Checkmate target...or what "K" means in chess notation Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Checkmate target ... or what "K" means in chess notation . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is KING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% KING Checkmate target ... or what "K" means in chess notation (4)
5% POUNDSIGN Checkmate symbol (9) LA Times Daily Sep 4, 2025
5% HOW By what means? (3) The Times Concise Sep 3, 2025
5% BOARD What chess is played on (5)
5% MATE What '#' means in chess notation (4) New York Times Aug 20, 2022
5% END What checkmate means, in a game of chess (3)
5% THEKINGISDEAD What "checkmate" means (13)
4% MAN Chess piece (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 10, 2025
4% LMN Letters after "K" (3)
4% BYE What a wave might mean (3) New York Times Oct 3, 2025
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