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Definition: Twisted |
TwistedAdjective1. Wound or wrapped around something; "hair twined around her fingers"; "bulky with twisted stitches around the edges". 2. Strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders". 3. Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "twisted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
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Slang | Adjective. Source: To twist is to make different of the orginal state. . Definition: To be intoxicated. Context: This word would be used to describe a person in their group aware of the situation the other member is in . Social Source: N.E. Portland Ebonics . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Slang in 1811 | TWISTED. Executed, hanged. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| tw | English | Twisted | Electrical Engineering |
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Synonyms: TwistedSynonyms: contorted (adj), distorted (adj), misrepresented (adj), perverted (adj), twined (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convolution | Adjective: convoluted; winding, twisted; Verb: tortile, tortive; wavy; undated, undulatory; circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine; serpent, anguill, vermiform; vermicular; mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid; sigmoid, sigmoidal; spiriferous, spiroid; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Twisted |
| English words defined with "twisted": thrown and twisted. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "twisted": shielded twisted pair ♦ twisted hair, twisted pair, twisted pair only, twisted yarn ♦ unshielded twisted pair. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "twisted": Wreath. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, the world's a twisted place (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) He was so twisted he could eat soup with a corkscrew (The Grifters; writing credit: Stephen Frears, written by Donald E. Westlake.) But I want a crater! I want wreckage, twisted metal (The Pink Panther Strikes Again; writing credit: Blake Edwards; Frank Waldman) You're so twisted, it's scary (Digimon: Digital Monsters; writing credit: Dayna Barron) Now my life is run by a twisted leather freak (Once a Thief; writing credit: Glenn Davis; William Laurin) | |
Lyrics | Don't get it twisted, Don't misuse it (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah) Twisted and used up (Butterfly; performing artist: Crazy Town) Tied up and twisted, (Crash Into Me; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) You wack, you're twisted, your girl's a hoe (Party Up; performing artist: DMX) I'm like ma don't get it twisted (Puppy Love; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hanged On a Twisted Cross (1996) Twisted Brain (1974) The Twisted Sex (1966) Twisted Rails (1934) Oliver Twisted (1923) | |
Song Titles | Twisted (performing artist: Keith Sweat) Twisted (performing artist: Joni Mitchell) | |
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 | Looking through the twisted steel of a 90-foot tower wrecked by a storm Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A twisted Juniper in lava rock at Squaw Ridge Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area. OR 1-3. Credit: E. Rees. |
 | Damage resulting from the 17 July 1944 ammunition explosion. This view looks south from the Ship Pier, showing the wreckage of Building A-7 (Joiner Shop) at the right. There is a piece of twisted steel plating just to left of the long pole in left center. Photograph was taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard. Credit: NAVY. |  | A rush of anger surged across him : he twisted furiously, but the iron fingers held. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Freak and twisted carrots caused by defective seed. These carrots are not marketable but are excellent cattle food. Santa Maria, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Twisted tree. Pie Town, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chicken house torn from foundations and twisted. Posey County, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Feeding logs through the sluice at Long Pond. A key log is caught with twisted point of a pike, and as the woodman pulls this log others are carried with it into the sluiceway. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Animals. Elephant (head with trunk twisted). Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Twisted Tree" by Kit Barker Commentary: "A tree with twisted bark and trunk." | "Twisty Tree" by Eric White Commentary: "Tree all twisted around. Found this in a park near home." |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Macbeth had something twisted round him, that went over one shoulder and under the other arm, and was meant, I believe, for a Scotch plaid |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His arms twisted about in horrible contortions |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He twisted his features into a grimace of heavy bestiality and made a lapping noise with his lips |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She twisted her hands together |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I trebled the cable to make it stronger, and for the same reason I twisted three of the iron bars together, binding the extremities into a hook |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Inside the cells were twisted strands of fiber, or neurofibrillary tangles. (references) | |
