Pontificate
The crossword clue "Pontificate" is answered by ORATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 55 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORATE answer page.
Used 55 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 15 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.
- SPOUT (3 uses in xd)
- HOLYSEE (1 uses in xd)
- MORALIZE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORATE, most used first.
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- Speechify - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
- Make a speech - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Declaim - used 108 times, most recently in 2025
- Give an address - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Hold forth - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Deliver a speech - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Emulate Cicero - used 51 times, most recently in 2015
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