Definition of knots

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • knots is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • knots is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • knots is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of knots


  • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. burl
    2. slub
  • tangle or complicate (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. ravel
    2. tangle
  • something twisted and tight and swollen (noun)

    Examples

    1. their muscles stood out in knots
    2. his stomach was in knots

    Synonyms

    1. gnarl
  • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. calidris canutus
    2. grayback
    3. greyback
  • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged (noun)

    Examples

    1. 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 (noun)
  • a tight cluster of people or things (noun)

    Examples

    1. a small knot of women listened to his sermon
    2. the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
  • make into knots; make knots out of (verb)

    Examples

    1. She knotted her fingers
  • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour (noun)
  • tie or fasten into a knot (verb)

    Examples

    1. knot the shoelaces

See definition of knots in Merriam Webster