The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word UNTIE , but the solution may also be EASE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Loosen crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| UNTIE | 46 % | 5 |
| UNDO | 31 % | 4 |
| EASE | 9 % | 4 |
| UNLACE | 4 % | 6 |
| RELAX | 2 % | 5 |
| UNPIN | 1 % | 5 |
| EASEOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| UNBELT | 1 % | 6 |
| UNPEG | 1 % | 5 |
| UNLASH | 1 % | 6 |
| UNSTRAP | 1 % | 7 |
| UNBRACE | 1 % | 7 |
| UNLATCH | 1 % | 7 |
| UNKNOT | 1 % | 6 |
| THAW | 1 % | 4 |
| FREE | 1 % | 4 |
Why may EASE be the right solution?
"EASE" is the right solution because it means to make something less tight or strict, which is synonymous with "loosen."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Loosen
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- loose
- tease
- relax
- tease apart
- unfasten
- release
- untie
- remove
- unscrew
- detach
- defuse
- undo
Crossword Answer definitions
UNTIE verb- To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
- To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
- To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
- To become untied or loosed.
- In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result UNTIE
- Loosen
- Loosen a four-in-hand
- Loosen the oxfords
- Remove, as a knot
- Free
- Loosen the brogans
- Set free
- Set loose
- Disengage shoelaces?
- Loosen laces
More clues leading to the result UNDO
More clues leading to the result EASE
More clues leading to the result UNLACE
- Remove, as rollerblades
- Loosen, as a corset
- Prepare to remove, as shoes
- Loosen, corset-style
- Loosen, as shoes
- Loosen, as a shoe
- Loosen, as boots
- Loosen, as shoestrings
- Loosen, in a way
- Prepare to de-boot
More clues leading to the result RELAX
- Take it easy
- Chill out
- Take five
- Unwind
- "Take a chill pill!"
- Stop working
- "Calm down!"
- Kick back
- Something to do on sabbatical
- Hang loose
More clues leading to the result UNPIN
- Detach, in a way
- Detach a medal
- Open a diaper
- Remove, as a corsage
- Release, in a way
- Remove, as a boutonniere
- Loosen, in a way
- Start to remove
- Open up, as a new shirt
- Remove, as a nametag
More clues leading to the result EASEOFF
More clues leading to the result UNBELT
- Loosen
- Prepare to leave one's plane seat
- Remove the cincture.
- Loosen, as a garment
- Prepare to deplane
- Release, in a way
- Begin disrobing, possibly
- Start to take off one's pants, say
- Thing to do when leaving a car
More clues leading to the result UNPEG
- Let float, as a currency
- Remove, as linen from a clothesline
- Open, in a way
- Remove wooden pins from
- Loosen
- Remove, as a tent fastener
- Remove, as a tent anchor
- Remove a fastener from
- Allow to fluctuate, as a currency
- Clear the cribbage board
More clues leading to the result UNLASH
- Loosen
- Detach, as rope
- Remove, as bindings
- Set free of ropes.
- Loosen a strap
- Loosen rigging
- Get out of a bind?
- Remove ropes from
- Remove, as Odysseus from the mast
- Remove a binding
More clues leading to the result UNSTRAP
- Release, in a way
- Open, in a way
- Loosen.
- Loosen, as a harness
- Take off a belt
- Loosen one's belt
- Remove, as a backpack
- Open, as a bag
- Loosen, in a way
- Remove, as a seat belt
More clues leading to the result UNBRACE
More clues leading to the result UNLATCH
- Debar?
- Open, in a way
- Open, as a screen door
- Open
- Open, as a gate
- Open the door.
- Loosen.
- Fling wide the gates
- Open up
More clues leading to the result UNKNOT
- Loosen, in a way
- Disentangle
- Detangle
- Loosen
- Remove a tangle
- Relax during a massage, as a muscle
- Disunite one's laces
- Loosen up on the massage table
- Disentangle, as one's laces
- Release, as a tie
More clues leading to the result THAW
- Melt down
- Spring phenomenon
- Liquefy
- Melt
- Détente, so to speak
- Become friendly
- Defrost
- Microwave option
- Pull out one's meat, perhaps
- Sign of Spring