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Is knout a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word knout is a Scrabble US word. The word knout is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is knout a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word knout is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word knout is a Words With Friends word. The word knout is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

KNOUT,

4-letter words (7 found)

KNOT,KNUT,NOUT,TONK,TOUK,TOUN,UNTO,

3-letter words (7 found)

KON,NOT,NUT,OUK,OUT,TON,TUN,

2-letter words (9 found)

KO,NO,NU,OK,ON,OU,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 24 words from knout according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of knout

knout nkout konut oknut nokut onkut knuot nkuot kunot uknot nukot unkot kount okunt kuont ukont ouknt uoknt noukt onukt nuokt unokt ounkt uonkt knotu nkotu kontu okntu noktu onktu kntou nktou ktnou tknou ntkou tnkou kotnu oktnu ktonu tkonu otknu toknu notku ontku ntoku tnoku otnku tonku knuto nkuto kunto uknto nukto unkto kntuo nktuo ktnuo tknuo ntkuo tnkuo kutno uktno ktuno tkuno utkno tukno nutko untko ntuko tnuko utnko tunko koutn okutn kuotn ukotn ouktn uoktn kotun oktun ktoun tkoun otkun tokun kuton ukton ktuon tkuon utkon tukon outkn uotkn otukn toukn utokn tuokn noutk onutk nuotk unotk ountk uontk notuk ontuk ntouk tnouk otnuk tonuk nutok untok ntuok tnuok utnok tunok outnk uotnk otunk tounk utonk tuonk

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Definitions and meaning of knout

knout

Etymology

Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʊt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [nʌʊt]
  • Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

knout (plural knouts)

  1. 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.

Hypernyms

  • scourge

Translations

Verb

knout (third-person singular simple present knouts, present participle knouting, simple past and past participle knouted)

  1. To flog or beat with a knout.

Synonyms

  • (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip

Anagrams

  • Kutno

French

Etymology

From Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”). Doublet of nœud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knut/

Noun

knout m (plural knouts)

  1. knout, scourge
  2. a flogging administered with such a multiple whip; a condemnation to suffer it

Descendants

  • → English: knout

Further reading

  • “knout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org