KNOT — 4 letter word
knot
The word knot has 4 letters: K, N, O, T. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Knot has 1 anagram: tonk. As a noun, it means "a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere".
4 letter word "knot": K N O T — noun
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 9
Letter analysis of knot
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 1 | Consonant | 5 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of knot
noun
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Synonyms: greyback, grayback
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope or cord upon itself or to another rope or to another object "They made a sturdy knot while tying up the boat."
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn Synonyms: slub, burl
- a tight cluster of people or things "A small knot of parishioners listened to the sermon."
- a unit of length used in navigation Synonyms: mi, mile, nautical mile, naut mi, international nautical mile
- something twisted and tight and swollen "their muscles stood out in knots" Synonyms: gnarl
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
verb
- tie or fasten into a knot "knot the shoelaces"
- tangle or complicate Synonyms: tangle, ravel
- make into knots "make knots out of"