Paired helical filaments -- twisted fibers making up neurofibrillary tangles. (references) | ||
The second hallmark of AD consists of abnormal collections of twisted threads found inside nerve cells. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess. |
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| "Twisted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 54.80% of the time. "Twisted" is used about 1,123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 54.8% | 615 | 10,493 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 29.36% | 330 | 15,812 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 14.86% | 167 | 24,143 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.98% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,123 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "twisted": be twisted ♦ shielded twisted pair ♦ thrown and twisted ♦ twined twisted ♦ twisted curve ♦ twisted hair ♦ twisted nematic ♦ twisted pair ♦ twisted pair only ♦ twisted surface ♦ twisted with pain ♦ twisted yarn ♦ unshielded twisted pair. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "twisted": twisted-horn, twisted-off, twisted-pair, twisted-ring, twisted-wire. | |
Ending with "twisted": arm-twisted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "twisted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i shtrembëruar (deflected, depraved, distorted, sophisticated, splay, strained, swivel-eyed, warped), i përdredhur (convolute, crooked, kinky, tortile), i nxjerrë vendit, i ndrydhur (controlled, subdued). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملفوف (cabbage, coiled, convolute, convoluted, intertwined, rolled together, surrounded, wound, wrapped up), متشابك (criss cross, entangled). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | усукан (screwy, tortile), засукан, завъртян (turned), извит (arched, bended, cranked, crooked, curly, curve, curved, falcate, falciform, flexous, hooked, incurved, kinky, meandering, round, tortile, tortuous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 扭转 (reversed, Reversing, twisting). (various references) | |
Czech | zohýbaný (bent), zkroucený (drawn, gnarled), překroucený. (various references) | |
Danish | snoet. (various references) | |
Dutch | twisted neumatic cell (TN-cell, twisted nematic cell), Twisted Nematic (Twisted Nematic), TN-cell (TN-cell, twisted nematic cell), warrige draad (spiral grain, spiral growth, spiraled grain, spiralled grain, torse grain, twist grain, twisted fiber, twisted fibre, twisted grain), spiraalvormige vezel (spiral grain, spiral growth, spiraled grain, spiralled grain, torse grain, twist grain, twisted fiber, twisted fibre, twisted grain), spiraalvormige draad (spiral grain, spiral growth, spiraled grain, spiralled grain, torse grain, twist grain, twisted fiber, twisted fibre, twisted grain), niet-afgeschermd twisted-pair (unshielded twisted pair), grauwe dopheide (bell heather, twisted heath), getwist garen (thrown yarn, twisted yarn), gemoulineerd garen (thrown yarn, twisted yarn). (various references) | |
Finnish | vääristynyt (distorted, warped), väärä (bent, crooked, false, faulty, incorrect, mis, unfair, untrue, wrong, wrongful), kiero (crooked, distorted, not straight, warped, wry). (various references) | |
French | tordu, faux, entortillé, bizarre. (various references) | |
German | gedreht (revolved, revved, rotated, twiddled, veered), verbog. (various references) | |
Greek | στραβωμένος, στραπατσαρισμένος, παραμορφωμένος (deformed, disfigured). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משזר (interweaving, plaiting, twined, twining, twist), מפותל (convoluted, curved, tortuous), מעוקם (awry, bent, crooked, curved), מסובך (complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, sophisticated, tangled), לוליני (acrobatic, helicine, spiral), קלוע (braided, plaited), פתלתול (bent, crooked, curved, perverse, serpentine), נפתל (crooked, perverse), נעוה (crooked, distorted, perverse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sodrott (spun), meggörbült (crump, falcated), elcsavart. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tergeliat, terbelit (involved), cengkok. (various references) | |
