Clues for the word "WREST"
We've had 77 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 173 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 29, 2026.
Definition of wrest
- v. t. - To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
- v. t. - To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
- v. t. - To tune with a wrest, or key.
- n. - The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
- n. - Active or moving power.
- n. - A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
- n. - A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
Referring Clues
- Extract by force
- Usurp
- Extract
- Take forcefully
- Tear away (from)
- Seize
- Take forcibly
- Seize (from)
- Seize forcibly
- Take by force
- Take, by force
- Jerk with force
- Take away forcibly
- Snatch
- Take away by force
- Obtain using force
- Seize violently
- Seize, as power
- Take with a struggle
- Usurp forcefully
- Appropriate by force
- Pry free
- Seize by force
- Twist away
- Seize with difficulty
- Extract forcibly
- Tear away, as power
- Gain by force
- Seize by twisting
- Twist forcefully
- Twist to pull free
- Obtain forcibly
- Get by force
- Pull violently
- Obtain despite resistance
- Twist violently
- Pull with effort
- Grab forcefully
- Twist (away)
- Take with force
- Wrench away
- "___ triumph from toil and risk": Teddy Roosevelt
- Extort (from)
- Take away
- Dislodge forcefully
- Snatch forcibly
- Take from
- Get by toil
- Extract with ease? Yes and no
- Use force for peace, say
- Forcibly remove (from another's possession)
- Seize by forceful means
- Twist away with others
- Work hard to get a week's break
- Extract forcefully
- Jerk away
- Snatch from
- Force woman to take break
- Take with effort
- Wrench
- Gain by effort
- The remaining ones we're told to pull off
- Seize forcefully
- Take forcibly (from)
- Forcibly seize
- Forcibly take
- Grab
- Wrench, necessitating whiskey and recuperation!
- Start work on the remainder (with a wrench?)
- Obtain by force
- Rip away
- Yank
- ___ control away from someone
- Tear away
- Forcibly pull
- Remove by force
- Pull with force
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 29, 2026
- Daily American - December 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- LA Times - August 26, 2025
- New York Times - April 12, 2025
- Daily American - February 08, 2025
- New York Times - January 10, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 01, 2024
- USA Today - October 24, 2024
- LA Times - October 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 01, 2024
- LA Times - December 30, 2023
- Daily American - December 19, 2023
- New York Times - August 13, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 09, 2023
- Daily American - February 08, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 10, 2023
- USA Today - November 26, 2022
- New York Times - March 13, 2022
- Universal - January 31, 2018
- New York Times - January 30, 2018
- LA Times - January 27, 2018
- Daily American - December 19, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - December 05, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 24, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 03, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - August 29, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 14, 2017
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