The term 'contorts' is a verb that describes the act of twisting or bending one's body into an unnatural shape. The crossword solutions for this term are 'gnarls' (6 letters), 'bends' (5 letters), 'warps' (5 letters), 'twists' (6 letters), and 'wries' (5 letters). All of these words are synonyms for contorting, and each describes a different type of movement or action. Gnarls refer to a twisted or knotted shape, bends refer to a curved shape, warps refer to a distorted shape, twists refer to a spiral shape, and wries refer to a contorted shape.