Definitions for untangles

untangles un·tan·gle

Spelling: [uhn-tang-guh l]
IPA: /ʌnˈtæŋ gəl/

Untangles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 468 anagrams from letters in untangles (aeglnnstu).

Definitions for untangles

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring out of a tangled state; disentangle; unsnarl.
  2. to straighten out or clear up (anything confused or perplexing).

Origin of untangles

First recorded in 1540-50; un-2 + tangle1

Examples for untangles

Sally Ann never failed to locate the trouble or to untangle the yarn.

I have been spending all the afternoon getting on to the phone to Paris to untangle the muddle.

It will take an outsider to untangle the pernicious insiders' club that Berlusconi created in the Italian government.

Observers, meanwhile, will continue to untangle Magnotta's reality, breaking down the legend he spent years building up online.

A few doors down, Jeff Nier was trying to figure out how to untangle the three-car pile-up in his driveway.

A cup of chocolate, served by Gothon, helped not a little to untangle his ideas.

Those who were actually laboring to untangle the ropes only increased the snarl.

Come Thursday, the Moon causes misunderstandings that you find impossible to untangle.

How will they find legal advice to help them untangle the legal nightmare of applying for and qualifying for asylum?

Your philosophy may be a trifle mixed, but it will untangle itself later on.

Word Value for untangles
Scrable

9

Words with friends

14

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