ravel

NOUNVERB /rə'vɛl/

5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R

ravel is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

R1A1V4E1L1

1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24

MEANING

What does ravel mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES

1

French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937).

SYNONYMS

2

A row of unravelled stitches.

SYNONYMS

BROADER

DAMAGE HARM IMPAIRMENT

VERB · 2 SENSES

1

Disentangle.

“can you unravel the mystery?”

SYNONYMS

RAVEL OUT UNRAVEL

BROADER

STRAIGHTEN OUT DISENTANGLE UNSNARL

RELATED

RAVELLING RAVELING

2

Tangle or complicate.

“a ravelled story”

SYNONYMS

ANTONYMS

BROADER

INTERLACE INTERTWINE LACE ENTWINE TWINE ENLACE

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of ravel

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

LAVER8 REVAL8 VELAR8

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