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   Knot·ty

   /ˈnädē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. full of knots: "the room was paneled in knotty pine" Similar gnarledknottedknurlednodularknobblylumpybumpyruggedroughcoarserare:nodulousnodoseknottedtangledtanglytwistedentangledraveledsnarledmatted
   • ▪ (of a problem or matter) extremely difficult or intricate. Similar complexcomplicatedinvolvedintricateconvolutedByzantinetangledtortuousdifficulthardthornytaxingawkwardtrickyproblematictroublesomeperplexingbafflingmystifyingobscureunfathomableunanswerableinsolubleimpenetrableformal:involuteinvolutedOpposite straightforwardsimple

   Derivatives

   • 1. knottily adverb
   • 2. knottiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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