Crooked is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 123 anagrams from letters in crooked (cdekoor).
Definitions for crooked
noun
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a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
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the hooked part of anything.
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an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd's staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or abbot.
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a dishonest person, especially a sharper, swindler, or thief.
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a bend, turn, or curve:
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the act of crooking or bending.
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a pothook.
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Also called shank. a device on some musical wind instruments for changing the pitch, consisting of a piece of tubing inserted into the main tube.
adjective
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not straight; bending; curved:
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askew; awry:
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deformed:
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not straightforward; dishonest.
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bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.
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(of a coin) polygonal:
verb (used with object)
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to bend; curve; make a crook in.
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Slang. to steal, cheat, or swindle:
verb (used without object)
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to bend; curve.
Origin of crooked
1200-50; Middle English croked; see crook1, -ed2
Examples for crooked
The economy melts down because of something a bunch of crooked bankers do.
"crooked as a dog's hind legs," snarled Lewis, biting viciously at his cigar.
A person, Kant tells us, is crooked timber from which no straight thing can be made.
We had had nothing much since leaving the camp at crooked Water.
Why, John, when you brought him home you said he was crooked.
I am a mud-head myself to think a crooked rod could save them.'
In 2001 Scottish writer A.L. Kennedy had some harsh words about the prize, calling it “a pile of crooked nonsense.”
Smiling on the red carpet, Gaga showed off a set of oversized rotten dentures, featuring "metallic gums and crooked teeth."
And there was an underlying compassion for each character, no matter how crooked or misguided or totally bananas.
"You must have crooked ways to catch crooks, believe me," he said cheerfully.