Beat at the board
The crossword clue "Beat at the board" is answered by MATED, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MATED
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Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MATED
Every other clue in this collection answered by MATED, most used first.
- Defeated in chess - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Defeated at chess - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Beat at chess - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Paired - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- Matched - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Won at chess - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Didn't just check - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- "Beat it!" - SCRAM, used 186 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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