What does KNOT mean?

Pronunciation
/nɑt/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
8
Words With Friends score
9
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a tight cluster of people or things“a small knot of women listened to his sermon”
  2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
  3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged“the saw buckled when it hit a knot”
  4. something twisted and tight and swollen“their muscles stood out in knots”
  5. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
  6. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
  7. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

verb

  1. make into knots; make knots out of“She knotted her fingers”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

knots9knotting13

Anagrams of KNOT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside KNOT

5 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

not3 ton3 no2 on2 to2

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Questions

Is KNOT a valid word in word games?

KNOT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is KNOT worth?

KNOT is worth 8 points with Scrabble letter values and 9 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from KNOT?

5 other words, including TO, ON, NOT and NO.