checkered
Verb
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
- simple past and past participle of checker
Adjective Satellite
- patterned with alternating squares of color
- marked by changeable fortune
- "a checkered business career"
Adj
- Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.
- Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
Examples
- That is a checkered tablecloth.
Origin / Etymology
From checker + -ed.
Scrabble Score: 21
checkered: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcheckered: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
checkered: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
checkered: valid Words With Friends Word