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5-Letter Words Starting with SPE

There are 16 five-letter words that start with SPE on Word.ws, from speak to spesh. The most common are speak, spent, speed, spend and spell.

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

All 16 five-letter words that start with 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.
8 rare five-letter words that start with SPE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SPE are there?
Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with SPE, plus 8 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SPE?
speak, spent, speed, spend, spell, sperm, spear and specs.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SPE has the highest letter score?
speck scores 13 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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