KNOTTY
Scrabble letter values: K5N1O1T1T1Y4 = 13
Definition
- adjective making great mental demands. — synonyms: baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough
- adjective used of old persons or old trees. — synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knobbed
- adjective highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. — synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous
- adjective tangled in knots or snarls. — synonyms: snarled, snarly
Examples
- “hard to comprehend or solve or believe”
- “a baffling problem”
- “I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast”