untangle

untangle is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Face value is 9 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.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.
2. verb. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

   "unravel the thread"

   Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble

3. verb. release from entanglement of difficulty

   "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

   Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, extricate

Synonyms

unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, disencumber, disentangle, extricate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in untangle:

languent

Common word forms

untangled, untangles, untangling

Words from these letters

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