100% | SAC | 3 | Any chess move in which one gives up a piece, informally |
46% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Chess situation in which any move is a bad move |
45% | ENPASSANT | 9 | Chess move in which the capturing piece doesn't end up in the same square as the captured piece |
44% | KINGS | 5 | Chess pieces that can move one square in any direction |
41% | SAC | 3 | Give up a chess piece, for short |
36% | ZUGZWANG | 8 | Term in chess for a situation in which any move would worsen a player’s position |
35% | QUEEN | 5 | Chess piece that can move any number of squares in any direction |
35% | APPLIQUE | 8 | Needlework technique in which trimming of one material is sewn on to a larger piece |
35% | PAWN | 4 | First piece moved in a game of Chess, often |
35% | PAWN | 4 | One of 16 small pieces in a chess set |
34% | SCOUT | 5 | Stratego piece that moves the same way a rook does in chess |
33% | AERIAL | 6 | Move in which a skier leaves the ground |
33% | LENS | 4 | Piece of curved glass in a camera that one who takes up photography as a hobby would use |
33% | PUNTS | 5 | Gives up, in a way |
33% | CRIESUNCLE | 10 | Gives up, in a way |
33% | LOSTHOPE | 8 | Gave up, in a way |
33% | PUNTED | 6 | Gave up, in a way |
32% | PAWN | 4 | The first piece usually moved in a game of chess |
32% | PAWN | 4 | Usually the first piece moved in a game of chess |
32% | CONCEDE | 7 | Give up in a sports contest |
32% | OTTOMANS | 8 | Ones giving you a leg up? |
32% | SSS | 3 | Org. in which one's number may be up |
32% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Give up in a fight: 2 wds. |
31% | WHOLE | 5 | Still in one piece, which is a miracle if you drop your model of a flamingo carved in chocolate |
31% | LUGE | 4 | Sport in which one races in a sled on ice |
31% | TRI | 3 | Race in which one begins in a wetsuit, for short |
31% | TAPS | 4 | Gives up in a combat sport, with "out" |
31% | BUGHOUSE | 8 | Chess variant played by four players on two boards, in which captured pieces on one board are moved to the other |
31% | SENIOR | 6 | One given preference in a college-housing lottery, maybe |
31% | COACH | 5 | One giving a pep talk, in the locker room |