Name a type of knot

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25-second pick · +100

Grief knot One in a Krillion

9 letters · 2 words · ~3s to type · 55 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Grief knot: One in a Krillion, +100, 9 letters, about 3 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Bowline, Granny knot, Slip knot, or Square knot — those are Plankton. It is also the One in a Krillion on this sheet, so the rare pick and the typeable pick are the same.

Skip Bowline · Granny knot · Slip knot · Square knot

Hints

Hint 1. 55 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Four-in-hand

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Grief knot · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Grief knot One in a Krillion 100 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Grief knot 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Anchor bend 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • French knot 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Pile hitch 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Pratt knot 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Uni knot 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Water knot 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ashley's bend 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Four-in-hand 60 pts
  • Sheepshank 60 pts
  • Blood knot 60 pts
  • Celtic knot 60 pts
  • Prusik knot 60 pts
  • Turk's head 60 pts
  • Butterfly knot 60 pts
  • Carrick bend 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Bowline 10
  • Granny knot 10
  • Slip knot 10
  • Square knot 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a type of knot

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 21 ● Rare · 16 ● Schooler · 12 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Grief knot +100
Deep Cut +85 21 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anchor bend +85
  • Ashley's bend +85
  • Bowline on a bight +85
  • Buntline hitch +85
  • Constrictor knot +85
  • Diamond knot +85
  • French knot +85
  • Handcuff knot +85
  • Highwayman's hitch +85
  • Improved clinch knot +85
  • Marlinspike hitch +85
  • Matthew Walker knot +85
  • Monkey's fist +85
  • Munter hitch +85
  • Palomar knot +85
  • Pile hitch +85
  • Pratt knot +85
  • Shamrock knot +85
  • True lover's knot +85
  • Uni knot +85
  • Water knot +85
Rare +60 16 answers — tap to reveal
  • Blood knot +60
  • Butterfly knot +60
  • Carrick bend +60
  • Celtic knot +60
  • Four-in-hand +60
  • Half Windsor +60
  • Prusik knot +60
  • Rolling hitch +60
  • Sheepshank +60
  • Stevedore knot +60
  • Surgeon's knot +60
  • Taut-line hitch +60
  • Timber hitch +60
  • Trucker's hitch +60
  • Turk's head +60
  • Zeppelin bend +60
Schooler +30 12 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bow knot +30
  • Cleat hitch +30
  • Clove hitch +30
  • Double sheet bend +30
  • Figure eight knot +30
  • Fisherman's knot +30
  • Half hitch +30
  • Lark's head +30
  • Noose +30
  • Overhand knot +30
  • Sheet bend +30
  • Windsor knot +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Gordian knot +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bowline +10
  • Granny knot +10
  • Slip knot +10
  • Square knot +10