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5-Letter Words Starting with SPA

There are 16 five-letter words that start with SPA on Word.ws, from space to spaza. The most common are space, spare, spark, spawn and spade.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 16 five-letter words that start with 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...
12 rare five-letter words that start with SPA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SPA are there?
Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with SPA, plus 12 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SPA?
space, spare, spark, spawn, spade, spank, spasm and spate.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SPA has the highest letter score?
spaza scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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