twig

twig is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To twitch; to pull; to tweak. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
2. transitive verb. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
3. transitive verb. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
4. noun. A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
5. transitive verb. To beat with twigs.
6. noun. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

   Synonyms: branchlet, sprig

7. verb. branch out in a twiglike manner

   "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

8. verb. understand, usually after some initial difficulty

   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

   Synonyms: tumble

Synonyms

branchlet, sprig, tumble

Common word forms

twigs, twigful, twigged, twigger, twigging, twigless

Words from these letters

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