Definitions for knotty

knotty knot·ty

Spelling: [not-ee]
IPA: /ˈnɒt i/

Knotty is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in knotty (knotty).

Definitions for knotty

adjective

  1. having knots; full of knots:
  2. involved, intricate, or difficult:

Origin of knotty

First recorded in 1200-50, knotty is from the Middle English word cnotti. See knot1, -y1

Examples for knotty

For anyone looking to dive into the big, knotty history of one of the most iconic states, this book is well worth the time.

The profession remains a knotty tangle of influences and causations and aggravations and insurers.

She stood at his shoulder while he pointed out the knotty passage.

Its bark is more rough and knotty than that of the palm-tree.

"Yes, that's it," muttered the other, in the tone of a man who was tired of a knotty problem.

And now, who is she, this beauty who has set thee so knotty a problem to solve?

If any of them (as sometimes they are) be knotty, I referre them to Chap.

The Sun reported this answer to his council, who debated the question, which was knotty.

Then when it did come, it was crooked and knotty, much of it such as a woman could not split.

He had always meant to settle for himself that knotty question.

Word Value for knotty
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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