twister
Meanings
Plural: twisters
Noun
- a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
- small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- One who twists.
- One who twists.
- One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
- A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- A tornado.
- A girder.
- The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
- A crook, a villain.
- Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
- The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er.
Scrabble Score: 10
twister is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordtwister is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
twister is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
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