chess
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Noun 3 meanings
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
Etymology
From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).
CHESS at a glance
CHESS has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,657 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with chess
All rhymesOne letter away
- CHEST10
- CHEFS13
- CHEWS13
- CRESS7
- CHEMS12
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