The Clue
Corner pieces, in chess (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ROOKS
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Notes
The answer ROOKS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.
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Definition
ROOK as a noun:
1. (castle, rook) = (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
2. (rook, Corvus frugilegus) = common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
ROOK as a verb:
1. (victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con) = deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"