Rook or rooks may refer to:

Games

Rook (chess) The rook (; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may an enemy piece on its path; it may participate in castling. Each player starts the game with two ro ...

, a piece in chess that moves horizontally and vertically * Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game

People, characters, individuals

rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience, a rookie is typically considered needing more tra ...

, a rook * Russell Rook, Baron Rook (The Lord Rook; 21st century), British Anglican priest; elevated to Baron Rook lifepeerage in 2024 * Rook (surname) * Jared Isaacman (callsign "Rook"), U.S. entrepreneur, e-finance executive, aerospace executive, private astronaut, administrator-designate of NASA * Martin "Rook" O'Prey (1962–1991), Northern Ireland republican paramilitary *Erik "Rook" Ortiz, member of the U.S. hiphop collective '' J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League'' * Rook Valard (born 1974), U.S. musician

Fictional entities

* The Rook (comics), a comic book character from ''Eerie'' magazine * Rook (''G.I. Joe''), a character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe *Rook, an Utrom in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' season 4 *

Rook Bartley ''Robotech'' is the American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', ''The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'', and ''Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'', as a Robotech (TV series), single TV series. Th ...

, a character in ''Robotech'' *Rook Blonko, a character in '' Ben 10: Omniverse''

Places

* Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon * Rooks County, Kansas, USA * Rook Mountain, a summit in Alaska, USA * Qolla l-Bajda Battery or Rook, a discothèque in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta * Rook Clift, South Harting, West Sussex, England, UK; an SSSI * Rooks Bridge, Rooksbridge, East Brent, Somerset, England, UK; a former 17th-century bridge in Snighampton over the Mark Yeo stream * Rook Street, Mere, Wiltshire, England, UK

Fictional locations

* Rook Islands, a fictional group of islands in the videogame ''Far Cry 3''

Arts, entertainment, media

* ''Rook'' (album), 2008 album by Shearwater * ''The Rook'' (novel), a 2011 supernatural thriller by Daniel O'Malley ** ''The Rook'' (TV series), a TV series on ''Starz''

Transport and vehicular

* Rook (rocket), a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972 *Rook, an 1874 South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotive

Military

* Sukhoi ''Su-25'' "Rook" (, the bird ''C. frugilegus'') NATO reporting name "Frogfoot", a close air support aircraft *, a destroyer launched in 1944, a Cold War U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer *, a 19th-century British Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner

Zoology

Rook (bird) The rook (''Corvus frugilegus'') is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-fea ...

(''Corvus frugilegus''), a bird of the corvid family *a rookery, a rook

Other uses

* Rook (piercing), a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear *Symbol of a

fortification A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Lati ...

, fort, fortress, castle