Clues for the word "TWISTER"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 40 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 13, 2025.
Definition of twister
- n. - One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- n. - The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
- n. - A girder.
- n. - The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
Referring Clues
- Classic party game
- Popular party game
- Violent windstorm
- Knotty game?
- Tornado
- Transport to Oz
- It sent Dorothy to Oz
- Funnel cloud
- Helen Hunt film
- Violent weather
- Chubby Checker, famously
- Cyclone
- Storm that's chased
- What brought Dorothy to Oz
- ... with a mat with colored circles
- Tornado Alley event
- "Left foot blue" party game
- Dorothy's transport to Oz
- Rogue - tornado
- Con artist - tornado
- Dishonest person
- Game played on a plastic mat
- See 12
- Violent local windstorm (US)
- See 1 down
- Game '60s dancer
- Phoney dancer
- Swindler's wits exercised on odd parts of theory
- See 10
- Contortionistic game
- Obviously not fair weather!
- Whirlwind
- Party game inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2015
- Game that got a big boost when Johnny Carson demonstrated it with Eva Gabor on "The Tonight Show"
- Game with a mat and spinner
- Game with a hands-down winner?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 12, 2024
- New York Times - May 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 14, 2024
- USA Today - January 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 21, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2023
- USA Today - January 19, 2018
- USA Today - December 28, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 05, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 18, 2017
- Guardian Quick - August 07, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - May 10, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - January 10, 2016
- Guardian Prize - August 15, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - June 28, 2015
- Guardian Quick - May 20, 2015
- Guardian Quick - January 05, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - November 13, 2014
- New York Times - October 13, 2014
- Netword - July 16, 2014
- LA Times - July 21, 2013
- Universal - October 23, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - October 09, 2012
- Guardian Quick - July 16, 2012
- Guardian Quick - February 09, 2012
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 02, 2011
- Universal - August 05, 2011
- And in 10 more crossword puzzles...