5 letter words starting with spe

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with spe.

  • SPEAK
  • SPEAL
  • SPEAN
  • SPEAR
  • SPEAT
  • SPECK
  • SPECS
  • SPECT
  • SPEED
  • SPEEL
  • SPEER
  • SPEIL
  • SPEIR
  • SPEKS
  • SPELD
  • SPELK
  • SPELL
  • SPELT
  • SPEND
  • SPENT
  • SPEOS
  • SPERM
  • SPESH
  • SPETS
  • SPEUG
  • SPEWS
  • SPEWY

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of spear

spear (noun)

  1. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
  2. A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
  3. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
  4. An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
  5. In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
  6. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  7. The feather of a horse.
  8. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
  9. A long, thin strip from a vegetable.

spear (verb)

  1. To pierce with a spear.
  2. (by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
  3. To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.

spear (adjective)

  1. Male.
  2. Pertaining to male family members.

Definition of speed

speed (noun)

  1. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
  2. The rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
  3. The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
  4. The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
  5. The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
  6. The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
  7. Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
  8. Luck, success, prosperity.
  9. Personal preference.
  10. A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

speed (verb)

  1. To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
  2. To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
  3. To go fast.
  4. To exceed the speed limit.
  5. To increase the rate at which something occurs.
  6. To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
  7. To be expedient.
  8. To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
  9. To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
  10. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
  11. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

Definition of spelk

spelk (noun)

  1. (Northern English) A splinter, usually of wood.
  2. (Northern English) A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
  3. (Northern English) A rod or switch.
  4. Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.

spelk (verb)

  1. (Northern English) To use a spelk in or on.

Definition of spell

spell (noun)

  1. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
  2. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
  3. Speech, discourse.

spell (verb)

  1. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

spell (verb)

  1. To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
  2. (sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
  3. To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
  4. Of letters: to compose (a word).
  5. (with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
  6. To indicate that (some event) will occur.
  7. To constitute; to measure.
  8. To speak, to declaim.
  9. To tell; to relate; to teach.

spell (noun)

  1. A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
  2. A definite period (of work or other activity).
  3. An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
  4. A period of rest; time off.
  5. A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
  6. An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

spell (verb)

  1. To work in place of (someone).
  2. To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
  3. To rest from work for a time.

spell (noun)

  1. A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
  2. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

Definition of sperm

sperm (noun)

  1. The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  2. Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
  3. Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

sperm (verb)

  1. To ejaculate.
  2. To ejaculate on or into.