Clues for the word "WRITHE"
We've had 48 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 94 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on October 05, 2026.
Definition of writhe
- v. t. - To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
- v. t. - To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
- v. t. - To extort; to wring; to wrest.
- v. i. - To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.
Referring Clues
- Squirm
- Twist up
- Bend out of shape
- Twist in pain
- Do some squirming
- Move painfully
- Squirm about
- Twist in agony
- Squirm in pain
- Move in a twisting or contorted way
- Twist violently
- Twist about
- Twist
- Squirm, possibly wither
- Summons man to squirm
- Twist, having the savvy to grab right man
- Write around for a hotel to twist!
- Contort in pain
- Seem pained when the head waiter takes their order
- Twist so as to wither, possibly
- "Are in agony for about an hour," you tell the readers
- Show acute embarrassment as husband's embraced by author
- Horse put in pen to struggle
- Feel shame, seeing horse in pen
- Manifest great pain
- Twist as in pain
- King with jester around: he will do contortions
- The formal document's explosive, making one squirm
- Do the twist - 21 without heroin
- Her wit could make you squirm
- Twist the wire, cutting out the terminal
- Squirm like a man under a summons?
- Writer Elizabeth leaves man to squirm
- Thrash man after summons
- Squirm when legal document's served to His Excellency
- Struggle with husband being taken into service
- Worm I threw away
- Correspond about hospital making one squirm
- Toss last of butter in with last of margarine
- Summons gets man to squirm
- Legal document served on the man makes us squirm
- Emulate a snake
- Summons male to move sinuously
- Over their going out West, seem very pained
- Wither contortedly!
- Squirm and wither tormentedly
- Squirm and wither, perhaps
- Squirm as you scribble out a letter
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - October 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 19, 2026
- Daily Quick - May 18, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 27, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2025
- LA Times - June 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 21, 2024
- LA Times - June 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 01, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 29, 2023
- LA Times - September 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 21, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 04, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 05, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - January 27, 2018
- Canadiana - January 15, 2018
- Evening Standard Quick - January 04, 2018
- Universal - November 03, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 13, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 05, 2017
- And in 64 more crossword puzzles...