11
indirect(adjective, bent, crooked, devious, twisting)
10
snaky(adjective, straight, repetition, twisting, convolution)
10
meandering(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, crooked, ambiguous)
10
twisted(adjective, irregular, round, bent, crooked)
9
devious(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, incidental)
8
convoluted(adjective, twisting, convolution, winding)
8
curvy(adjective, twisting, winding)
8
roundabout(adjective, bent, crooked, warped, devious)
8
sinuate
8
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, devious)
6
mazy(adjective, convolution)
6
meandrous(adjective, straight, repetition, twisting, winding)
6
zigzag(adjective, side, bent, crooked, ambiguous)
5
bent(adjective, irregular, crooked, inclined, warped)
5
wavy(adjective, convolution, undulating)
5
wiggly
4
circumlocutory(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
4
curly
4
curvilinear(adjective, round, bent, crooked, twisted)
4
curving
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