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   unravel

   /ʌnˈravl/

   verb

   • 1. undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads). Similar untangledisentanglestraighten outseparate outunsnarlunknotunwinduntwistundountieunkinkunjumbleOpposite entangletangle
   • ▪ (of twisted, knitted or woven threads) become undone: "part of the crew neck had unravelled" Similar fall apartcome apart (at the seams)failcollapsego wrongOpposite succeed
   • ▪ (of an intricate process, system, or arrangement) disintegrate or be destroyed: "his painstaking diplomacy of the last eight months could quickly unravel"
   • 2. investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling): "they were attempting to unravel the cause of death" Similar solveresolvework outclear uppuzzle outfind an answer toget to the bottom ofexplainelucidatefathomdecipherdecodecrackpenetrateuntangleunfoldsettlerevealclarifysort outmake head or tail ofinformal:figure outsuss (out)Opposite complicate

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

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