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knuckle

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Is knuckle a Scrabble word?

Yes, knuckle is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 17 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of knuckle?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (by extension) A mechanical joint.broadly

2. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.

3. (obsolete) The joint of a plant.Examples: "In the West Indies there are found, even in sandy deserts and very dry places, large canes, which at every joint or knuckle yield a good supply of fresh water"obsolete

4. (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.

5. (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (sense 1).Examples: "He knuckled the sleep from his eyes."transitive

2. (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.Examples: "I could feel my big toe snap, but as he's gone down on his good knee and half swung round I knuckled him in the kidney as hard as I could hit. He's gone all the way down, so I dropped my 19 stone into the middle of his back."; "Only then I knuckled him. He had to be taught a hard lesson."slangtransitive

3. (intransitive) To bend the fingers.intransitive

4. (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.intransitive

5. (intransitive, figurative) To yield.Synonyms: knuckle underfigurativelyintransitive

6. (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "knuckle"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "knuckle"?

Scrabble
17 points
K5
N1
U1
C3
K5
L1
E1
Words With Friends
21 points
K5
N2
U2
C4
K5
L2
E1

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