SPEAR
What does "SPEAR" mean?
A weapon with a long shaft and a pointed tip, used for thrusting or throwing.
Meanings
- A long pole with a sharp point, used as a weapon or for hunting and fishing. The hunters carried spears tipped with sharpened flint.
- To pierce or strike with or as if with a spear. She speared a piece of melon with her fork.
- A pointed stalk or shoot of a plant. Tender spears of asparagus pushed up through the soil.
Did you know?
- The Schoningen spears, wooden hunting weapons unearthed in Germany, are around 300,000 years old, making them among the oldest preserved hunting tools ever found and proof that early humans crafted balanced throwing weapons long before our own species was widespread.
Word origin
From Old English 'spere', a thrusting weapon, from a Proto-Germanic root; the surname Shakespeare ('shake-spear') literally describes someone brandishing one.
Remember it
SPEAR is 'S' plus EAR plus a hidden point: hear it as 'spee-r', the whoosh of a shaft past your ear.
A little poem
One straight line of wood
decides the distance between
the hunter and dusk.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to spear the last asparagus with my fork, proving that even at dinner the oldest weapon still wins the hunt.
What it teaches
The reach you build is the distance you can keep between yourself and what you fear.
Quick facts
What does SPEAR mean?
A weapon with a long shaft and a pointed tip, used for thrusting or throwing.
Is SPEAR a valid word?
Yes — SPEAR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPEAR?
SPEAR has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPEAR come from?
From Old English 'spere', a thrusting weapon, from a Proto-Germanic root; the surname Shakespeare ('shake-spear') literally describes someone brandishing one.
What can SPEAR teach us?
The reach you build is the distance you can keep between yourself and what you fear.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.