Shoelace tangle
The crossword clue "Shoelace tangle" is answered by KNOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KNOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KNOT answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for KNOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by KNOT, most used first.
- Shoelace problem - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Pretzel shape - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Shoelace snarl - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Entanglement - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Clove hitch, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Granny, for one - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Massage target - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Nautical speed unit - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Masseur's target - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Group of toads - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
- Sheepshank, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Granny - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Granny, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Tie the ___ (get married) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Macramé feature - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Macramé unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Stomach problem - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Stomach woe - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Tie tie - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Cluster - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Complicated problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Granny or half hitch - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Half hitch, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Shoelace annoyance - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Tie the ___ (marry) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- It may be square - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Shoelace securer - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Feature of a tied shoelace - LOOP, used 10 times
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