checkmate
Checkmate can refer to a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king or complete victory. As a verb, checkmate can mean to place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.
Length
9
Scrabble
22
WWF
24
Starts
CH
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CHECKMATE” Mean?
/ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/
checkmate has 3 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensescomplete victory
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Synonyms
Verb
1 senseplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
“Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves”
“Sam cannot checkmate Sue”
Synonyms
Synonyms for CHECKMATE
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
complete victory
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
C, H, E, C, K, M, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CHECKMATE has a Scrabble score of 22. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CHECKMATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CHECKMATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CHECKMATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCADEFGC
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CH, HE, EC, CK, KM, MA, AT, TE
Trigrams
CHE, HEC, ECK, CKM, KMA, MAT, ATE
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