Clues for the word "ROOK"
We've had 137 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 342 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 30, 2026.
Definition of rook
- n. - Mist; fog. See Roke.
- v. i. - To squat; to ruck.
- n. - One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
- n. - A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
- n. - A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
- v. t. & i. - To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Referring Clues
- Chess castle
- Corner piece
- Castle, in chess
- Fleece
- Hornswoggle
- Kasparov's corner man
- Piece next to a knight
- Orthogonally moving piece
- Rip off
- Man in a corner
- Corner chesspiece
- Knight's neighbor
- Castle
- Corner chess piece
- Chess piece
- Castle in a board game
- Swindle
- Movable castle
- Castle-shaped chess piece
- Chess corner piece
- King and queen's attacker, at times
- Flimflam
- Knight neighbor at the start of a chess game
- Piece that moves orthogonally
- One stuck in a corner
- Rank-and-file mover?
- Piece on all four corners in 7-Down
- One in Kasparov's corner
- It might threaten the king
- Castle you can handle
- One that's cornered in chess?
- Mobile castle
- Rank-and-file chess piece
- Corner piece in chess
- Corner chest piece
- Chisel
- Piece that starts in the corner
- Chessman also called a castle
- Crow look-alike
- Chess piece that can't move diagonally
- Castling piece
- Chessboard castle
- Rank-and-file man
- Defraud
- Starter on square a1, h1, a8 or h8
- Part of a chess set
- Castle on a board
- Castle for Kasparov
- Cheat
- Certain crow
- Chessboard piece
- Knight's partner on a board
- Piece involved in castling
- Pull a swindle on
- One that can only go straight
- Hoodwink
- Castle on a square
- Dupe
- .. bird seen on board?
- Black bird
- Piece for Magnus Carlsen
- Fleece - bird
- 16
- Steal - castle
- Rip off - bird
- Cheat that's cornered by knight, initially
- Man on board, occupant of crow's-nest?
- Castle of Otranto's walls besieged by kings
- Jumper cut at back end - rip off!
- Sell a pup to bird
- Chesspiece otherwise known as a castle
- Birdman?
- Jumper reduced at neck end - swindle!
- Bird that can't be moved on board, initially
- Black bird - cheat - chess piece
- Make one pay far too much for the castle
- Bird - castle
- Run out Roger Bird
- Castle -- bird
- Bird - chessman
- Bird in small stream first to fly off
- A piece of fleece
- Bird - chess piece
- Chesspiece
- Flier's fleece
- It starts in the corner
- Certain chess piece
- Villain beheaded bird
- Do bird
- Flying man?
- Man to cheat on bird
- Fleece jumper put on king
- The castle in chess?
- Bird of the rank and file
- Castle (2)
- Man staff caught out
- Rip off piece starting in corner
- See special instructions
- Bird's eggs found on sideboard?
- Con man
- Chess piece that's considered more valuable than a bishop
- Piece also called a castle
- Man in the corner
- Criminal beheaded bird
- End piece?
- Corner-square piece
- Piece that begins on a corner square
- Central Europe takes satisfactory man on board
- Castle where felon's beheaded
- One of four in a chess set
- Five-point chess piece
- .. bird seen on board?
- Piece on a1
- Knight neighbor
- Crow's cousin
- Part of a king's guard
- Chess piece involved in castling
- Figure in a corner
- Piece that starts next to a knight
- Corner piece on a chessboard
- Starting piece on a1 or h8, say
- Castle alias
- Large black bird
- Chess piece in the corner
- Member of a chess set
- Chess piece whose name is derived from the Persian for "chariot"
- Chess piece resembling a castle
- Neighbor of a knight
- Chess piece also called a castle
- Chess piece shaped like a battlement
- Chess piece worth five points
- Piece worth approximately five pawns
- Chess piece, or a bird
- Chess piece in castling
- Chess piece used in castling
- A bird seeking a mate?
- Cheat, informally
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 30, 2026
- New York Times - March 24, 2026
- Daily American - March 07, 2026
- Daily American - December 02, 2025
- New York Times - November 13, 2025
- New York Times - November 09, 2025
- LA Times - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 10, 2025
- Daily American - August 11, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 30, 2025
- USA Today - November 27, 2024
- Family Time - November 24, 2024
- LA Times - November 15, 2024
- LA Times - October 25, 2024
- USA Today - October 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 08, 2024
- Daily American - September 10, 2024
- Daily American - August 21, 2024
- New York Times - July 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2024
- Daily American - May 05, 2024
- Daily American - April 20, 2024
- New York Times - April 17, 2024
- USA Today - March 11, 2024
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