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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 34% | 11 | Tight curl resembling a small sausage | |
3 | 31% | 8 | Having hair with a tight curl pattern | |
Tight Curl Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "KINK" which means:
- noun
- • A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are british)
- • A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- • A person with unusual sexual tastes
- • An eccentric idea
- • A difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation verb
- • Curl tightly
- • Form a curl, curve, or kink
An example sentence would be:
- • "She has a kink in her hair."
- • "The cable has a kink in it, so it may not work properly."
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