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The Clue
Tortile (6 letter answer)
The Answer
COILED
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Notes
The answer COILED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Wound
Ready to spring
Definition
COIL as a verb:
1. (gyrate, spiral, coil) = to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
2. (handbuild, hand-build, coil) = make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
3. (coil, loop, curl) = wind around something in coils or loops
COILED as an adjective:
1. curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"