unravel

unravel is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
2. transitive verb. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
3. transitive verb. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
4. intransitive verb. To become unraveled, in any sense.
5. verb. become undone

   "the sweater unraveled"

   Synonyms: run

6. verb. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

   "unravel the thread"

   Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle

7. verb. disentangle

   "can you unravel the mystery?"

   Synonyms: ravel

Synonyms

run, unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle, ravel

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in unravel:

venular

Common word forms

unravels, unraveled, unraveler, unraveling, unravelled, unraveller, unravelable, unravelling, unravelment

Words from these letters

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