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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CRUEL Twisting the knife, say (5) New York Times Sep 10, 2016
8% TWINED Entangled or twisted together, say (6)
8% WRY Twisted (3) New York Times Nov 16, 2025
7% USES Swiss Army Knife's multitude (4) Universal Dec 19, 2025
7% SKEWED Distorted, twisted (6) (6) The Sun Mini Dec 18, 2025
7% MORE Oliver Twist's request (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 15, 2025
7% LETTEROPENER Paper knife (6,6) (12) The Guardian Quick Dec 9, 2025
7% WARPS Twists out of shape (5) USA Today Dec 9, 2025
7% ENTWINE Twist around (7) (7) Puzzler Dec 5, 2025
7% GRUEL Twist-y dish? (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 5, 2025

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