Italian | slogato, ritorto, contorto (serpentine, sinuous, wry), attorcigliato (convoluted). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 腸捻転 (twisted loop in intestine, volvulus), 縺れる (to become complicated, to get twisted, to tangle), 紙縒り (string made from twisted paper), 紙撚り (string made from twisted paper), 水引 (decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper), 捩じ鉢巻き (towel twisted into a headband), 捩じり鉢巻き (towel twisted into a headband), 撚糸 (twining of thread or yarn, twisted thread or yarn), 勧世縒 (twisted paper, twisted-paper string), 向こう鉢巻き (towel twisted around one's head). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ねんし (age, beginning of the year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings, twining of thread or yarn, twisted thread or yarn), ねじりはちまき (towel twisted into a headband), ねじはちまき (towel twisted into a headband), かんぜより (twisted paper, twisted-paper string), こより (string made from twisted paper), むこうはちまき (folded or rolled head towel, towel twisted around one's head), もつれる (to become complicated, to get twisted, to tangle), みずひき (decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper), ちょうねんてん (twisted loop in intestine, volvulus). (various references) | |
Korean | 뒤트는. (various references) | |
Manx | trooragh (ternary, triplicate), chyndaait (converted, translated), cassit (contorted, distorted, legged, swung, twirled), carrit (twined, twirled). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istedtway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | retorcido (kinky, winding, wry). (various references) | |
Romanian | sucit (distorted, uncommon, unnatural, unusual, whimsical, wrongheaded, wry). (various references) | |
Russian | скрученный (tortile), скручивать искривленный, свернутый (convolute), сплетенный (wreathed), извитой. (various references) | |
Scottish | fiar (bent, crooked, curved). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uvrnut (wry), upleten (entwined, wreathed), izvrnut (become distorted, distorted, turned), iščašen (disjoint, disjointed). (various references) | |
Spanish | retorcido (convolute, gnarled, kinky). (various references) | |
Swedish | vriden (batty, crazy, insane, mad, nuts), snedvriden. (various references) | |
Turkish | kargacık burgacık (crabbed, crooked, scratchy), kıvrımlı (corrugated, crinkly, curled, curly, meandering, plaited, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, voluted), kıvrık (bent, convoluted, folded, serpentine, turned, turned down, turned-in), eğri büğrü (crooked, gnarled, scratchy, screwed, skew, tortuous, uneven), burmalı, bükülmüş (bended, bent, spun, thrown), şaşkın (addle-brained, addled, addle-headed, addle-pated, all abroad, at an end, bemused, bepuzzle, bewildered, confused, consternated, dizzy, dumbfounded, gaping, happy, open-eyed, pixilated, puzzled, puzzle-headed, sheepish, slaphappy, taken aback, thunderstruck, wide-eyed, wondering), şaşırmış (all at sea, all out, amazed, at a loss, baffled, bewildered, blank, confounded, confused, disoriented, distracted, lost, perplexed, punch-drunk, puzzled, surprised, taken aback, wondering), çarpıtılmış. (various references) | |
Turkmen | towly. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сплетений (wreathed, writhen), викривлений (cam, curved, wry), звивистий (anfractuose, anfractuous, convoluted, cranky, meandering, quirky, sinuate, snaky, wandering, winding). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfrodedd (twined). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | streptos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | crispus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 1 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam torquens labia insipiens |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Betere is a pore man, that goth in simplenes, than a riche man tormentende his lippis, and vnwis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Maayo pa ang kabus nga magalakat diha sa iyang pagkahingpit-sa-kasingkasing Kay kaniya nga sukwahi sa iyang mga ngabil ug maoy usa ka buang. |
| Croatian | Bolji je siromah koji živi u nedužnosti nego èovjek opakih usana i k tomu bezuman. |
| Danish | Bedre Fattigmand med lydefri færd end en, som går Krogveje, er han end rig. |
| Dutch | De arme, in zijn oprechtheid wandelende, is beter dan de verkeerde van lippen, en die een zot is. |
| Finnish | Parempi on köyhä, joka nuhteettomasti vaeltaa, kuin huuliltansa nurja, joka on vielä tyhmäkin. |
| French | Mieux vaut le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, Que l`homme qui a des lèvres perverses et qui est un insensé. |
