unlock

unlock is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 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 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
2. transitive verb. To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
3. verb. become unlocked

   "The door unlocked from the inside"

4. verb. open the lock of

   "unlock the door"

5. verb. set free or release

Common word forms

unlocks, unlocked, unlocker, unlocking, unlockable

Words from these letters

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