Unblock

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To remove or clear an obstruction from: unblock a road; unblock an artery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
  • v. To free or make available.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In whist, to play an unnecessarily high card, in order to avoid interrupting a partner's long suit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make (assets) available
  • v. play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding
  • v. clear or remove an obstruction from
  • Verb Form
    unblocked    unblocking    unblocks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    issue    supply    play    loosen up    unstuff