Speech defect
The crossword clue "Speech defect" is answered by LISP, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LISP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LISP answer page.
Used 25 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- STAMMER (3 uses in xd)
- STUTTER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LISP
Every other clue in this collection answered by LISP, most used first.
- Speech problem - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk like Daffy Duck - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- Speech impediment - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Part of speech - NOUN, used 83 times
- Defect - FLAW, used 77 times
- Part of speech - VERB, used 42 times
- Angry speech - RANT, used 37 times
- Diamond defect - FLAW, used 24 times
- Using speech - ORAL, used 23 times
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