5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun a squeeze with the fingers
verb pinch or squeeze sharply
verb pull or pull out sharply
originFrom Middle English twikken, from Old English twiccian (“to pluck”), from Proto-West Germanic *twekkōn (“to fasten; clamp; pinch”). Related to twitch. The drug-related sense may be a blend of twitch and freak.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0