5-Letter Words Starting with SP

All 80 five-letter words that start with SP

SPA

• space9n. The distance between objects.
• spacy12adj. Spaced-out.
• spade8n. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be...
• spake11n. A type of wagon on rails used for carrying workers in and out of a...
• spall7n. A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.
• spang8v. To set with bright points: star or spangle.
• spank11v. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other...
• spare7adj. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved...
• spark11n. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting...
• sparr7n. An English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).
• spasm9n. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a...
• spate7n. A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or...
• spath10n. Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum of peace lilies.
• spats7n. A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe.
• spawn10v. To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
• spaza16n. An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and...

SPE

• speak11v. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
• speal7n. Only used in speal-bone (“shoulder bone”).
• spean7n. A teat or nipple of a cow.
• spear7n. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or...
• speck13n. A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
• specs9n. Specifications: plural of spec.
• spect9v. Aphetic form of expect.
• speed8n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
• speel7v. To climb.
• speer7v. To ask, to inquire.
• spell7n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
• spelt7n. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum...
• spend8v. To pay out (money).
• spent7adj. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
• sperm9n. The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
• spesh10adj. Special.

SPI

• spica9n. A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on...
• spice9n. Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or...
• spick13adj. Tidy; fresh.
• spicy12adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
• spiel7n. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to...
• spier7n. One who spies; a spy.
• spiff13n. Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
• spike11n. A sort of very large nail.
• spiky14adj. Of a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in...
• spile7n. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
• spill7v. To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to...
• spilt7adj. That has been spilled.
• spina7n. A spine; the backbone.
• spine7n. A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a...
• spink11n. The primrose.
• spins7n. Vertigo.
• spiny10adj. Covered in spines or thorns.
• spire7n. A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
• spiro7n. A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only...
• spite7n. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to...
• spitz16n. Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.

SPL

• splat7n. The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
• splay10v. To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
• split7v. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

SPO

• spoil7v. To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
• spoke11n. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the...
• spong8n. A long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a...
• spoof10n. An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
• spook11n. A ghost or phantom.
• spool7n. A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound...
• spoon7n. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle...
• spoor7n. The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
• spore7n. A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus...
• spork11n. An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided...
• sport7n. Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under...
• spout7n. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

SPR

• sprag8n. A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or...
• sprat7n. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus...
• spray10n. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
• spree7n. Uninhibited activity.
• sprig8n. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
• sprit7n. A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing...
• sprog8n. A child.
• sprue7n. A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed...

SPU

• spume9n. Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
• spunk11n. Touchwood; tinder.
• spurn7v. To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
• spurt7v. To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SP are there?

Word.ws lists 80 five-letter words that start with SP, plus 40 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words that start with SP?

space, speak, spent, speed, spend, sport, split and spoke.

Which of the five-letter words that start with SP has the highest letter score?

spitz scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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