5-letter words starting with P

821 5-letter words starting with P appear in the word list, including 142 Wordle answers and the high-scoring pzazz at 34 points.

845 wordsTop pick PLACEHighest score PZAZZ 34

169 of 845 are everyday words (20%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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S starts the most 5-letter words (1,547); X starts the fewest (15). P ranks #4 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 169 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 169 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 845

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

PAALS₇
PAANS₇
PACAS₉
PACED₁₀
PACER₉
PACES₉
PACEY₁₂
PACHA₁₂
PACKS₁₃
PACOS₉
PACTA₉
PACTS₉
PADDY₁₂
PADIS₈
PADLE₈
PADMA₁₀
PADRE₈
PADRI₈
PAEAN₇
PAEON₇
PAGAN₈
PAGED₉
PAGER₈
PAGES₈
PAGLE₈
PAGOD₉
PAGRI₈
PAIKS₁₁
PAILS₇
PAINS₇
PAINT₇
PAIRE₇
PAIRS₇
PAISA₇
PAISE₇
PAKKA₁₅
PALAS₇
PALAY₁₀
PALEA₇
PALED₈
PALEO₇
PALER₇
PALES₇
PALET₇
PALIS₇
PALKI₁₁
PALLA₇
PALLS₇
PALLY₁₀
PALMS₉
PALMY₁₂
PALPI₉
PALPS₉
PALSA₇
PALSY₁₀
PAMPA₁₁
PANAX₁₄
PANCE₉
PANDA₈
PANDS₈
PANDY₁₁
PANED₈
PANEL₇
PANES₇
PANGA₈
PANGS₈
PANIC₉
PANIM₉
PANKO₁₁
PANNE₇
PANSY₁₀
PANTO₇
PANTS₇
PANTY₁₀
PAOLI₇
PAOLO₇
PAPAL₉
PAPAS₉
PAPAW₁₂
PAPER₉
PAPES₉
PAPPI₁₁
PAPPY₁₄
PARAE₇
PARAS₇
PARCH₁₂
PARDI₈
PARDS₈
PARDY₁₁
PARED₈
PAREN₇
PAREO₇
PARER₇
PARES₇
PAREU₇
PAREV₁₀
PARGE₈
PARGO₈
PARIS₇
PARKA₁₁
PARKI₁₁
PARKS₁₁
PARKY₁₄
PARLE₇
PARLY₁₀
PAROL₇
PARPS₉
PARRA₇
PARRS₇
PARRY₁₀
PARSE₇
PARTI₇
PARTS₇
PARTY₁₀
PARVE₁₀
PARVO₁₀
PASEO₇
PASES₇
PASHA₁₀
PASHM₁₂
PASKA₁₁
PASPY₁₂
PASSE₇
PASTA₇
PASTE₇
PASTS₇
PASTY₁₀
PATCH₁₂
PATED₈
PATEN₇
PATER₇
PATES₇
PATHS₁₀
PATIN₇
PATIO₇
PATLY₁₀
PATSY₁₀
PATTE₇
PATTY₁₀
PATUS₇
PAUAS₇
PAULS₇
PAUSE₇
PAVAN₁₀
PAVED₁₁
PAVEN₁₀
PAVER₁₀
