Knobby
6 lettersadjectivemoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Covered with or having small rounded lumps or protrusions on the surface.
“The old oak tree had a knobby trunk covered in gnarled bumps.”
Pronunciation
Syllables
knob·by
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Wordle
Silent K with double B, the OBB pattern in the middle makes this hard to guess conventionally
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Scrabble
Worth 17 points, K scores 5 and B scores 3 twice, very high value for six letters
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