Contact and joining
Synonyms for unravel
The synonym for unravel recorded in this bank is untangle, in the sense "become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for unravel
- untangleverb, in the sense "become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day unravel is audited in a second meaning.
become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Unravel the thread.
The true synonym
untangle
Same sentence, swapped: Untangle the thread.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for unravel in the sentence quoted.
- knot
- unfold
- unplug
Where unravel turns up in the game
unravel is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where unravel is the trap
- unplugverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is disconnect, in the sense "pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable", and unravel is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play unravel
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unravel reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because contact and joining is the company unravel keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unravel carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.