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checkmates

/tʃˈɛkmˌeɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
check-mates
IPA
/tʃˈɛkmˌeɪts/
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of checkmate

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of checkmate

Questions

How do you pronounce checkmates?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈɛkmˌeɪts/.
What does checkmates mean?
plural of checkmate

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