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   Solve

   /sälv/

   

   verb

   • 1. find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery): "the policy could solve the town's housing crisis"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘loosen, dissolve, untie’): from Latin solvere ‘loosen, unfasten’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. solvable adjective
   • 2. solver noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • S

     1

   • O

     1

   • L

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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