speech: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with S · ends with H
Meaning of speech
noun
- uncountable
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
Example: He had a bad speech impediment.
- uncountable
The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
Example: It was hard to hear his speech over the noise.
- countable
A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
Example: The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
- countable
A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
Listed forms: speeches, speach.
Source: Wiktionary — speech.
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To make (a speech); to harangue.
Listed forms: speeches, speeching, speeched, speach.
Source: Wiktionary — speech.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for speech.
noun
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
noun
(language) communication by word of mouth
- speech communication
- spoken communication
- spoken language
- language
- voice communication
- oral communication
noun
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- manner of speaking
- delivery
noun
a lengthy rebuke
- lecture
- talking to
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is speech in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of speech
S(1) + P(3) + E(1) + E(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of speech
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from speech
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in speech. Showing up to 24, longest first.