Prompt 6 of 7
Name a type of knot
55 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answerShow answersHide answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Grief knot— A rare knot that is the topological opposite of a granny knot. Deliberately untrustworthy, used only to illustrate what not to do. Named for what happens when you trust it.
85 ptsDeep Cut21 answersShow answersHide answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Anchor bend
- Ashley's bend
- Bowline on a bight
- Buntline hitch
- Constrictor knot
- Diamond knot
- French knot
- Handcuff knot
- Highwayman's hitch
- Improved clinch knot
- Marlinspike hitch
- Matthew Walker knot
- Monkey's fist
- Munter hitch
- Palomar knot
- Pile hitch
- Pratt knot
- Shamrock knot
- True lover's knot
- Uni knot
- Water knot
60 ptsRare16 answersShow answersHide answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Blood knot
- Butterfly knot
- Carrick bend
- Celtic knot
- Four-in-hand
- Half Windsor
- Prusik knot
- Rolling hitch
- Sheepshank
- Stevedore knot
- Surgeon's knot
- Taut-line hitch
- Timber hitch
- Trucker's hitch
- Turk's head
- Zeppelin bend
30 ptsSchooler12 answersShow answersHide answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Bow knot
- Cleat hitch
- Clove hitch
- Double sheet bend
- Figure eight knot
- Fisherman's knot
- Half hitch
- Lark's head
- Noose
- Overhand knot
- Sheet bend
- Windsor knot
15 ptsToo Clever1 answerShow answersHide answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Gordian knot— Alexander the Great 'untied' it with a sword, and you just untied this prompt with the only knot you know from mythology. Bold. Predictable. Effective.
10 ptsPlankton4 answersShow answersHide answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Bowline
- Granny knot
- Slip knot
- Square knot