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 spoon

spoon (noun)

  1. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
  2. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
  3. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
  4. A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
  5. An oar.
  6. A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
  7. A spoon excavator.
  8. A simpleton, a spooney.
  9. A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
  10. A metaphoric unit of energy available to cope with problems.

spoon (verb)

  1. To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
  2. To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
  3. (of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
  4. To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
  5. To fish with a concave spoon bait.
  6. To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.

spoon (verb)

  1. To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.


Definition of spore

spore (noun)

  1. A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
  2. A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

spore (verb)

  1. To produce spores.

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.