Boggle Word Finder
CHECKMATES
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
20
pts
CHECKMATES is a valid 10-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 20 in Super Big Boggle.
CHECKMATES root CHECKMATE-s
Word family
interjection
- Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
- broadlySaid when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
noun
- countableuncountableThe conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
- broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableAny losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
verb
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transitiveTo put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
- My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
- broadlytransitiveTo place in a losing situation that has no escape.