The term 'catawampus' is an American English word that means something that is ASKEW, AWRY, or off-kilter. The crossword solutions for this term are ALOP (4 letters), ASKEW (5 letters), and AWRY (4 letters). ALOP is an adverb meaning in a slanting direction, ASKEW is an adverb meaning in a crooked or oblique direction, and AWRY is an adverb meaning in a wrong or distorted direction. All three words describe the same concept of something being out of alignment or off-center.