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   knotty

   /ˈnɒti/

   adjective

   • 1. full of knots: "panelling in knotty pine" Similar gnarledknottedknurlednodularknobblylumpybumpyruggedroughcoarserare:nodulousnodoseknottedtangledtanglytwistedentangledravelledsnarledmatted
   • 2. extremely difficult or complex: "a knotty legal problem" 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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