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The answer

ORATE

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1932. It appears in 4 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.

• RANT (5 uses in xd)
• GUSH (3 uses in xd)
• JET (3 uses in xd)
• OPINE (3 uses in xd)
• EMIT (2 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
• Speak pompously - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Emulate Demosthenes - used 39 times, most recently in 2021
• Harangue. - used 37 times, most recently in 2002
• 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
• Mount the soapbox - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Sound off - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak formally - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Deliver an address - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Provide an address - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Preach - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Speak - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak at length - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Take to the soapbox - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Address the crowd - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Emulate Lincoln - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the stump - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Speak publicly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Get on a soapbox - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Give one's address - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Speak in public - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Be bombastic - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Emulate Bryan - used 14 times, most recently in 2005
• Give a keynote, say - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Practice public speaking - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Speak bombastically - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Speak from a soapbox - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Hold the floor - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Stand and deliver? - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Address a crowd - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Get on the soapbox - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Speak from a podium - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Spout off - used 11 times, most recently in 2004
• Take the podium - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Address an audience - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Give a valedictory - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Speak grandly - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Supply an address - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Take the floor - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Take to the stump - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Talk pompously - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Be grandiloquent - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Deliver an impassioned speech - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Elocute - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Give a formal speech - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Speak to a crowd - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand up and speak - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Address a convention - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Deliver a keynote - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Emulate Isocrates - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Give a keynote address - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Make a grand speech - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sermonize - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Speak to the masses - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Use the soapbox - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Deliver a stemwinder - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Give a lecture - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Give addresses - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Go on the stump - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a delivery? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Make an address - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make like Cicero - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Offer an address - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Speak from the stump - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Speak grandiloquently - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Speak one's mind - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk formally - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

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• Martini garnish - OLIVE, used 259 times
• Bay window - ORIEL, used 254 times
• Chicago airport - OHARE, used 254 times
• Frequently - OFTEN, used 239 times
• Nebraska city - OMAHA, used 236 times

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