verb transitiveWord forms: unˈriddled or unˈriddling
to solve or explain (a riddle, mystery, etc.)
unriddle in American English
(unˈrɪdl)
transitive verbWord forms: -dled, -dling
to solve (a riddle, mystery, etc.)
Derived forms
unriddler
noun
Word origin
[1580–90; un-2 + riddle1]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: academic, humanist, piggyback, scramble, stigmaun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)