Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chess opening

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: chess open-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

Example Sentences

"he memorized all the important chess openings"

Synonyms

opening

Questions

What does chess opening mean?: a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

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