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— English words —

• writhe v. (Transitive) To twist, wring (something).
• writhe v. (Transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
• writhe v. (Intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one’s self; to be distorted.
• writhe v. (Transitive) To extort.
• writhe n. (Rare) A contortion.
• writhe n. (Knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • writhe v. Alternative form of writhen.

— English words, defined in French —

• writhe n. (Mathématiques) En théorie des nœuds, différence entre les nombres de croisements positifs et négatifs…
• writhe v. Se débattre, se démener, se tortiller.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• writhe v. Retorcerse.
• writhe s. Retorcimiento.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• writhe v. Torcer.
• writhe v. Contorcer.

28 English words from 7 English definitions

Alternative bodily body contort contortion crossings distorted extort form from Intransitive knot Knot␣theory negative number one part positive Rare self something subtracted the theory Transitive twist wring writhen

3 English words from 6 foreign definitions

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17 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Contorcer croisements débattre démener différence Mathématiques négatifs nœuds nombres positifs Retorcimiento Se␣débattre se␣démener se␣tortiller théorie Torcer tortiller

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

writhed writhen writher writhes writhers writheneck

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

midwrithe

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

ith i'th' ithe rit rith rithe the the- writ writh

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

Tir TIR

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

whiter wither Wither wither-

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

hotwire hot-wire swither threw␣in throwie whirret whirtle whister whither whitier Whitmer Whitner whitret whitter Whitter Wichert Winther wishter witcher Witcher wither'd Withern withers Withers withery withier worthie writeth writhed writhen writher writhes writhle

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

Erith Reith Rieth rithe tehri their theri- thier Thier threw twier twire Werth white White Wirth withe write writh

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

Waithe wrathe writee writh'd writh's writhy wrothe

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

rithe withe write writh

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

writhle

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