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SPEECH
Definition of SPEECH
noun
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPEECH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPEECH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEEHPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPEECH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPEECH?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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