sleuth

/sluːθ/

Etymology

Clipping of sleuthhound.

sleuth means A detective. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A detective.“1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?”
A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.
An animal’s trail or track.
Slowness; laziness, sloth.
A group of bears.“As quietly as if I were practicing to join a sleuth of bears, I crept out the door and went on home, eventually winding up in the garage…”

verb

To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.“We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!”