unlace

unlace is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
2. transitive verb. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
3. transitive verb. To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.
4. verb. undo the ties of

   "They untied the prisoner"

   Synonyms: unbrace, untie

Synonyms

unbrace, untie

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in unlace:

auncel, cuneal, lacune, launce

Common word forms

unlaced, unlaces, unlacing

Words from these letters

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