What it means
- (noun) A snarl; a complication.
- (noun) A ravelled thread.
- (verb) To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse.
- (verb) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle or clarify.
- (verb) To pull apart (especially cloth or a seam); unravel.
- (verb) To become entangled.
- (verb) To become untwisted or unwoven.
- (verb) In the APL programming language, to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
Letter analysis
- Ravel contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 8.
Sub-words
Related words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
Words starting with RAV
- ravage
- ravaged
- ravages
- ravaging
- rave
- raved
- raveled
- raveling
- ravelled
- ravelling
- ravels
- raven
- ravened
- ravening
- ravenous
- ravenously
- ravens
- raves
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Words ending with VEL
Common questions
What does Ravel mean?
A snarl; a complication.
How many letters are in Ravel?
Ravel has 5 letters.
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