PAVES₁₀
PAVID₁₁
PAVIN₁₀
PAVIS₁₀
PAWAS₁₀
PAWAW₁₃
PAWED₁₁
PAWER₁₀
PAWKS₁₄
PAWKY₁₇
PAWLS₁₀
PAWNS₁₀
PAXES₁₄
PAYED₁₁
PAYEE₁₀
PAYER₁₀
PAYOR₁₀
PAYSD₁₁
PEACE₉
PEACH₁₂
PEAGE₈
PEAGS₈
PEAKS₁₁
PEAKY₁₄
PEALS₇
PEANS₇
PEARE₇
PEARL₇
PEARS₇
PEART₇
PEASE₇
PEATS₇
PEATY₁₀
PEAVY₁₃
PEAZE₁₆
PEBAS₉
PECAN₉
PECHS₁₂
PECKE₁₃
PECKS₁₃
PECKY₁₆
PEDAL₈
PEDES₈
PEDIS₈
PEDRO₈
PEECE₉
PEEKS₁₁
PEELS₇
PEENS₇
PEEOY₁₀
PEEPE₉
PEEPS₉
PEERS₇
PEERY₁₀
PEEVE₁₀
PEGGY₁₂
PEGHS₁₁
PEINS₇
PEISE₇
PEIZE₁₆
PEKAN₁₁
PEKES₁₁
PEKIN₁₁
PEKOE₁₁
PELAS₇
PELAU₇
PELES₇
PELFS₁₀
PELLS₇
PELMA₉
PELON₇
PELTA₇
PELTS₇
PENAL₇
PENCE₉
PENDS₈
PENDU₈
PENED₈
PENES₇
PENGO₈
PENIE₇
PENIS₇
PENKS₁₁
PENNA₇
PENNE₇
PENNI₇
PENNY₁₀
PENTS₇
PEONS₇
PEONY₁₀
PEPLA₉
PEPOS₉
PEPPY₁₄
PERAI₇
PERCE₉
PERCH₁₂
PERCS₉
PERDU₈
PERDY₁₁
PEREA₇
PERES₇
PERIL₇
PERIS₇
PERKS₁₁
PERKY₁₄
PERMS₉
PERNS₇
PERPS₉
PERRY₁₀
PERSE₇
PERST₇
PERTS₇
PERVE₁₀
PERVO₁₀
PERVS₁₀
PERVY₁₃
PESKY₁₄
PESOS₇
PESTO₇
PESTS₇
PESTY₁₀
PETAL₇
PETAR₇
PETER₇
PETIT₇
PETRE₇
PETTI₇
PETTO₇
PETTY₁₀
PEWEE₁₀
PEWIT₁₀
PEYSE₁₀
PHAGE₁₁
PHANG₁₁
PHARE₁₀
PHASE₁₀
PHEER₁₀
PHENE₁₀
PHEON₁₀
PHEOS₁₀
PHESE₁₀
PHIAL₁₀
PHISH₁₃
PHIZZ₂₈
PHLOX₁₇
PHOCA₁₂
PHOHS₁₃
PHONE₁₀
PHONO₁₀
PHONS₁₀
PHONY₁₃
PHOTO₁₀
PHOTS₁₀
PHPHT₁₅
PHUTS₁₀
PHYLA₁₃
PHYLE₁₃
PIANI₇
PIANO₇
PIANS₇
PIBAL₉
PICAL₉
PICAS₉
PICCY₁₄
PICKS₁₃
PICKY₁₆
PICOT₉
PICRA₉
PICUL₉
PIECE₉
PIEND₈
PIERS₇
PIERT₇
PIETA₇
PIETS₇
PIETY₁₀
PIEZO₁₆
PIGGY₁₂
PIGHT₁₁
PIGMY₁₃
PIING₈
PIKAS₁₁
PIKAU₁₁
PIKED₁₂
PIKER₁₁
PIKES₁₁
PIKEY₁₄
PIKIS₁₁
PIKUL₁₁
PILAF₁₀
PILAO₇
PILAR₇
PILAU₇
PILAW₁₀
PILCH₁₂
PILEA₇
PILED₈
PILEI₇
PILER₇
PILES₇
PILIS₇
PILLS₇
PILOT₇
PILOW₁₀
PILUM₉
PILUS₇
PIMAS₉
PIMPS₁₁
PINAS₇
PINCH₁₂
PINED₈
PINES₇
PINEY₁₀
PINGO₈
PINGS₈
PINKO₁₁
PINKS₁₁
PINKY₁₄
PINNA₇
PINNY₁₀
PINON₇
PINOT₇
PINTA₇
PINTO₇
PINTS₇
PINUP₉
PIONS₇
PIONY₁₀
PIOUS₇
PIOYE₁₀
PIOYS₁₀
PIPAL₉
