WORM
Scrabble letter values: W4O1R1M3 = 9
Definition
- verb to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). — synonyms: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, squirm, twist
- noun any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes.
- noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect. — synonyms: louse, insect, dirt_ball
- noun a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network.
- noun screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack.
Examples
- “The prisoner writhed in discomfort”
- “The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace”
- “also many insect larvae”