5-letter words with P as the 1st letter and E as the 4th letter

Lock in P at the start and E in the fourth spot, then test the open middle and final letters. POWER, PAPER, and POKER are familiar options; PIXEL gives you another common word to try. The pattern has 136 tournament-dictionary entries, but only 22 rank among the most common English words.

What stands out in this pattern

• There are 136 five-letter entries with P first and E fourth.
• Only 22 entries fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing in 44 matches.
• Collins includes 132 matches, compared with 110 in NWL2023 and 101 in ENABLE.

Which matching words are Wordle answers?

18 matching words are Wordle answers, and 135 are allowed guesses. That makes this pattern a stronger clue for narrowing a known board than a guarantee that a guess is an answer.

POWER, PAPER, and POKER are recognizable candidates from the examples. Keep the fourth-letter E fixed, then use your confirmed letters to rule out endings and middle letters.

Which matching words score the most in Scrabble?

PYXED leads the scoring examples at 18 points. PYREX and PYXES each score 17, while PIZED also scores 17; PIXEL scores 14.

The top scores come from less familiar words, not everyday choices like POWER or PAPER. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry, since dictionary coverage differs.

How do the final letters narrow the search?

S, D, and R are the strongest endings, with 44, 31, and 27 matches respectively. Together, those three endings account for most of the pattern's options.

For 5-letter words with P first and E fourth, start by testing those endings when your final tile is unknown. Y appears in 9 matches; N appears in 4, so those are much narrower branches.

For comparison, R-first matches with E fourth total 158, while S-first matches reach 219. The P pattern has fewer options than either of those neighboring lists.