PIPAS₉
PIPED₁₀
PIPER₉
PIPES₉
PIPET₉
PIPIS₉
PIPIT₉
PIPPY₁₄
PIPUL₉
PIQUE₁₆
PIRAI₇
PIRLS₇
PIRNS₇
PIROG₈
PISCO₉
PISES₇
PISKY₁₄
PISOS₇
PISSY₁₀
PISTE₇
PITAS₇
PITCH₁₂
PITHS₁₀
PITHY₁₃
PITON₇
PITOT₇
PITTA₇
PIUMS₉
PIVOT₁₀
PIXEL₁₄
PIXES₁₄
PIXIE₁₄
PIZED₁₇
PIZES₁₆
PIZZA₂₅
PLAAS₇
PLACE₉
PLACK₁₃
PLAGE₈
PLAID₈
PLAIN₇
PLAIT₇
PLANE₇
PLANK₁₁
PLANS₇
PLANT₇
PLAPS₉
PLASH₁₀
PLASM₉
PLAST₇
PLATE₇
PLATS₇
PLATY₁₀
PLAYA₁₀
PLAYS₁₀
PLAZA₁₆
PLEAD₈
PLEAS₇
PLEAT₇
PLEBE₉
PLEBS₉
PLENA₇
PLEON₇
PLESH₁₀
PLEWS₁₀
PLICA₉
PLIED₈
PLIER₇
PLIES₇
PLIMS₉
PLING₈
PLINK₁₁
PLOAT₇
PLODS₈
PLONG₈
PLONK₁₁
PLOOK₁₁
PLOPS₉
PLOTS₇
PLOTZ₁₆
PLOUK₁₁
PLOWS₁₀
PLOYE₁₀
PLOYS₁₀
PLUCK₁₃
PLUES₇
PLUFF₁₃
PLUGS₈
PLUMB₁₁
PLUME₉
PLUMP₁₁
PLUMS₉
PLUMY₁₂
PLUNK₁₁
PLUOT₇
PLUSH₁₀
PLYER₁₀
POACH₁₂
POAKA₁₁
POAKE₁₁
POBOY₁₂
POCKS₁₃
POCKY₁₆
PODAL₈
PODDY₁₂
PODEX₁₅
PODGE₉
PODGY₁₂
PODIA₈
POEMS₉
POEPS₉
POESY₁₀
POETS₇
POGEY₁₁
POGGE₉
POGOS₈
POILU₇
POIND₈
POINT₇
POISE₇
POKAL₁₁
POKED₁₂
POKER₁₁
POKES₁₁
POKEY₁₄
POKIE₁₁
POLAR₇
POLED₈
POLER₇
POLES₇
POLEY₁₀
POLIO₇
POLIS₇
POLJE₁₄
POLKA₁₁
POLKS₁₁
POLLS₇
POLLY₁₀
POLOS₇
POLTS₇
POLYP₁₂
POLYS₁₀
POMBE₁₁
POMES₉
POMMY₁₄
POMOS₉
POMPS₁₁
PONCE₉
PONCY₁₂
PONDS₈
PONES₇
PONEY₁₀
PONGA₈
PONGO₈
PONGS₈
PONGY₁₁
PONKS₁₁
PONTS₇
PONTY₁₀
PONZU₁₆
POOCH₁₂
POODS₈
POOED₈
POOFS₁₀
POOFY₁₃
POOHS₁₀
POOJA₁₄
POOKA₁₁
POOKS₁₁
POOLS₇
POONS₇
POOPS₉
POOPY₁₂
POORI₇
POORT₇
POOTS₇
POOVE₁₀
POOVY₁₃
POPES₉
POPPA₁₁
POPPY₁₄
POPSY₁₂
PORAE₇
PORAL₇
PORCH₁₂
PORED₈
PORER₇
PORES₇
PORGE₈
PORGY₁₁
PORIN₇
PORKS₁₁
PORKY₁₄
PORNO₇
PORNS₇
PORNY₁₀
PORTA₇
PORTS₇
PORTY₁₀
POSED₈
POSER₇
POSES₇
POSEY₁₀
POSHO₁₀
POSIT₇
POSSE₇
POSTS₇
POTAE₇
POTCH₁₂
POTED₈
POTES₇
POTIN₇
POTOO₇
POTSY₁₀
POTTO₇
POTTS₇
POTTY₁₀
POUCH₁₂
POUFF₁₃
POUFS₁₀
POUKE₁₁
POUKS₁₁
POULE₇
POULP₉
POULT₇
POUND₈
POUPE₉
POUPT₉
POURS₇
POUTS₇
POUTY₁₀
POWAN₁₀
POWER₁₀
