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Showing words for CHECKMATE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Checkmate

checkmate

7 Letter Words for Checkmate

hackeem, machete

6 Letter Words for Checkmate

acheck, achete, cachet, chacte, checke, eatche, hackee, hakeem, hecate, meathe, mecate, tcheka, teache, thecae

5 Letter Words for Checkmate

ackee, cache, catch, chace, chack, cheat, check, cheek, cheet, cheka, cheke, eathe, echea, hacek, heame, hecte, kamet, keach, keech, ketch, mache, match, mathe, meach, meath, mecca, meech, meeth, metae, tache, teach, thack, theca, theek, thema, theme

4 Letter Words for Checkmate

acce, acct, ache, acme, acth, ahem, akee, cace, cack, cake, came, cate, cath, ceca, cete, cham, chat, chee, chem, each, eath, ecce, ecch, eccm, eche, echt, eech, etch, ethe, hack, haec, hake, hame, hate, heat, heck, heme, hete, kame, kath, keat, keet, keta, khat, khet, kmet, mace, mach, make, mate, math, meak, meat, mech, meck, meek, meet, meta, mete, meth, tace, tach, tack, take, tame, tche, teak, team, teca, tech, teck, teem, teme, thae, thak, thea, thee, them

3 Letter Words for Checkmate

acc, ace, ach, ack, act, ake, ame, amt, ate, atm, cam, cat, ccm, cee, cha, che, chm, cte, eam, eat, ecc, ech, ecm, ect, eec, eek, eke, eme, eta, etc, eth, hae, hak, ham, hat, hee, hem, het, kae, kam, kat, kea, ket, kha, mac, mae, mak, mat, mea, mee, meh, met, mkt, tak, tam, tch, tck, tea, tec, tee, tem, tha, the, thm, tmh

Definitions for Checkmate

[1] Also called mate. Chess . an act or instance of maneuvering the opponent's king into a check from which it cannot escape, thus bringing the game to a victorious conclusion. the position of the pieces when a king is checkmated.
[2] a complete check; defeat: His efforts to escape met with a checkmate.
[3] Chess . to maneuver (an opponent's king) into a check from which it cannot escape; mate.
[4] to check completely; defeat: Napoleon was checkmated at Waterloo.
[5] Chess . (used by a player to announce that he or she has put the opponent's king into inextricable check.)
[6] chess the winning position in which an opponent's king is under attack and unable to escape the move by which this position is achieved
[7] utter defeat
[8] chess to place (an opponent's king) in checkmate
[9] to thwart or render powerless
[10] chess a call made when placing an opponent's king in checkmate

Words related to Checkmate

thwart, stop, undo, frustrate, baffle, outwit, conquer, gain, defeat, corner, triumph, vanquish

Words nearby Checkmate

checkerwork, checkhook, checking account, checklist, checkmark, checkmate, checkoff, checkout, checkpoint, checkpoint charlie, checkrail

Origin of Checkmate

1300–50; Middle English chek mat(e ) < Middle French escec mat < Arabic shāh māt < Persian: literally, the king (is) checked, nonplussed

Other words from Checkmate

un·check·mat·ed , adjective

Word origin for Checkmate

C14: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic shāh māt, the king is dead; see check

Synonyms for Checkmate

baffle, conquer, corner, defeat, frustrate, gain, outwit, stop, thwart, triumph, undo, vanquish