question, secret, puzzle)
5
whodunit(noun, question, secret, puzzle, subtlety)
3
shocker(noun, name, film, movie)
3
fabliau
3
flutterer
3
gest
2
ghost story
2
myth
2
parable
2
quiverer
2
sai
2
science fiction
2
sixty-four-thousand-dollar question(noun, expression, question, secret, puzzle)
2
stirrer
2
tough nut to crack(noun, expression, idiom, question, secret)
2
trembler
1
allegory
1
legend
1
romance
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