Held forth
The crossword clue "Held forth" is answered by ORATED, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORATED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORATED answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ORATED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORATED, most used first.
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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.
- Come forth - EMERGE, used 82 times
- Draw forth - ELICIT, used 45 times
- Bring forth - ELICIT, used 29 times
- Puts forth - EXERTS, used 22 times
- Holds forth - ORATES, used 18 times
- Bursts forth - ERUPTS, used 15 times
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