crinkle

crinkle is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
2. intransitive verb. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
3. noun. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
4. noun. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

   "his face has many lines"

   "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

   Synonyms: crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle

5. verb. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

   "This fabric won't wrinkle"

   Synonyms: crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle

6. verb. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

   "The dress got wrinkled"

   "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

   Synonyms: crease, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, wrinkle

Synonyms

crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crumple, rumple, crisp, ruckle, scrunch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crinkle:

clinker

Common word forms

crinkled, crinkles, crinkling

Words from these letters

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