Chess win
The crossword clue "Chess win" is answered by MATE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MATE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MATE answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MATE, most used first.
- Spouse - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- Partner - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Husband or wife - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Buddy - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "G'day, ___!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Life partner - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Chess ending - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Deck worker - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Pal - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Deck officer - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- One of a pair - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Chess finale - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Aussie pal - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Ship's officer. - used 11 times, most recently in 1977
- Significant other - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Brisbane buddy - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- End of a chess game - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Aussie's pal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Final check - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "G'day" recipient - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Perth pal - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Chess game ending - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Crew member - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Game-ending word - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Matching sock - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Chess piece - ROOK, used 109 times
- Easy win - ROMP, used 82 times
- Lopsided win - ROUT, used 51 times
- Chess piece - PAWN, used 40 times
- Corner chess piece - ROOK, used 30 times
- No-win situations? - TIES, used 28 times
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