Chesspiece initially positioned in a corner of the board Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Chesspiece initially positioned in a corner of the board last seen in Times Specialist puzzle. 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 ROOK.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROOK Chesspiece initially positioned in a corner of the board (4) The Times Specialist Sep 16, 2024
3% KING Chesspiece (4) The Times Concise Jan 20, 2026
3% KNIGHT Chesspiece (6) The Times Concise Dec 23, 2025
3% CASTLES Corner chesspieces (7)
2% BUDDYINGUP Trying to corner the market on (10) Wall Street Journal Jan 29, 2026
2% MITERSAW One cutting corners (8) New York Times Jan 25, 2026
2% NOOKS Cozy corners (5) Commuter Jan 23, 2026
2% STANCES Positions (7) Thomas Joseph Jan 21, 2026
2% ANGULAR Having sharp corners (7) USA Today Jan 20, 2026
2% TRAP Corner (prey) (4) Puzzler Backwords Jan 15, 2026

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