Yes, bends is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Form a curve

2. Change direction

3. Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

4. Bend one's back forward from the waist on down

5. Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

6. Bend a joint

Noun

1. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

2. A circular segment of a curve

3. Movement that causes the formation of a curve

4. Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

5. An angular or rounded shape made by folding

6. A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

7. Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left