spate

spate is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A river flood; an overflow or inundation. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
2. noun. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

   Synonyms: freshet

3. noun. a sudden forceful flow

   Synonyms: rush, surge, upsurge

4. noun. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   "a batch of letters"

   "a deal of trouble"

   Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle

Synonyms

freshet, rush, surge, upsurge, batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spate:

paste, pates, peats, septa, tapes, tepas

Common word forms

spated, spates, spating

Words from these letters

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