KNOT

What KNOT Means

1. noun: a tight cluster of people or things“a small knot of women listened to his sermon”
2. noun: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3. verb: make into knots; make knots out of“She knotted her fingers”
4. verb: tie or fasten into a knot“knot the shoelaces”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

KNOT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 N1 O1 T1.

Anagrams of KNOT (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In KNOT

7 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (3)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing KNOT

KNOT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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