Lipread
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
To understand speech by watching and interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips, as practised especially by deaf or hard-of-hearing people.
“She had learnt to lipread so effectively that she could follow conversations across a crowded room.”
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speechread
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Wordle
A compound of LIP and READ, contains all common letters but in an unusual arrangement
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Scrabble
The D (2 pts) at the end allows hooks, the R is useful for extending from existing tiles on the board
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