Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threatmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: threat-mate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which a checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move but can be thwarted with a proper defense.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From threat + mate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

threatmates (plural)

Questions

What does threatmate mean?: A situation in which a checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move but can be thwarted with a proper defense.
Where does threatmate come from?: From threat + mate.

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