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knout
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5 LETTERS5 POINTS[nʌʊt]
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When knout helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
K N O T U
Two-Letter Start
KN
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UT
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 5 unique letters
- KN start
- UT ending
Try it when
- knout is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include k, n, o, t, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- The UT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the KN start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
[nʌʊt]
noun
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
"1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
verb
To flog or beat with a knout.