What SPADE Means
- noun: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it“she led a low spade”
- noun: a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
- verb: dig (up) with a spade“I spade compost into the flower beds”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPADE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 A1 D2 E1.
Anagrams of SPADE (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SPADE
41 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (12)
3 letter words (19)
2 letter words (10)
Longer Words Containing SPADE
SPADE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.