k 5 n 1 o 1 u 1 t 1
5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
originVia 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0