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"tangled" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often knotted (7 letters).
Definitions
in a confused mass
Used in a sentence
“tangled knot”
“Troubled, 'wilder'd, and forlorn, / Dark, benighted, travel-worn, / Over many a tangled spray, / All heart-broke I heard her say”
“That like a mighty river onward streams / In multitudinous channels ruthlessly, / Past tangled isles and barriers of sand”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Knotted up”7 letters
02“Twisted together”7 letters
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