doublespeak
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- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 24
- Letters
- 11
Definition of doublespeak
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
“The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.”
“The popular and convergent use of information seems to represent something beyond the mere cosmetics of doublespeak, of a "garbage collector" turned "sanitary engineer" or a "strike" turned "work stoppage."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.
Words you can make from doublespeak
200+ playable · top: LAKEBEDS (15 pts)
Best play lakebeds 15 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
30 words- BESPAKE 15 pts
- BESPEAK 15 pts
- BESPOKE 15 pts
- POKABLE 15 pts
- BAULKED 14 pts
- DEBEAKS 14 pts
- LAKEBED 14 pts
- PADOUKS 14 pts
- POLKAED 14 pts
- SKELPED 14 pts
- DUPABLE 12 pts
- SKOALED 12 pts
- BELEAPS 11 pts
- POSABLE 11 pts
- PUEBLOS 11 pts
- ALBEDOS 10 pts
- BEADLES 10 pts
- BELAUDS 10 pts
- BLOUSED 10 pts
- BUSLOAD 10 pts
- DEPOSAL 10 pts
- DOUBLES 10 pts
- ELAPSED 10 pts
- PEDALOS 10 pts
- PLEASED 10 pts
- SEPALED 10 pts
- UPLOADS 10 pts
- USEABLE 9 pts
- DELOUSE 8 pts
- ELODEAS 8 pts
6-letter words
90 words- BUPKES 14 pts
- BALKED 13 pts
- BASKED 13 pts
- BEAKED 13 pts
- BULKED 13 pts
- BUSKED 13 pts
- DEBEAK 13 pts
- KELPED 13 pts
- PADOUK 13 pts
- PEAKED 13 pts
- SPOKED 13 pts
- BAULKS 12 pts
- BLEAKS 12 pts
- BLOKES 12 pts
- KELEPS 12 pts
- PEKOES 12 pts
- POLKAS 12 pts
- PULKAS 12 pts
- SPLAKE 12 pts
- LEAKED 11 pts
- SKOLED 11 pts
- SLAKED 11 pts
- SOAKED 11 pts
- SULKED 11 pts
- BELEAP 10 pts
- BLEEPS 10 pts
- PLEBES 10 pts
- PUEBLO 10 pts
- ABODES 9 pts
- ABUSED 9 pts
- ADOBES 9 pts
- ALBEDO 9 pts
- BEADLE 9 pts
- BEDELS 9 pts
- BELAUD 9 pts
- BLADES 9 pts
- BLEEDS 9 pts
- BOUSED 9 pts
- DAUBES 9 pts
- DEBASE 9 pts
- DEPOSE 9 pts
- DOABLE 9 pts
- DOBLAS 9 pts
- DOUBLE 9 pts
- ELOPED 9 pts
- EPODES 9 pts
- LAPSED 9 pts
- LEAPED 9 pts
- LOUPED 9 pts
- PADLES 9 pts
- PAUSED 9 pts
- PEALED 9 pts
- PEDALO 9 pts
- PEDALS 9 pts
- PESADE 9 pts
- PLEADS 9 pts
- PSEUDO 9 pts
- PULSED 9 pts
- SEABED 9 pts
- SLOPED 9 pts
- SOAPED 9 pts
- SOUPED 9 pts
- SPEEDO 9 pts
- UPLOAD 9 pts
- UPSOLD 9 pts
- ABELES 8 pts
- ASLEEP 8 pts
- ASLOPE 8 pts
- BLOUSE 8 pts
- BOULES 8 pts
- ELAPSE 8 pts
- ELOPES 8 pts
- LOUPES 8 pts
- OBELUS 8 pts
- PALEOS 8 pts
- PELAUS 8 pts
- PLEASE 8 pts
- PULAOS 8 pts
- SAPELE 8 pts
- SUABLE 8 pts
- USABLE 8 pts
- ALDOSE 7 pts
- DOULAS 7 pts
- ELODEA 7 pts
- ELUDES 7 pts
- LEASED 7 pts
- LEUDES 7 pts
- LOUSED 7 pts
- SEALED 7 pts
- SOULED 7 pts
5-letter words
76 words- BAKED 12 pts
- APEEK 11 pts
- BAKES 11 pts
- BALKS 11 pts
- BAULK 11 pts
- BEAKS 11 pts
- BLEAK 11 pts
- BLOKE 11 pts
- BULKS 11 pts
- KAPUS 11 pts
- KEEPS 11 pts
- KELEP 11 pts
- KELPS 11 pts
- ASKED 10 pts
- DEKES 10 pts
- DUKES 10 pts
- AKEES 9 pts
- BEEPS 9 pts
- BLEEP 9 pts
- KALES 9 pts
- KEELS 9 pts
- ABLED 8 pts
- ABODE 8 pts
- ADOBE 8 pts
- APODS 8 pts
- BALDS 8 pts
- BALED 8 pts
- BASED 8 pts
- BAUDS 8 pts
- BEADS 8 pts
- BEDEL 8 pts
- BLADE 8 pts
- BLEED 8 pts
- BLUED 8 pts
- BODES 8 pts
- BOLDS 8 pts
- BUSED 8 pts
- DAUBE 8 pts
- DAUBS 8 pts
- DEEPS 8 pts
- DOBES 8 pts
- DOBLA 8 pts
- DOPAS 8 pts
- DOPES 8 pts
- DUPES 8 pts
- DUPLE 8 pts
- EPODE 8 pts
- ABELE 7 pts
- ABLES 7 pts
- ABUSE 7 pts
- BALES 7 pts
- BEALS 7 pts
- BEAUS 7 pts
- BLASE 7 pts
- BLUES 7 pts
- BOLAS 7 pts
- BOLES 7 pts
- BOLUS 7 pts
- BOULE 7 pts
- BOUSE 7 pts
- ELOPE 7 pts
- AEDES 6 pts
- ALOUD 6 pts
- DALES 6 pts
- DEALS 6 pts
- DELES 6 pts
- DOLES 6 pts
- DOULA 6 pts
- DOUSE 6 pts
- DUALS 6 pts
- DUELS 6 pts
- DULSE 6 pts
- EASED 6 pts
- ELUDE 6 pts
- ALOES 5 pts
- EASEL 5 pts
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