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   contort

   /kənˈtɔːt/

   verb

   • 1. twist or bend out of the normal shape: "a spasm of pain contorted his face" Similar twistscrew updistortrare:quirktwistwrench/bend out of shapemisshapewarpbuckledeformpretzel

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin contort- ‘twisted round, brandished’, from the verb contorquere, from con- ‘together’ + torquere ‘twist’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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