Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrong rook pawn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: wrong rook -pawn
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the endgame, a rook's pawn that is unable to promote under the protection of a bishop, because the promoting square is of the color the single friendly bishop cannot control.

Inflected Forms

wrong rook pawns (plural)

Questions

What does wrong rook pawn mean?: In the endgame, a rook's pawn that is unable to promote under the protection of a bishop, because the promoting square is of the color the single friendly bishop cannot control.

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