Chessman
The crossword clue "Chessman" is answered by PAWN, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAWN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAWN answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BISHOPS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAWN
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAWN, most used first.
- Chess piece - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Hock - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Lowly chess piece - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Small chess piece - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Unwitting accomplice - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Chess soldier - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor chess piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Puppet - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Expendable chess piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Unwitting tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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