knot
knot is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What does knot mean?
Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design.
Something twisted and tight and swollen.
“their muscles stood out in knots”
“his stomach was in knots”
A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.
“the saw buckled when it hit a knot”
Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.
A tight cluster of people or things.
“a small knot of women listened to his sermon”
“the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest”
(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour.
Tie or fasten into a knot.
“knot the shoelaces”
Tangle or complicate.
Make into knots; make knots out of.
“She knotted her fingers”
Anagrams of knot
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