The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WARPS , but the solution may also be WINDS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Twists crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WARPS | 17 % | 5 |
| SKEWS | 10 % | 5 |
| GNARLS | 10 % | 6 |
| CONTORTS | 7 % | 8 |
| IRONIES | 5 % | 7 |
| KINKS | 5 % | 5 |
| SLUES | 5 % | 5 |
| COILS | 5 % | 5 |
| TORQUES | 2 % | 7 |
| WRESTS | 2 % | 6 |
| SWIRLS | 2 % | 6 |
| BRAIDS | 2 % | 6 |
| WRIES | 2 % | 5 |
| BENDS | 2 % | 5 |
| SPRAINS | 2 % | 7 |
| STRANDS | 2 % | 7 |
| WINDS | 2 % | 5 |
| MORE | 2 % | 4 |
| SLEWS | 2 % | 5 |
| WRINGS | 2 % | 6 |
| ENTWINES | 2 % | 8 |
| SWERVES | 2 % | 7 |
| WRITHES | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Twists
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bend
- whirl
- winding
- wrick
- writhe
- wrench
- pull
- braid
- turn
- squirm
- wriggle
- sprain
Crossword Answer definitions
WARPS verb- To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
- (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
- To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
- To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
- To move:
- (obsolete outside dialectal, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
- To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
- (very rare) To throw.
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 WARPS
- Travels fast in a spaceship
- Continuum glitches
- Bends out of shape
- Gets bent out of shape
- Distorts
- Gets twisted
- Time irregularities, in sci-fi
- They may be found in board examinations
- Twists
- Board defects
More clues leading to the result SKEWS
- Distorts
- Moves obliquely
- Depicts unfairly
- Manipulates, as data
- Is oblique
- Changes orientation
- Turns obliquely
- Takes an indirect course
- Applies a fudge factor to
- Depicts with bias
More clues leading to the result GNARLS
- Twists out of shape
- Distorts
- Twists
- Tree knots
- Bulging knots
- Knots in wood.
- Twists, like an old oak.
- Twists.
- Knots
- Twists into a knot
More clues leading to the result CONTORTS
More clues leading to the result IRONIES
- Twists of fate
- One of life's little __
- Story surprises
- Features of O. Henry stories
- Life's little incongruities
- Unexpected twists
- Twists
- Unexpected results
- Many O. Henry endings
- Unexpected turns of events
More clues leading to the result KINKS
- Quirks
- Massage targets
- Twists
- Glitches
- "Lola" band
- Garden hose problems
- Eccentricities
- Things to work out
- Flaws
- Hose problems
More clues leading to the result SLUES
- Turns sharply
- Turns about
- Turns on an axis
- Pivots
- Swings around
- Heaps and heaps
- Skids
- Swings about
- Pivots sharply
- Veers off course
More clues leading to the result COILS
- Slinkys, essentially
- Shapes snakes make
- Winds about
- Mattress layer
- Spirals
- Makes ropes shipshape
- Winds (around)
- Prepares to strike, as a snake
- Mattress framework
- Winds
More clues leading to the result TORQUES
More clues leading to the result WRESTS
- Pulls away
- Yanks (from)
- Takes by force
- Takes from
- Takes away by force
- Takes hold of
- Jerks
- Takes using force
- Tears (away) from
- Forcibly removes
More clues leading to the result SWIRLS
- Many an eddy
- Hostess Cupcakes features
- Marbling
- Spins around
- Emulates an eddy
- Forms an eddy
- Eddies
- Ice cream lines
- Ice cream designs
- Marble rye pattern
More clues leading to the result BRAIDS
- Pippi Longstocking features
- Hair weaving?
- Pippi's do
- Intertwines
- Pigtails
- Hair arrangements
- Makes pigtails
- Hair-do.
- Pigtails.
- Weaves
More clues leading to the result WRIES
More clues leading to the result BENDS
- Swerves from a straight line
- Folds over
- Curves
- Deep sea diver's ailment
- Doglegs
- Deep knee ___
- Gives in
- Road curves
- Ballerina's plie's
- Plies
More clues leading to the result SPRAINS
- Athletes' injuries
- Wrist twists, e.g.
- Ankle injuries
- Twists
- Stretches injuriously.
- Wrist mishaps
- Trainers treat them
- Ankle woes
- They rankle ankles
- Common injuries among athletes
More clues leading to the result STRANDS
- Leaves in the lurch
- Locks of hair
- Leaves helpless
- Leaves high and dry
- Twine threads
- Leaves alone
- Fibers
- Seashores
- DNA units
- Pearl sets
More clues leading to the result WINDS
- Orchestra section
- Chinook and mistral
- Pit members
- Resembles a mountain road
- Air currents
- Flutes and clarinets
- They may be measured in knots
- Air gusts
- Oboes and flutes
- Gales, for example
More clues leading to the result MORE
- "Mondo Cane" tune
- Additional
- Twist's request
- Oliver's plea
- Seconds
- Supplemental
- Word repeated before climax
- Word in bed
- Pig's plea
- Sir Thomas
More clues leading to the result SLEWS
More clues leading to the result WRINGS
- Squeezes
- Squeezes dry
- Squeezes, as a sponge mop
- Removes water, in a way
- Extracts with effort
- Twists forcibly.
- Twists
- Gets with great difficulty
- Gets the water out of
- Squeezes forcibly
More clues leading to the result ENTWINES
- Wraps around
- Interplaits
- Twists together
- Ties together
- Twists
- Laces.
- Laces
- Becomes twisted
- Wreathes
- Interlaces