What CHECKMATE Means
- noun: complete victory
- noun: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- verb: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game“Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CHECKMATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 E1 C3 K5 M3 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In CHECKMATE
156 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (1)
6 letter words (6)
5 letter words (26)
ACKEECACHECATCHCHACECHACKCHEATCHECKCHEEKCHEKAEATHEHACEKHEAMEKEECHKEEMAKETCHMACHEMATCHMEATHMECCATACHETEACHTHACKTHECATHEEKTHEMATHEME
4 letter words (63)
ACHEACMEAHEMAKEECACKCAKECAMECATECECACETECHAMCHATEACHEATHECCEECHEECHTEECHETCHETHEHACKHAEMHAETHAKEHAMEHATEHEATHECKHEMEHETEKAMEKEETKETAKETEKHATKHETMACEMACHMACKMAKEMATEMATHMEATMECKMEEKMEETMETAMETEMETHTACETACHTACKTAKETAMETEAKTEAMTECHTEEKTEEMTEMETHAETHEETHEM
3 letter words (42)
ACEACHACTAKEAMEATECAMCATCEECHACHEEATECHEEKEKEEMEETAETHHAEHAMHATHEMHETKAEKAMKATKEAKETMACMAEMAKMATMEEMEHMETTAETAKTAMTEATECTEETHE
2 letter words (18)
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