Spades

/speɪdz/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:10 pts6 letters

Definition of Spades

noun

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.
A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
"I've got only one spade in my hand."
A black person.
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

verb

To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.

noun

A hart or stag three years old.
A castrated man or animal.

noun

One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.

Anagrams of Spades

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 6 letters:

Words You Can Make

41 words can be made from the letters in "spades":

6-LETTER WORDS

5-LETTER WORDS

apses pases passe sades spade spaed spaes

4-LETTER WORDS

aped apes apse asps daps pads pase pass peas peds sade saps seas spae spas+1 more

3-LETTER WORDS

ads ape asp ass dap eds ess pad pas pea ped pes sad sae sap+2 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "spades" and rearranging:

+rspaders spreads

Related Word Patterns

SP...Words starting with "sp"...ESWords ending with "es"All 6-letter words Unscramble "spades"

Rhyming Words

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