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 spook

spook (noun)

  1. A ghost or phantom.
  2. A hobgoblin.
  3. A scare or fright.
  4. A spy.
  5. A black person.
  6. A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.

spook (verb)

  1. To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
  2. To become frightened (by something startling).
  3. To haunt.

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 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).