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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 28% | 7 | Act of twisting or turning; a twisting. | |
3 | 28% | 10 | Squirming or twisting in a twisting motion | |
Twisting Is Painful Right Away Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "TORTUOUS" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- • Marked by repeated turns and bends
- • Not straightforward adjective
- • Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
- • Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from capricorn to gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
- • Injurious; tortious.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The hiker faced a tortuous path up the steep mountain."
- • "The novel's plot was so tortuous that i found it difficult to follow."
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