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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
originCoined by critic Donald Gordon in 1930. Alteration and univerbation of who done it? with ellipsis of has.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0