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5-letter words starting with SPA

There are 23 5-letter words starting with SPA in the standard word-game list. The most common are space, spare, spark, spade, spank, spawn. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
spacethe unlimited expanse in which everything is located9
sparethin and fit7
sparka momentary flash of light11
spadea playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it8
spanka slap with the flat of the hand11
spawnthe mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs10
spasma painful and involuntary muscular contraction9
spatsA stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe.7
spakeQuiet; tame.11
spate(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent7
spacystupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug12
spadoSomeone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.8
spahiAn Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.10
spaleA chip or splinter of wood.7
spalla fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge7
spangleap, jerk, bang8

All 23 words