Definitions
How to pronounce spare:
Spare - as a noun
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
Spare - as an adjective satellite
More than is needed, desired, or required
Example: "Trying to lose excess weight"
Not taken up by scheduled activities
Example: "A free hour between classes"
Kept in reserve especially for emergency use
Example: "A spare tire"
Lacking in magnitude or quantity
Example: "A bare livelihood"
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
Example: "A plain hair style"
Spare - as a verb
Refrain from harming
Save or relieve from an experience or action
Example: "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
Give up what is not strictly needed
Example: "He asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
Use frugally or carefully
Spare - as an adjective
Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
Example: "A spare diet"
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
Example: "I have no spare time."
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
Example: "A spare anchor; a spare bed or room"
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
Example: "The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that."
Slow.
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Word Game Points
SPARE has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
SPARE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 8.
SPARE has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
