Dictionary Entry
wriggle
wriggle is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 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 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
- 2transitive verb
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
- 3adjective
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
- 4noun
the act of wiggling
- 5verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
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