The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word UNTANGLE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Straighten out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| UNTANGLE | 29 % | 8 |
| UNCOIL | 29 % | 6 |
| UNCURL | 16 % | 6 |
| ALIGN | 8 % | 5 |
| UNBEND | 5 % | 6 |
| UNSNARL | 5 % | 7 |
| SETTLE | 3 % | 6 |
| UNKNIT | 3 % | 6 |
| DETOX | 3 % | 5 |
Why may UNTANGLE be the right solution?
The answer "UNTANGLE" fits the clue "Straighten out" because when you untangle something, you are separating and straightening out twisted or knotted strands.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Straighten out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- straighten
- square away
- neaten
- put right
- sort out
- clear up
- reform
- tidy up
- elucidate
- clean up
- tidy
- disentangle
Crossword Answer definitions
UNTANGLE verb- To remove tangles or knots from.
- (by extension) To remove confusion or mystery from.
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 UNTANGLE
More clues leading to the result UNCOIL
- Straighten out
- Go straight?
- Disentangle
- Prepare for use, as a hose
- Get the kinks out of
- Straighten, as a spring
- Straighten out, in a way
- Unwind.
- Straighten out.
- Wind off.
More clues leading to the result UNCURL
- Straighten out
- Straighten, as hair
- Relax, as one's toes
- Straighten, as tresses
- Straighten hair
- Open, as a fern frond
- Climb out of a comfy chair, perhaps
- Straighten.
- Straighten out.
- Go straight?
More clues leading to the result ALIGN
- Make parallel
- Straighten
- Do some wheel work
- Lie together, perhaps
- Put straight
- Set straight
- Do a bike tuneup
- Make straight
- True up
- Make truer
More clues leading to the result UNBEND
- Straighten
- Straighten out
- Get to go straight?
- Relax a little
- Relax
- Be less formal.
- Become affable.
- Relent
- Get straight
- Straighten out, as an iron bar
More clues leading to the result UNSNARL
- Get the kinks out
- Straighten out
- Straighten, as tangled hair
- Disentangle
- Straighten out, in a way
- Disentangle.
- Comb
- Get straight, in a way
- Straighten, as a hose
- Disentangle, as hair
More clues leading to the result SETTLE
- Sink to the bottom
- Square, as a debt
- Agree out of court
- Deal with what you got
- Take up residence
- Reach agreement
- Colonize
- Avoid litigation
- Emigrate to Canada, e.g.
- Resolve
More clues leading to the result UNKNIT
- Smooth out, as one's brow
- Separate.
- Unravel.
- Ravel
- Ravel or unravel
- Straighten out
- Take apart
- Separate, as stitches
- Make less ravelly