Dictionary Entry
castle
castle is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
- 2noun
Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
- 3noun
A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
- 4noun
A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
- 5intransitive verb
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
- 6noun
interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
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- 7noun
a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- 8noun
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
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- 9noun
a large and stately mansion
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- 10verb
move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
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