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CHECKMATE

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

CHECKMATE is a valid 9-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 18 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

CHECKMATES-s 11 CHECKMATING 11 CHECKMATED-d 11
interjection
  1. Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
  2. broadlySaid when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
noun
  1. countableuncountableThe conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
  2. broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableAny losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
verb
  1. transitiveTo put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
    • My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
  2. broadlytransitiveTo place in a losing situation that has no escape.