Speak effusively
The crossword clue "Speak effusively" is answered by GUSH, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GUSH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GUSH answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GUSH
Every other clue in this collection answered by GUSH, most used first.
- Be effusive - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Spew forth - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk effusively - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Overdo the praise - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Get overemotional - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Praise enthusiastically - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Spew - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Speak unclearly - SLUR, used 82 times
- "Even ___ speak" - ASWE, used 71 times
- Speak hoarsely - RASP, used 69 times
- Move, in Realtor-speak - RELO, used 62 times
- ___ were (so to speak) - ASIT, used 60 times
- ___ speak - SOTO, used 55 times
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