Speaks
The crossword clue "Speaks" is answered by ORATES, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORATES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORATES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 3 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.
- ADDRESSES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORATES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORATES, most used first.
- Gives a speech - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Speechifies - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Declaims - used 23 times, most recently in 2014
- Holds forth - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Gives an address - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Pontificates - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Delivers a keynote - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Discourses in public - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes speeches - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Speaks pompously - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Delivers an address - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Emulates Cicero - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Speaks - UTTERS, used 19 times
- Speaks one's mind - OPINES, used 12 times
- Speaks monotonously - DRONES, used 6 times
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