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CHECKMATED
Definition of CHECKMATED
adjective
Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
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Word DNA
CHECKMATED inherits its ancestry from its root, CHECKMATE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (159)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHECKMATE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHECKMATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHECKMATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEEHKMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHECKM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHECKMATED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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