Flexor
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A skeletal muscle whose contraction causes a limb or joint to bend.
“The flexor tendons in the hand allow the fingers to curl inward.”
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Worth 16 points with X (8) and F (4), a useful anatomy term that plays strongly on high-value squares
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