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 |
| KINKS | 5 % | 5 |
| IRONIES | 5 % | 7 |
| COILS | 5 % | 5 |
| SLUES | 5 % | 5 |
| BRAIDS | 2 % | 6 |
| WINDS | 2 % | 5 |
| WRITHES | 2 % | 7 |
| BENDS | 2 % | 5 |
| WRINGS | 2 % | 6 |
| WRESTS | 2 % | 6 |
| STRANDS | 2 % | 7 |
| SWERVES | 2 % | 7 |
| SWIRLS | 2 % | 6 |
| WRIES | 2 % | 5 |
| SLEWS | 2 % | 5 |
| TORQUES | 2 % | 7 |
| SPRAINS | 2 % | 7 |
| ENTWINES | 2 % | 8 |
| MORE | 2 % | 4 |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 WRITHES
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 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 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 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 SWERVES
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 WRIES
More clues leading to the result SLEWS
More clues leading to the result TORQUES
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 ENTWINES
- Wraps around
- Interplaits
- Twists together
- Ties together
- Twists
- Laces.
- Laces
- Becomes twisted
- Wreathes
- Interlaces