Speak pompously

The answer

ORATE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORATE answer page.

Used 40 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 11 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 (5 uses in xd)
• BLOVIATE (1 uses in xd)
• DECLAIM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ORATE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ORATE, most used first.

• Give a speech - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Pontificate - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Emulate Cicero - used 51 times, most recently in 2015
• Emulate Demosthenes - used 39 times, most recently in 2021
• Use a soapbox - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• Make speeches - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Wax eloquent - used 29 times, most recently in 2019

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 one's mind - OPINE, used 54 times
• Speak off the cuff - ADLIB, used 38 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.