The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NASALS , but the solution may also be DORSALS which is one of the most recent solution (1983 in New York Times).
Certain speech sounds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NASALS | 33 % | 6 |
| DORSALS | 33 % | 7 |
| SURDS | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Certain speech sounds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clipped
- phonetic
- palatal
- long
- voice
- sound
- short
- echo
- fricative
- soft
- phoneme
- phonology
Crossword Answer definitions
NASALS noun- A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
- A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose.
- Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
- One of the nasal bones.
- A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NASALS
- Stuffy voicings
- m/ and /n/, to phoneticians
- Some speech sounds
- Certain French vowel sounds
- Some French vowels, phonetically
- French "gn" sounds, e.g.
- "m" and "n" sounds
- Some sonorant sounds
- Some French speech sounds
- Twangy tones