Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

checkmated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: check-mat-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.

adj

Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.

verb

simple past and past participle of checkmate

Questions

What does checkmated mean?: Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.

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