POWIN₁₀
POWND₁₁
POWNS₁₀
POWNY₁₃
POWRE₁₀
POXED₁₅
POXES₁₄
POYNT₁₀
POYOU₁₀
POYSE₁₀
POZZY₂₈
PRAAM₉
PRADS₈
PRAHU₁₀
PRAMS₉
PRANA₇
PRANG₈
PRANK₁₁
PRAOS₇
PRASE₇
PRATE₇
PRATS₇
PRATT₇
PRATY₁₀
PRAUS₇
PRAWN₁₀
PRAYS₁₀
PREDY₁₁
PREED₈
PREEN₇
PREES₇
PREIF₁₀
PREMS₉
PREMY₁₂
PRENT₇
PREOP₉
PREPS₉
PRESA₇
PRESE₇
PRESS₇
PREST₇
PREVE₁₀
PREXY₁₇
PREYS₁₀
PRIAL₇
PRICE₉
PRICK₁₃
PRICY₁₂
PRIDE₈
PRIED₈
PRIEF₁₀
PRIER₇
PRIES₇
PRIGS₈
PRILL₇
PRIMA₉
PRIME₉
PRIMI₉
PRIMO₉
PRIMP₁₁
PRIMS₉
PRIMY₁₂
PRINK₁₁
PRINT₇
PRION₇
PRIOR₇
PRISE₇
PRISM₉
PRISS₇
PRIVY₁₃
PRIZE₁₆
PROAS₇
PROBE₉
PROBS₉
PRODS₈
PROEM₉
PROFS₁₀
PROGS₈
PROIN₇
PROKE₁₁
PROLE₇
PROLL₇
PROMO₉
PROMS₉
PRONE₇
PRONG₈
PRONK₁₁
PROOF₁₀
PROPS₉
PRORE₇
PROSE₇
PROSO₇
PROSS₇
PROST₇
PROSY₁₀
PROUD₈
PROUL₇
PROVE₁₀
PROWL₁₀
PROWS₁₀
PROXY₁₇
PROYN₁₀
PRUDE₈
PRUNE₇
PRUNT₇
PRUTA₇
PRYER₁₀
PRYSE₁₀
PSALM₉
PSEUD₈
PSHAW₁₃
PSION₇
PSOAE₇
PSOAI₇
PSOAS₇
PSORA₇
PSYCH₁₅
PSYOP₁₂
PUBES₉
PUBIC₁₁
PUBIS₉
PUCAN₉
PUCER₉
PUCES₉
PUCKA₁₃
PUCKS₁₃
PUDDY₁₂
PUDGE₉
PUDGY₁₂
PUDIC₁₀
PUDOR₈
PUDSY₁₁
PUDUS₈
PUERS₇
PUFFS₁₃
PUFFY₁₆
PUGGY₁₂
PUGIL₈
PUHAS₁₀
PUJAH₁₇
PUJAS₁₄
PUKED₁₂
PUKER₁₁
PUKES₁₁
PUKEY₁₄
PUKKA₁₅
PUKUS₁₁
PULAO₇
PULAS₇
PULED₈
PULER₇
PULES₇
PULIK₁₁
PULIS₇
PULKA₁₁
PULKS₁₁
PULLI₇
PULLS₇
PULMO₉
PULPS₉
PULPY₁₂
PULSE₇
PULUS₇
PUMAS₉
PUMIE₉
PUMPS₁₁
PUNAS₇
PUNCE₉
PUNCH₁₂
PUNGA₈
PUNGS₈
PUNJI₁₄
PUNKA₁₁
PUNKS₁₁
PUNKY₁₄
PUNNY₁₀
PUNTO₇
PUNTS₇
PUNTY₁₀
PUPAE₉
PUPAL₉
PUPAS₉
PUPIL₉
PUPPY₁₄
PUPUS₉
PURDA₈
PURED₈
PUREE₇
PURER₇
PURES₇
PURGE₈
PURIM₉
PURIN₇
PURIS₇
PURLS₇
PURPY₁₂
PURRS₇
PURSE₇
PURSY₁₀
PURTY₁₀
PUSES₇
PUSHY₁₃
PUSLE₇
PUSSY₁₀
PUTID₈
PUTON₇
PUTTI₇
PUTTO₇
PUTTS₇
PUTTY₁₀
PUZEL₁₆
PWNED₁₁
PYATS₁₀
PYETS₁₀
PYGAL₁₁
PYGMY₁₆
PYINS₁₀
PYLON₁₀
PYNED₁₁
PYNES₁₀
PYOID₁₁
PYOTS₁₀
PYRAL₁₀
PYRAN₁₀
PYRES₁₀
PYREX₁₇
PYRIC₁₂
PYROS₁₀
PYXED₁₈
PYXES₁₇
PYXIE₁₇
PYXIS₁₇
PZAZZ₃₄

