KNOUT
Scrabble letter values: K5N1O1U1T1 = 9
Definition
- noun a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire.
Examples
- “used for flogging prisoners”
- “1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers”