Knot
The crossword clue "Knot" is answered by SNARL, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SNARL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNARL answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GORDIAN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNARL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNARL, most used first.
- Tangle - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic tie-up - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Entangle - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Watchdog's warning - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic tangle - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Hair tangle - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic jam - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Traffic problem - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Growl - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound from an angry dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Tie-up - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Entanglement - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Complication. - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Guard dog's warning - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Angler's headache - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Dog's warning - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Mongrel's warning - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Traffic mess - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Knot again - RETIE, used 70 times
- Loosen, as a knot - UNTIE, used 35 times
- Tie the knot - MARRY, used 35 times
- Tree knot - GNARL, used 30 times
- Hangman's knot - NOOSE, used 24 times
- Knot - GNARL, used 13 times
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