Shapes
Synonyms for knotted
The synonym for knotted recorded in this bank is gnarly, in the sense "used of old persons or old trees". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for knotted
- gnarlyadjective, in the sense "used of old persons or old trees"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for knotted.
used of old persons or old trees
His knotted hands had worked the fields for sixty years.
The true synonym
gnarly
Same sentence, swapped: His gnarly hands had worked the fields for sixty years.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where knotted stands in the sentence above.
- parallel
- elaborate
- combined
Where knotted turns up in the game
knotted is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where knotted is the trap
- crumpledadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is bent, in the sense "of metal e.g", with knotted sitting one tile away.
Play knotted
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so knotted reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
The ring widens as it goes, from shapes at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
knotted is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.