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— English words —

• checkmate interj. (Chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
• checkmate interj. (By extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
• checkmate n. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent’s king is threatened with unavoidable…
• checkmate n. (Figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
• checkmate v. (Transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
• checkmate v. (Transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

— English words, defined in French —

• checkmate n. (Échecs) Échec et mat, mat.
• checkmate v. Faire échec et mat.
• checkmate interj. (Jeu d’échecs) Échec et mat.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• checkmate s. (Xadrez⚠) xeque-mate.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• checkmate s. (Scacchi) scacco matto.
• checkmate s. (Scacchi) dare scacco matto.

41 English words from 6 English definitions

Any by␣extension called called␣out checkmate chess conclusive defeat escape extension Figuratively game has into king losing making move occurs of␣an one opponent out person place placed put Said situation that the threatened Transitive unavoidable utter victor victory when wins with Word

4 English words from 6 foreign definitions

dare Faire mat mate

11 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

échec échec␣et␣mat échecs Jeu matto Scacchi scacco scacco␣matto Xadrez xeque xeque-mate

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

checkmated checkmates

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

two-move␣checkmates

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

two-move␣checkmate

20 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ate Até Atë -ate che CHE check Check Eck heck Heck KMA mat Mat MAT mat. Mat. mate maté -mate

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AMK EHC eta ETA tam TAM

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

checkmated checkmates

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