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Yes. The word spade is a Scrabble US word. The word spade is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (3 found)

SEPAD,SPADE,SPAED,

4-letter words (13 found)

APED,APES,APSE,DAES,DAPS,DEPS,PADS,PASE,PEAS,PEDS,SADE,SPAE,SPED,

3-letter words (20 found)

ADS,APE,ASP,DAE,DAP,DAS,DEP,EAS,EDS,PAD,PAS,PEA,PED,PES,SAD,SAE,SAP,SEA,SED,SPA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AE,AS,DA,DE,EA,ED,ES,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 47 words from spade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spade

spade psade sapde aspde pasde apsde spdae psdae sdpae dspae pdsae dpsae sadpe asdpe sdape dsape adspe daspe padse apdse pdase dpase adpse dapse spaed psaed saped asped pased apsed spead psead sepad espad pesad epsad saepd asepd seapd esapd aespd easpd paesd apesd peasd epasd aepsd eapsd spdea psdea sdpea dspea pdsea dpsea speda pseda sepda espda pesda epsda sdepa dsepa sedpa esdpa despa edspa pdesa dpesa pedsa epdsa depsa edpsa sadep asdep sdaep dsaep adsep dasep saedp asedp seadp esadp aesdp easdp sdeap dseap sedap esdap desap edsap adesp daesp aedsp eadsp deasp edasp pades apdes pdaes dpaes adpes dapes paeds apeds peads epads aepds eapds pdeas dpeas pedas epdas depas edpas adeps daeps aedps eadps deaps edaps

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word spade. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in spade.

Definitions and meaning of spade

spade

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speɪd/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /sped/
  • Rhymes: -eɪd
  • Homophone: spayed (except Scotland)

Etymology 1

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (spade), from Proto-Germanic *spadǭ, *spadô, *spadō (spade). Cognate with Dutch spade, Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten, Hunsrik Spaad. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-, whence also Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, blade), Hittite [script needed] (išpatar, spear), Persian سپار (sopâr, plow), Northern Luri ئەسپار (aspār, digging) and Central Kurdish ئەسپەر (esper), ئەسپەرە (espere, cross-piece on shaft of spade to take pressure of foot). Distant doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée.

Noun

spade (plural spades)

  1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
  2. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Scottish Gaelic: spaid
  • Fiji Hindi: sipi
Translations

Verb

spade (third-person singular simple present spades, present participle spading, simple past and past participle spaded)

  1. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
Derived terms
  • spader

References

Etymology 2

Probably from Italian spade, plural of spada (the ace of spades, literally sword, spade), from earlier *spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπᾰ́θη (spáthē). Cognate with Etymology 1. So called for the shape, though what the shape was exactly meant to represent has been debated.

Noun

spade (plural spades)

  1. (card games) A playing card marked with the symbol .
  2. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Compare spay, noun, and spado.

Alternative forms

  • spaid
  • spayade

Noun

spade (plural spades)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A hart or stag three years old.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A castrated man or animal.

References

Anagrams

  • adeps, apsed, paeds, pedas

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaːdə/

Alternative forms

  • spa

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spade, from Old Dutch *spado, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.

Noun

spade m (plural spaden or spades)

  1. spade

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch spâde, from Old Dutch *spādi, from Proto-Germanic *spēdiz (late).

Adjective

spade (comparative spader, superlative spaadst)

  1. (archaic) late
Inflection
Synonyms
  • laat

References


Finnish

Etymology

Possibly from pata (pot) (perhaps through English spade, since spades (the card suit) are also called pata in Finnish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑde/, [ˈs̠pɑ̝de̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑde
  • Syllabification(key): spa‧de

Noun

spade

  1. (military slang) field cook
    Synonym: sotilaskeittäjä

Declension

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin spatha (a type of sword), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, broad blade).

Noun

spade f (plural spadis)

  1. sword

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspa.de/
  • Rhymes: -ade
  • Hyphenation: spà‧de

Noun

spade f

  1. plural of spada

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • spad

Etymology

From Old English spadu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaːd(ə)/

Noun

spade (plural spades)

  1. tool for digging, shovel

Descendants

  • English: spade
  • Scots: spade, spaid
  • Yola: spaade

References

  • “spāde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German spade and Old Norse spaði, jarnspaði.

Noun

spade m (definite singular spaden, indefinite plural spader, definite plural spadene)

  1. spade (a garden tool)
    kalle en spade for en spade - call a spade a spade
  2. spadeful
    tre spader jord - three spadefuls of earth

References

  • “spade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • spåddå (dialectal, Trøndelag)

Etymology

From Old Norse spaði, jarnspaði, from Middle Low German spade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²spɑːə/, /²spɑːdə/

Noun

spade m (definite singular spaden, indefinite plural spadar, definite plural spadane)

  1. spade, shovel (a garden tool)
    kalle ein spade for ein spade - call a spade a spade
  2. spadeful
    ein spade sand - a spadeful of sand

Derived terms

  • steikespade

Verb

spade (present tense spader, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spad)

  1. Alternative form of spa

References

  • “spade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spaði, from Middle Low German spade, from Proto-Germanic *spadō, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-.

Noun

spade c

  1. shovel
    Synonyms: (more specific) skyffel, (large broad curved) skovel
  2. a spade (a garden tool)

Declension

Related terms

References

  • spade in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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