Chessboard row
The crossword clue "Chessboard row" is answered by RANK, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RANK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RANK answer page.
Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RANK
Every other clue in this collection answered by RANK, most used first.
- File's partner - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Social standing - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Standing - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- Put in order - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Position - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Military status - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Standing in the military? - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- __ and file - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Captain, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Colonel or captain - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Military level - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stinky - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- High degree. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
- Relative position - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Relative standing - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Echelon - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Eminence. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
- Foul - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Malodorous - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Army level - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Awful-smelling - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- File companion - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- File crosser - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- File's counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Foul-smelling - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Position in a hierarchy - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Status - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
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- Skid row denizen - WINO, used 20 times
- Bottom-row PC key - CTRL, used 19 times
- "Cannery Row" character - DORA, used 17 times
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