| German | Ein Armer, der in seiner Frömmigkeit wandelt, ist besser denn ein Verkehrter mit seinen Lippen, der doch ein Narr ist. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lebih baik orang miskin yang lurus hidupnya, daripada orang bodoh yang suka berdusta. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang miskin yang melakukan dirinya dengan tulus hati itu terlebih baik dari pada orang yang bercabang lidah, jikalau kaya sekalipun. |
| Italian | Meglio un povero di condotta integra che un ricco di costumi perversi. |
| Maori | ¶ He pai ke te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tona tapatahi, i te ngutu whanoke, i te whakaarokore. |
| Norwegian | Bedre er en fattig som vandrer i ustraffelighet, enn en mann med falske leber, som tillike er en dåre. |
| Portuguese | Melhor é o pobre que anda na sua integridade, do que aquele que é perverso de lábios e tolo. |
| Rumanian | Mai mult preyuiewte sqracul, care umblq kn neprihqnirea lui, deckt un bogat cu buze stricate wi nebun. - |
| Spanish | Mejor es el pobre que camina en su integridad que el de labios perversos y que es necio. |
| Swedish | Fortsättning av den första samlingen av salomoniska ordspråk. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "twisted": entwisted, intertwisted, intwisted, retwisted, untwisted. (additional references) | |
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"Twisted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: taised, Tisted, Twisdton, twise, twistedly, twisten, twistit, twistles, twizzled, wisted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "twisted" (pronounced twi"stud) |
| 5 | -i" s t u d | assisted, coexisted, consisted, delisted, listed, enlisted, existed, fisted, insisted, persisted, preexisted, resisted, unassisted, unlisted. |
| 4 | -s t u d | accosted, adjusted, arrested, attested, bested, blacklisted, blasted, boasted, boosted, breasted, busted, chested, coasted, congested, contested, contrasted, costed, crested, crusted, detested, digested, invested, lambasted, lasted, lusted, disgusted, disinterested, distrusted, divested, dusted, encrusted, entrusted, exhausted, fasted, feasted, flabbergasted, foisted, forecasted, forested, frosted, guested, gusted, harvested, hoisted, hosted, infested, ingested, interested, maladjusted, manifested, masted, mistrusted, molested, nested, ousted, outlasted, pasted, posted, protested, readjusted, rearrested, reinvested, requested, rested, retested, roasted, roosted, rusted, sandblasted, suggested, tasted, tested, tightfisted, toasted, trusted, unadjusted, uncontested, uninterested, unmolested, untested, vested, wasted, worsted, wrested. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bifurcated, bigoted, blanketed, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boated, bolted, booted, boycotted, budgeted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coated, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lamented, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disintegrated, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, diverted, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrypted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fated, faulted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fitted, fixated, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, fomented, footed, footnoted, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hooted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interjected, malted, maltreated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mitigated, moderated, modulated, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, outdated, outed, outfitted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, rerouted, resented, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, rocketed, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, taunted, tempted, terminated, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tilted, tinted, titillated, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, tufted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unmitigated, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-s-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: widest, wisted, witted. | |
-2 letters: deist, diets, dites, edits, sited, stied, tides, twist, twits, wides, wised, wited, wites. | |
-3 letters: dews, dies, diet, dite, dits, edit, ides, sett, side, site, stet, stew, teds, test, tets, tews, tide, tied, ties, twit, weds, west, wets, wide, wise, wist, wite, wits. | |
-4 letters: dew, die, dis, dit, eds, ids, its. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-s-t-t-w" | |
+2 letters: entwisted, intwisted, retwisted, statewide, tawdriest, tweediest, untwisted. | |
+3 letters: tidewaters, twiddliest, wadsetting. | |
+4 letters: bitterweeds, thistledown, wainscotted, waistcoated, wattlebirds, wildcatters, wintertides. | |
+5 letters: intertwisted, thistledowns, thitherwards, whipstitched. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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