5 letter words starting with spo

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 spo.

  • SPODE
  • SPODS
  • SPOIL
  • SPOKE
  • SPOOF
  • SPOOK
  • SPOOL
  • SPOOM
  • SPOON
  • SPOOR
  • SPOOT
  • SPORE
  • SPORK
  • SPORT
  • SPOSA
  • SPOSH
  • SPOSO
  • SPOTS
  • SPOUT

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 spoil

spoil (noun)

  1. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  2. Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.

spoil (verb)

  1. To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
  2. To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
  3. To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
  4. To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
  5. To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
  6. To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
  7. Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
  8. To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
  9. To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.

Definition of spool

spool (noun)

  1. A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
  2. A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.

spool (verb)

  1. To wind on a spool or spools.
  2. To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).

spool (noun)

  1. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

Definition of spoor

spoor (noun)

  1. The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal

spoor (verb)

  1. To track an animal by following its spoor

Definition of sport

sport (noun)

  1. Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
  2. Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose.
  3. A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
  4. Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
  5. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
  6. Mockery, making fun; derision.
  7. A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
  8. Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
  9. A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
  10. A sportsman; a gambler.
  11. One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
  12. An amorous dalliance.
  13. (usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
  14. Play; idle jingle.

sport (verb)

  1. To amuse oneself, to play.
  2. To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
  3. To display; to have as a notable feature.
  4. To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
  5. To represent by any kind of play.
  6. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
  7. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
  8. To close (a door).

Definition of spots

spots (noun)

  1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
  2. A stain or disfiguring mark.
  3. A pimple, papule or pustule.
  4. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  5. A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
  6. A location or area.
  7. A parking space.
  8. An official determination of placement.
  9. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  10. A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  11. Difficult situation; predicament.
  12. One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
  13. Penalty spot.
  14. The act of spotting or noticing something.
  15. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
  16. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
  17. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
  18. (in the plural, brokers' slang) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
  19. An autosoliton.
  20. A decimal point; point.
  21. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
  22. Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

spots (verb)

  1. To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  2. To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  3. To stain; to leave a spot (on).
  4. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  5. To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
  6. To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
  7. To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  8. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  9. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
  10. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.