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   Twig

   /twiɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.
   • ▪ a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve.

   Word Origin Old Englishtwigge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twijg and German Zweig, also to twain and two.

   Derivatives

   • 1. twigged adjective
   • 2. twiggy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • W

     4

   • I

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   • G

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