knots

knots - noun

a tight cluster of people or things

any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

something twisted and tight and swollen

a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

knots - thesaurus

Scrabble score = 9