Knight neighbor at the start of a chess game Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Knight neighbor at the start of a chess game . 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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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROOK Knight neighbor at the start of a chess game (4)
3% MAN Chess piece (3) Thomas Joseph Nov 17, 2025
3% KICKOFF Start a football game (4,3) (7) Puzzler Nov 16, 2025
3% CHECKMATE End of a chess game (9) USA Today Nov 15, 2025
3% MARCO Start to a pool game? (5) USA Today Nov 8, 2025
3% TEEING Starting a golf game, with "off" (6) Premier Sunday Oct 26, 2025
3% MEN Chess pieces (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 21, 2025
3% ADJOIN Neighbor (6) Thomas Joseph Oct 16, 2025
3% MATING Beating at chess (6) Premier Sunday Oct 12, 2025
3% SQUIRES Knights-to-be (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
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