Chess piece - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 09/09/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Chess piece.

6 letter answer(s) to chess piece

BISHOP
  1. (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
  2. a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
  3. port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
CASTLE
  1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
  2. a large and stately mansion
  3. a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
  4. interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
  5. move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
KNIGHT
  1. a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
  2. Chevalier
  3. originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
  4. raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"

4 letter answer(s) to chess piece

KING
  1. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
  2. a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
  3. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
  4. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
  5. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
  6. one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
  7. preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts"
  8. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
  9. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
  10. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
PAWN
  1. (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
  2. a person used by another to gain an end
  3. an article deposited as security
  4. borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
  5. leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
ROOK
  1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
  2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
  3. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

3 letter answer(s) to chess piece

MAN
  1. a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"
  2. a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
  3. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
  4. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
  5. an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
  6. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
  7. any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
  8. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;

5 letter answer(s) to chess piece

QUEEN
  1. (chess) the most powerful piece
  2. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
  3. a female sovereign ruler
  4. an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
  5. become a queen; "her pawn queened"
  6. female cat
  7. offensive term for an openly homosexual man
  8. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
  9. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
  10. something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"
  11. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
  12. the wife or widow of a king

Frequently asked questions about ‘Chess piece’

What's the best solution for Chess piece?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Chess piece is MAN. Other possible answers include BISHOP, CASTLE, KING, KNIGHT, PAWN, QUEEN, ROOK.

How many solutions are there for Chess piece?

We have found 8 possible answers for the crossword clue Chess piece.

Which crosswords feature clues like Chess piece?

Clues like Chess piece often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Guardian Quiptic, The Guardian Quick, Sunday People, The Daily Telegraph GK, The Times Quick Cryptic, among others.

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