extricate

Verb

release from entanglement of difficulty
- "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
To free from intricacies or perplexity.

Examples

I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
The firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcō.

Synonyms

disencumber, disentangle, untangle

Scrabble Score: 18

extricate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
extricate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
extricate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

extricate: valid Words With Friends Word