Word "KNOTTY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Synonyms:
baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough
Examples:
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Synonyms:
byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous
Examples:
a knotty problem

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
tangled in knots or snarls
Synonyms:
snarled, snarly

Crossword Clues for KNOTTY

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Clue Source Date
Such a problem as granny might become?
Like pine paneling
Lumpy, gnarled (6) Puzzler 16 Mar 2024
Extremely difficult or intricate (6)
Such a problem as granny might become? (6)
Troublesome (as reef or sheepshank?) The Guardian Quick 01 Mar 2024
Troublesome (as reef or sheepshank?) (6)
Full of complications (6)
Tricky - with most of Ashe it's where Ken lived in Liverpool (6)
Difficult, complex or intricate
Difficult when gnarled
Intricate, difficult Puzzler Backwords 02 Feb 2024
Spasmodic
Intricately tangled The Times Concise 29 Jul 2023
Complicated, as a problematic tree? Family Time 20 Jun 2023
Nodular The Telegraph Quick 18 Feb 2023
Complex Eugene Sheffer 28 Oct 2021
Extremely intricate The Times Concise 13 Aug 2021
Difficult to solve Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2021
Tough New York Times 03 Apr 2021
Hard king stuck-up, shaking head
Highly involved or intricate The Telegraph General Knowledge 14 Feb 2021
Awkward – like granny?
Difficult speed ends in foot injury
Tricky, describing wading bird?
Difficult to solve The Washington Post 26 Jul 2020
Difficult to solve LA Times Daily 26 Jul 2020
Extremely intricate The Times Concise 06 May 2020
Tricky to negotiate -- like a reef? The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Mar 2020
Complex Thomas Joseph 10 Oct 2019
Complicated The Washington Post 14 Sep 2019
Complicated LA Times Daily 14 Sep 2019
__ pine The Washington Post 26 Jul 2019
__ pine LA Times Daily 26 Jul 2019
Difficult Universal 26 Jun 2019
Complicated
Difficult
__ pine
Convoluted The Telegraph Quick 20 Jul 2018
Mischievous announcement is difficult to understand
Difficult, rugged or intricate The Telegraph General Knowledge 25 Mar 2018
Tough and mischievous, say
Piece of work, not typically difficult The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Oct 2017
Complicated, like a sandpiper?
Extremely difficult The Times Concise 27 Mar 2017
__ pine: paneling wood The Washington Post 21 Mar 2017
__ pine: paneling wood LA Times Daily 21 Mar 2017
Difficult being tied up? The Times Cryptic 06 Mar 2017
String theory so difficult a problem
Stubborn, as a problem The Washington Post 19 Oct 2016
Hard to understand The Washington Post 06 Oct 2016
Intricate Premier Sunday 26 Jun 2016
Where Diddy Men live, saving remains perplexing The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Apr 2016
Contents of tank (not tyres) providing problems? The Telegraph Toughie 24 Feb 2016
Complicated, as a problem Universal 11 Jan 2016
Complicated, as a problem
Tricky The Telegraph Quick 03 Dec 2015
Seemingly unsolvable Eugene Sheffer 19 Oct 2015
It's difficult not replacing it in communal funding
10 Intricate speed measure to try right away
Difficult as A, not E, in Liverpool
Complex measure at sea, extremely tricky The Times Cryptic 15 Jul 2015
Gnarled Canadiana 15 Jun 2015
Difficult New York Times 06 May 2015
Complicated, unfinished button on teletypewriter
Difficult to be mischievous, it's said
Difficult
Tough to solve
Type of pine
Hard to figure out
Tough to figure out
Difficult defence minister once staying in Kentucky
Like Gordius, who once kept wicket for England?
Difficult
Difficult as a hitch?
Gnarled, as a tree trunk
Like dreadlocks or conundrums
Labyrinthine
Labyrinthine
Full of difficulties
Intricate
Complex or snarled
Gnarled
Like some pines
Tangled
Not so 14 Down
Hard to figure out
Stubborn, as a problem
Like some pine
Hard to saw, as some pine
Complex
Problematic
Complex
Puzzling
Like some pines
Kind of decorative pine
Complex.
Intricate.
Puzzling.
Like a difficult puzzle
Difficult
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