Cryptic crossword clue
Start from scratch and reach the highest point, say 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPEAK

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What does SPEAK mean?

SPEAK noun
  1. A low class bar, a speakeasy.
SPEAK noun
  1. Language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
  2. Speech, conversation.
SPEAK verb
  1. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
  2. To have a conversation.
  3. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
  4. To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
  5. To be able to communicate in a language.
  6. To utter.
  7. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
  8. (sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
  9. To produce a sound; to sound.
  10. Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
  11. To address; to accost; to speak to.

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