Definition of knotty

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• knotty is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• knotty is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• knotty is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of knotty

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adjective)

  Examples

  1. I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast

  Synonyms

  1. baffling
  2. elusive
  3. problematic
  4. problematical
  5. tough
• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a knotty problem

  Synonyms

  1. byzantine
  2. convoluted
  3. involved
  4. tangled
  5. tortuous
• tangled in knots or snarls (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. snarled
  2. snarly
• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. gnarled
  2. gnarly
  3. knobbed
  4. knotted

See definition of knotty in Merriam Webster