Checkerboard

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:26 ptsWWF:28 pts12 letters

Definition of Checkerboard

noun

A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.

verb

To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.

Anagrams of Checkerboard

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "checkerboard":

8-LETTER WORDS

abhorred accorder backhoed berdache breached breacher broached broacher brokered caboched cockered cokehead debarker harbored hardcore+3 more

7-LETTER WORDS

acceder acerber adherer arbored backhoe beached bedrock beraked boarder bracero breaker broader brocade caroche carroch+17 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "checkerboard" and rearranging:

+scheckerboards

Related Word Patterns

CH...Words starting with "ch"...RDWords ending with "rd"All 12-letter words Unscramble "checkerboard"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

draughtboard

Rhyming Words

aboard aboveboard absurd accord afeard afford afterward afterword airward antibillboard astarboard award awkward backboard backsword+5 more

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