wrick

Plural: wricks

Noun

a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Verb

Verb Forms: wricked, wricking, wricks

To sprain or twist (a joint, especially the ankle or wrist).
twist suddenly so as to sprain
To twist; turn
To wrench; strain

Examples

He nearly wricked his wrist trying to furiously shuffle his Words With Friends tiles.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”).
See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).

Synonyms

crick, kink, rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench

Scrabble Score: 14

wrick: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wrick: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wrick: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

wrick: valid Words With Friends Word