| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GNARLED | Knotty | |
| NODULAR | Knotty | |
| GNARLY | Knotty | |
| NODUS | Knotty point | |
| CRAMP | Knotty; difficult. | |
| KNARRY | Knotty; gnarled. | |
| KNARRED | Knotty; gnarled. | |
| NODOUS | Nodose; knotty; knotted. | |
| KNOTTED | Entangled; puzzling; knotty. | |
| GNARL | Knotty protuberance on a tree | |
| VARICOSEVEINS | Knotty problem that may afflict calves | |
| KNAGGY | Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. | |
| KNOTTY | Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. | |
| NODOSE | Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes. | |
| KNOTTINESS | The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots. | |
| JOINTED | Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. | |
| NODOSITY | The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness. | |
| SCIRRHOUS | Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. | |