Letters by positionIn 30% of these words the 5th letter is S.

2nd letter

A20%
O17%
E13%

3rd letter

R12%
O10%
N9%

4th letter

E16%
A9%
T9%

5th letter

S30%
Y13%
E12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; PZAZZ tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 276 words
8 points: 85 words
99 points: 111 words
10 points: 146 words
1111 points: 88 words
12 points: 45 words
1313 points: 29 words
14 points: 29 words
1515 points: 6 words
16 points: 15 words
1717 points: 10 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 0 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 2 words
2929 points: 0 words
30 points: 0 words
3131 points: 0 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 0 words
34 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PZAZZ	34	35	Collins · NWL
POZZY	28	28	Collins only
PHIZZ	28	28	NWL only
PIZZA	25	26	All three
PYXED	18	18	Collins only
PROXY	17	17	All three
PYREX	17	17	Collins · NWL
PHLOX	17	18	All three
PYXIS	17	17	All three
PREXY	17	17	All three
PAWKY	17	17	All three
PUJAH	17	20	All three

With 821 matches, P gives you a broad set of five-letter options. The example words include price, phone, photo, power and place, all familiar starting points for a clue. A total of 166 entries are tagged common, more than the number on several smaller letter pages, so the list has plenty of recognisable vocabulary as well as specialist entries.

Everyday P words across a broad set

Start from price when its known letters match your pattern.
P has 821 listed matches across this five-letter group.
pzazz 34 is the score leader at 34 points.
The Wordle answer group contains 142 entries for this opening letter.

Three endings dominate P

The final S occurs 256 times, ahead of Y at 111 and E at 105. Those three endings account for a large part of the visible pattern, so they are natural places to check when you have P locked at the front. A trailing A appears 53 times, a much less frequent option than the leading endings.

Pzazz is the scoring outlier at 34 points, with pozzy at 28 and pizza at 25. The gap between the top entry and pizza is nine points, despite both using a Z. Proxy, phlox and pyxis each score 17.

These figures can help a Scrabble player spot premium tiles; confirm acceptance in the word list used at your table.

P has a large answer group

The answer pool includes 142 P words, among 821 total entries. Familiar examples such as party, paper, peace and piece make good pattern candidates when their other letters fit. The answer count is useful context, but it does not tell you which word is more likely in a particular puzzle; use revealed positions to narrow the group.

P combines the largest answer count on these pages with a broad set of familiar examples. Price, phone, photo, power and place cover varied vowel and consonant patterns, while the common tag reaches 166 entries. The full pool has 821 matches, so the familiar group is only a starting point.

For Scrabble, pzazz is the conspicuous leader at 34 points; pizza also scores well at 25. The page therefore serves two different searches: likely puzzle vocabulary and high-value board plays.

Pzazz reaches the page high

Tip

P combines a large pool with many everyday examples and a standout Scrabble score. Its endings are led by S, while the Wordle answer count is also substantial.

Questions people ask

Which P examples are useful for testing a pattern?

Price, phone, photo, power and place all appear in the examples. Their different internal letters make them useful comparisons when your first tile is known but the rest of the pattern is developing.

How high does the leading P play score?

Pzazz tops the list at 34 points. Pozzy follows at 28 and pizza at 25, so the leaders make strong use of valuable tiles compared with the 9.4 average.

How many P words are in the answer pool?

There are 142 P entries among Wordle answers, within 821 total matches. Familiar candidates include party, paper, peace and piece, but board feedback should guide the final choice.

Which ending leads the full P list?

S closes 256 entries, followed by Y at 111 and E at 105. A trails at 53, so the first three endings provide a much larger starting set for a blank final square.

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5-letter words starting with P

Common words 169 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

Everyday P words across a broad set

Three endings dominate P

P has a large answer group

Pzazz reaches the page high

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