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   ravel

   /ˈravl/

   verb

   • 1. untangle or unravel something: "Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net"
   • 2. unravel; fray: "a shirt with a ravelled collar"
   • 3. confuse or complicate (a question or situation): "I'd prefer you to keep your nose out of my business and not ravel things further"

   noun

   • 1. a tangle, cluster, or knot: "a ravel of knitting"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, confuse’): probably from Dutch ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • V

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   • E

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