tangle
noun/ˈtæŋɡəl/
Frequency rank: #11,822 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a confused, intertwined mass of things twisted together.
Example sentence
The cat played with the yarn until it became a complete tangle of knots.
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