Sped

4 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of speed, indicating travel or movement at high velocity.

“She sped through the country lanes on her bicycle, arriving home before dark.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/spɛd/

Related Words

Synonyms

rushed raced dashedhurtledbolted

Antonyms

dawdledcrawled

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

S, P, E, D are all high-frequency Wordle letters with no repeats, making this a solid elimination guess

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Scrabble

Worth 7 points and hooks to SPEED with an added E or to SPEND with an N swap

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aped seed shed spec

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5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “sped”.

adeps deeps depas dopes dupes pedes pends posed psend pseud sepad siped spade spaed speed spend spied spode spued

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