Mating game
The crossword clue "Mating game" is answered by CHESS, a 5-letter entry. Used 33 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CHESS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHESS answer page.
Used 33 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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