Specie

6 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Coined money, particularly gold or silver coins, as distinct from paper currency or banknotes.

“The merchant preferred to be paid in specie rather than accepting a promissory note.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

spe·cie

Related Words

Synonyms

coinagemintage

Antonyms

paper moneybanknotescredit

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Wordle

Ends in -IE, starts with SP, easy to confuse with SPECIES which has an extra S at the end

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points, the C adds 3, a financial term that rewards players who know their history

Words Related to Specie

Anagrams of Specie

Words that use exactly the same letters as “specie”.

pieces

Words you can make from Specie

Shorter words formed from the letters in “specie”.

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Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “specie”.

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Longer words starting with Specie

Words that begin with “specie”.

species

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