Word you don't want to hear when playing chess Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Word you don't want to hear when playing chess last seen in Universal 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 MATE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MATE Word you don't want to hear when playing chess (4) Universal Apr 27, 2025
6% SAM "Uncle ___ Wants You!" (3)
6% SAYSWHO "Where'd you hear that?" (7) New York Times Dec 23, 2025
6% DWORD "Divorce," when you don't want to explicitly say it (5) The Washington Post Mini Dec 13, 2025
6% LINES Play words (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 2, 2025
5% ROOK Chess piece (4) The Telegraph Quick Jan 8, 2026
5% TAU T, in Greek (3) Universal Jan 2, 2026
5% WEAR River Don (4) The Telegraph Toughie Jan 1, 2026
5% ESC Computer key for when you no longer want to be in full screen mode (3)
5% MEN Chess pieces (3) New York Times Dec 28, 2025

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