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17 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• wrest v. (Transitive) To pull or twist violently.
• wrest v. (Transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
• wrest v. (Transitive, figuratively) To seize.
• wrest v. (Transitive, figuratively) To distort, to pervert, to twist.
• wrest v. (Transitive, music) To tune with a wrest, or key.
• wrest n. The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
• wrest n. (Music) A key to tune a stringed instrument.
• wrest n. (Obsolete) Active or motive power.
• wrest n. (Obsolete, rare) Short for saw wrest (“a hand tool for setting the teeth of a saw, determining the width…
• wrest n. A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
• wrest n. (Agriculture, dated, dialectal) A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard…

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • wrest n. Alternative form of wrist.

— English word, defined in German —

• wrest S. (Musik) Stimmschlüssel.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• wrest w. Ontworstelen, bevechten.

— English words, defined in French —

• wrest v. Arracher par violence.
• wrest v. Tordre.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• wrest v. Arrebatar.

66 English words from 12 English definitions

act Active Agriculture Alternative attached buckets dated determined determining dialectal distort distortion figuratively for force form formerly hand hand␣tool instrument key metal motive motive␣power mouldboard music Obsolete obtain of␣a partition pervert piece ploughs power pull pulling rare saw saw␣wrest seize setting Short Short␣for some stringed stringed␣instrument teeth the tool Transitive tune twist under violent violently water water␣wheel wheel which width with wooden wrench wrest wresting wrist

2 English words from 5 foreign definitions

par violence

6 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Arracher Arrebatar bevechten Musik Ontworstelen Tordre

21 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

wrests wrested wrester wrestle wresters wresting wrestled wrestler wrestles wrestable wrestlers wrestling wrest-block wrest␣block wrestingly wrestlings wrest-blocks wrest␣blocks wrestlerlike Wrestlingworth wrestle␣with␣a␣pig

60 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unwrests outwrests saw␣wrests unwrested arm-wrestle arm␣wrestle e-wrestling outwrested outwrestle overwrests turnwrests unwresting unwrestled arm-wrestled arm␣wrestled arm-wrestler arm␣wrestler arm-wrestles arm␣wrestles mudwrestler mud␣wrestler outwresting outwrestled outwrestles overwrested overwrestle arm-wrestlers arm␣wrestlers arm-wrestling arm␣wrestling mudwrestlers mud␣wrestlers mudwrestling mud␣wrestling outwrestling overwresting overwrestled overwrestles pro␣wrestling tag␣wrestling thumb␣wrestle Indian␣wrestle overwrestling thumb␣wrestles all-in␣wrestling Devon␣wrestling Indian␣wrestled Indian␣wrestles shoot␣wrestling finger␣wrestling +10 words

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unwrest outwrest saw␣wrest overwrest turnwrest

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

est Est EST -est est. Est. res RES Res. rest REST 'rest rest. Rest.

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

erw ERW ser SER ser. tse Tse TSE

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

strew trews Trews werst Werts

40 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ewerts rawest rewets rowest rowset sowter Sowter stewer stower strewn strews tawers towers Towers towres Towser trowse Trowse tweers twerks twerps twiers twires twoers twyers waster waters Waters wersts Werths wester Wester Westra Westry Wister worest wrests wriest writes wryest

33 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

erst ERTs erws ERWs estr- -estr- ESWT ewts rest REST 'rest rest. Rest. rets rews Rews SERT -ster -ster- stew Stew TERs tews Tews tres trew Trew wers wert west West wets WRTs

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

brest Brest crest Crest CREST drest prest Prest pres't weest Wiest wrist Wuest

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

rest REST 'rest rest. Rest. west West

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

worest wriest wryest

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