4-Letter Words Starting With SPU
- 5 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 4-Letter Words Starting With SPU
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 4-Letter Words Starting With SPU 5 words
How common is SPU at the start of four-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 5 four-letter words that start with SPU. They average 6.4 points and the best is SPUD (7 points).
- Total words
- 5
- Average Scrabble score
- 6.4
- out of 7 max
- Everyday words
- 60%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- D
- 20% of words
Most common last letters
- d 20%
- e 20%
- g 20%
Top vowel pairs
- ue20%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring four-letter word that starts with SPU
s 1p 3u 1d 2
S 1 + P 3 + U 1 + D 2 = 7 points
- Double word
- 14 pts
- Triple word
- 21 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
spud
- nounan edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
- nouna sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
- verbinitiate drilling operations, as for petroleum“The well was spudded in April”
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How many four-letter words that start with SPU are there?
There are 5 four-letter words that start with SPU in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring four-letter word that starts with SPU?
SPUD is worth 7 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are SPUG (7), SPUR (6), SPUN (6).
What are some common four-letter words that start with SPU?
Everyday examples include SPUR, SPUN, SPUD. Sort the list by "Most common" to see the familiar words first.