Gives a speech
The crossword clue "Gives a speech" is answered by ORATES, a 6-letter entry. Used 26 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORATES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORATES answer page.
Used 26 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; 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 clues for ORATES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORATES, most used first.
- Speechifies - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Declaims - used 23 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Figures of speech - IDIOMS, used 32 times
- Figures of speech - TROPES, used 28 times
- Gives rise to - SPAWNS, used 26 times
- Gave a speech - ORATED, used 25 times
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