Contact and joining

Synonyms for unravel

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 4, High CampContact and joining

become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Unravel the thread.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

untangle

Same sentence, swapped: Untangle the thread.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for unravel as it is used in the sentence above.

knot
unfold
unplug

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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