Answer to "Twist violently" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WRENCH which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2008.

Twist violently crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WRENCH	50 %	6
CONTORT	50 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Twist violently

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• wrench
• contort
• hurl
• slew
• strain
• throw
• twister
• wrest
• cap
• kick
• kicks
• set

Crossword Answer definitions

WRENCH noun

1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
3. A trick or artifice.
4. Deceit; guile; treachery.
5. A turn at an acute angle.
6. A winch or windlass.
7. A screw.
8. A distorting change from the original meaning.
9. A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
10. An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
11. A violent emotional change caused by separation.
12. In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
13. Means; contrivance
14. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

WRENCH verb

1. To violently move in a turn or writhe.
2. To pull or twist violently.
3. To turn aside or deflect.
4. To slander.
5. To tighten with or as if with a winch.
6. To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
7. To distort from the original meaning.
8. To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
9. To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
10. To rack with pain.
11. To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
12. To use the tool known as a wrench.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result WRENCH

• Nut turner
• Bolt turner
• Tool for a monkey?
• A type of one begins the answers to starred clues
• Mechanic's tool
• Plumber's tool.
• Tool.
• Jerk
• Twister?
• Twist badly

More clues leading to the result CONTORT

• Wrench
• Twist
• Twist out of shape
• Be wry
• Twist.
• Turn awry.
• Writhe.
• Bend out of shape
• Prisoner's wrongful act?
• Twist violently