Home › Words › M › misscrewmisscrewmisscrew · verb — to screw in incorrectly.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, misscrew ranks #23,644 of 42,858 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom mis- + screw.verbTo screw in incorrectly.e.g.“For minutes he stood staring down at the engine, fixing in his mind every misscrewed nut and hammered bolt end, every sloppy connection and speck of rust.” — 1916, Clinton Holland Stagg, High Speed, page 80:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).