Contact and joining
Synonyms for unwind
Synonyms for unwind: unroll and relax. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for unwind
Interchangeable with unwind in this sense
Audited under unwind's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one unwind carries in that sense.
- unrollverb, in the sense "reverse the winding or twisting of"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name unwind as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- relaxrelax is a verb in the sense "become less tense, rest, or take one's ease"
The first group is filed under unwind's own sense. The second reaches unwind from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
reverse the winding or twisting of
Unwind a ball of yarn.
The true synonym
unroll
Same sentence, swapped: Unroll a ball of yarn.
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 unwind in the sentence quoted.
- decompress
- disentangle
- wind
Where unwind turns up in the game
unwind 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where unwind is the trap
- rollverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wind, in the sense "arrange or coil around", and unwind is on the board beside it.
- stimulateverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is brace, in the sense "cause to be alert and energetic", with unwind sitting one tile away.
- unplugverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is disconnect, in the sense "pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable", and unwind is on the board beside it.
Play unwind
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unwind reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other contact and joining words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unwind carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.