The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BISHOP , but the solution may also be ROOK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Neighbor of a knight crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BISHOP | 50 % | 6 |
| ROOK | 50 % | 4 |
Why may ROOK be the right solution?
The answer "ROOK" is the right solution because in chess, a rook is a piece that stands next to a knight on the chessboard.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Neighbor of a knight
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- castle
- rook
- bishop
- pawn
- man
- eden
- malta
- gladys
- gossip
- mercury
- armiger
- boon
Crossword Answer definitions
BISHOP noun- An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
- The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
- Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
- A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
- The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
- Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
- A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
- A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
- A bustle.
- A children's smock or pinafore.
- To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
- To make a bishop.
- To provide with bishops.
- To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
- (by extension, of horses) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
- To murder by drowning.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result BISHOP
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- Chess piece
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- Man whose actions are biased?
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- It moves diagonally in chess
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- Diocese dignitary
- Spiritual supervisor