ALOUD

Meaning

Spoken out loud.

• adverbWith a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

ALOUD as a word-puzzle answer

ALOUD is a 5-letter word with 3 vowels (A, O, U) and 2 consonants (L, D). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (A, O), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.