Squirm
Crossword Clue & Answers

25 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword

We found 8 answers for the crossword clue 'Squirm', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Squirm a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Squirm as an answer itself some 24 times.

Squirm is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Friday, 22 October 2021 with the answer being WRITHE, we also found WRITHE to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 22 Oct 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 11 Aug 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 30 Jun 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 8 Apr 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 7 Apr 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 15 Feb 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 23 Dec 2020
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 4 Dec 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 9 Apr 2020

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Squirm', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Squirm' and give you a hint.

• The act of wiggling
• 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"

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

WORM
Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

5 Letters

TWIST
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

6 Letters

FIDGET
Move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"

WIGGLE
The act of wiggling

WRITHE
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"

7 Letters

WRANGLE

WRESTLE
The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

WRIGGLE
The act of wiggling