SPEAR

5 letters 7 Scrabble points /spɪɹ/

Definition of 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.

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.

adjective

  1. Male.

    "a spear counterpart"

  2. Pertaining to male family members.

    "the spear side of the family"

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S P E A R
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 7 points

Anagrams of SPEAR

Words that use the same letters:

APERS APRES ASPER PARES PARSE PEARS PRASE PRESA RAPES REAPS REPAS SPAER SPARE

Words Containing "SPEAR"

BACKSPEAR BOARSPEAR EELSPEAR FISHSPEAR SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEAREAN SHAKESPEAREANA SHAKESPEAREANLY SHAKESPEAREANS SHAKESPEARIAN SHAKESPEARIZE SPEARCAST SPEARED SPEAREYE SPEARER SPEARERS SPEARFISH SPEARFISHES SPEARFLOWER SPEARHEAD

Words Starting with "SPEAR"

SPEARCAST SPEARED SPEAREYE SPEARER SPEARERS SPEARFISH SPEARFISHES SPEARFLOWER SPEARHEAD SPEARHEADED SPEARHEADING SPEARHEADS SPEARY SPEARING SPEARLIKE SPEARMAN SPEARMANSHIP SPEARMEN SPEARMINT SPEARMINTS

Words Ending with "SPEAR"

BACKSPEAR BOARSPEAR EELSPEAR FISHSPEAR UPSPEAR