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10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective temporarily incapable of speaking
originFrom Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech + -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), German sprachlos (“speechless”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- speeches 15
- schleps 14
- cheeps 13
- schlep 13
- speech 13
- cheeses 12
- chesses 12
- leeches 12
- cheep 12
- chelp 12
- pechs 12
- cheese 11