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uncluing

uncluing is the present participle and gerund of unclue.

Meaning of unclue

Verb

unclue (third-person singular simple present unclues, present participle uncluing, simple past and past participle unclued)

  1. (transitive) To unwind; to untangle.
    • unclue ropes
  2. (transitive) To decipher; to untangle (e.g. a mystery)
    • uncluing the plot

Questions about uncluing

What is uncluing the present participle and gerund of?
Uncluing is the present participle and gerund of unclue.

Words near uncluing in the dictionary

  1. unclubbish
  2. unclubby
  3. unclue
  4. unclued
  5. unclues
  6. uncluing
  7. unclump
  8. unclumped
  9. unclumping
  10. unclumps
  11. unclung

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncluing (page history and authors); unclue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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