untie

untie is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
2. transitive verb. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
3. transitive verb. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
4. intransitive verb. To become untied or loosed.
5. verb. undo the ties of

   "They untied the prisoner"

   Synonyms: unbrace, unlace

6. verb. cause to become loose

   "undo the shoelace"

   "untie the knot"

   Synonyms: loosen, undo

Synonyms

unbrace, unlace, loosen, undo

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in untie:

intue, unite

Common word forms

untied, untier, unties, untiing, untieing

Words from these letters

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