Twist out of shape
The crossword clue "Twist out of shape" is answered by GNARL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
GNARL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GNARL answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GNARL
Every other clue in this collection answered by GNARL, most used first.
- Tree knot - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Twist - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Contort - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Knot - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Twist into a knot - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Knot on a tree - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Make twisty - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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