Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To figure out the answer to (a riddle).

  2. (broadly, transitive)To solve (a perplexing problem).

Origin

From un- + riddle.

From un- + riddle.

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Forms

unriddles, unriddling, unriddled, unriddled
Base formunriddle · to unriddle
3rd person singularunriddles
Present participleunriddling
Past simpleunriddled
Past participleunriddled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunriddle
he, she, itunriddles

Past simpleLesson

all personsunriddled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unriddled
he, she, ithas unriddled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unriddle

Synonyms

22 synonyms
deduceB2riddleB1resolveB1solveA1unravelC2puzzle outunpuzzleabsolvedecipherget to the bottom ofiron outmeliorateravelreason out

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunriddler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unresponsiveunrestB2unrestrainedunrestrictedunrollunrulyunsafeB2

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