Menu
Find words

6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter

6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter total 480, led by familiar forms such as SPRING, SPEECH, and OPTION.

480 wordsTop pick SPORTSHighest score SPHYNX 21

78 of 480 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

A is the most common 2nd letter in 6-letter words (4,000 words); J is the rarest (17). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Common words 78 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 78 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 480

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

  • APACHE13
  • APATHY14
  • APEDOM11
  • APEMAN10
  • APEMEN10
  • APEPSY13
  • APERCU10
  • APEXES15
  • APHIDS12
  • APHONY14
  • APHTHA14
  • APIARY11
  • APICAL10
  • APICES10
  • APIECE10
  • APIOLS8
  • APISMS10
  • APLITE8
  • APLOMB12
  • APNEAL8
  • APNEAS8
  • APNEIC10
  • APNOEA8
  • APODAL9
  • APODES9
  • APOGEE9
  • APOLLO8
  • APOLOG9
  • APORIA8
  • APOZEM19
  • APPAID11
  • APPAIR10
  • APPALL10
  • APPALS10
  • APPAYD14
  • APPAYS13
  • APPEAL10
  • APPEAR10
  • APPELS10
  • APPEND11
  • APPLES10
  • APPLET10
  • APPLEY13
  • APPORT10
  • APPOSE10
  • APPROS10
  • APPUIS10
  • APPUYS13
  • APRONS8
  • APTEST8
  • APTING9
  • APTOTE8
  • EPACTS10
  • EPARCH13
  • EPATER8
  • EPAULE8
  • EPEIRA8
  • EPERDU9
  • EPHAHS14
  • EPHEBE13
  • EPHEBI13
  • EPHODS12
  • EPHORI11
  • EPHORS11
  • EPICAL10
  • EPIGON9
  • EPILOG9
  • EPIMER10
  • EPIZOA17
  • EPOCHA13
  • EPOCHS13
  • EPODES9
  • EPODIC11
  • EPONYM13
  • EPOPEE10
  • EPOPTS10
  • EPOSES8
  • EPRISE8
  • EPROMS10
  • EPUISE8
  • EPULIS8
  • IPECAC12
  • IPPONS10
  • MPOXES17
  • MPRETS10
  • OPALED9
  • OPAQUE17
  • OPCODE11
  • OPENED9
  • OPENER8
  • OPENLY11
  • OPEPES10
  • OPERAS8
  • OPERON8
  • OPHITE11
  • OPIATE8
  • OPINED9
  • OPINES8
  • OPIOID9
  • OPIUMS10
  • OPPOSE10
  • OPPUGN11
  • OPSINS8
  • OPTANT8
  • OPTERS8
  • OPTICS10
  • OPTIMA10
  • OPTIME10
  • OPTING9
  • OPTION8
  • OPULUS8
  • OPUSES8
  • SPACED11
  • SPACER10
  • SPACES10
  • SPACEY13
  • SPADED10
  • SPADER9
  • SPADES9
  • SPADIX16
  • SPADOS9
  • SPAERS8
  • SPAHEE11
  • SPAHIS11
  • SPAILS8
  • SPAING9
  • SPAINS8
  • SPAITS8
  • SPALDS9
  • SPALES8
  • SPALLE8
  • SPALLS8
  • SPALTS8
  • SPAMMY15
  • SPANED9
  • SPANES8
  • SPANGS9
  • SPANKS12
  • SPARED9
  • SPARER8
  • SPARES8
  • SPARGE9
  • SPARID9
  • SPARKE12
  • SPARKS12
  • SPARKY15
  • SPARRE8
  • SPARRY11
  • SPARSE8
  • SPARTH11
  • SPARTS8
  • SPASMS10
  • SPATES8
  • SPATHE11
  • SPAULD9
  • SPAULS8
  • SPAVIE11
  • SPAVIN11
  • SPAWLS11
  • SPAWNS11
  • SPAWNY14
  • SPAYAD12
  • SPAYDS12
  • SPAYED12
  • SPAZES17
  • SPEAKS12
  • SPEALS8
  • SPEANS8
  • SPEARS8
  • SPEARY11
  • SPEATS8
  • SPECCY15
  • SPECIE10
  • SPECKS14
  • SPECKY17
  • SPECTS10
  • SPEECH13
  • SPEEDO9
  • SPEEDS9
  • SPEEDY12
  • SPEELS8
  • SPEERS8
  • SPEILS8
  • SPEIRS8
  • SPEISE8
  • SPEISS8
  • SPELDS9
  • SPELKS12
  • SPELLS8
  • SPELTS8
  • SPELTZ17
  • SPENCE10
  • SPENDS9
  • SPENDY12
  • SPENSE8
  • SPERMS10
  • SPERRE8
  • SPERSE8
  • SPERST8
  • SPETCH13
  • SPEUGS9
  • SPEWED12
  • SPEWER11
  • SPHAER11
  • SPHEAR11
  • SPHENE11
  • SPHERE11
  • SPHERY14
  • SPHINX18
  • SPHYNX21
  • SPIALS8
  • SPICAE10
  • SPICAS10
  • SPICED11
  • SPICER10
  • SPICES10
  • SPICEY13
  • SPICKS14
  • SPIDER9
  • SPIDES9
  • SPIELS8
  • SPIERS8
  • SPIFFS14
  • SPIFFY17
  • SPIGHT12
  • SPIGOT9
  • SPIKED13
  • SPIKER12
  • SPIKES12
  • SPIKEY15
  • SPILED9
  • SPILES8
  • SPILLS8
  • SPILTH11
  • SPINAE8
  • SPINAL8
  • SPINAR8
  • SPINAS8
  • SPINED9
  • SPINEL8
  • SPINES8
  • SPINET8
  • SPINKS12
  • SPINNY11
  • SPINOR8
  • SPINTO8
  • SPIRAL8
  • SPIREA8
  • SPIRED9
  • SPIREM10
  • SPIRES8
  • SPIRIC10
  • SPIRIT8
  • SPIRTS8
  • SPITAL8
  • SPITED9
  • SPITES8
  • SPITTY11
  • SPIVVY17
  • SPLAKE12
  • SPLASH11
  • SPLATS8
  • SPLAYS11
  • SPLEEN8
  • SPLENT8
  • SPLICE10
  • SPLIFF14
  • SPLINE8
  • SPLINT8
  • SPLITS8
  • SPLORE8
  • SPLOSH11
  • SPLURT8
  • SPODDY13
  • SPODES9
  • SPOFFY17
  • SPOILS8
  • SPOILT8
  • SPOKED13
  • SPOKEN12
  • SPOKES12
  • SPONGE9
  • SPONGY12
  • SPOOFS11
  • SPOOFY14
  • SPOOKS12
  • SPOOKY15
  • SPOOLS8
  • SPOOMS10
  • SPOONS8
  • SPOONY11
  • SPOORS8
  • SPOOTS8
  • SPORAL8
  • SPORED9
  • SPORES8
  • SPORKS12
  • SPORTS8
  • SPORTY11
  • SPOSHY14
  • SPOTTY11
  • SPOUSE8
  • SPOUTS8
  • SPOUTY11
  • SPRACK14
  • SPRAGS9
  • SPRAID9
  • SPRAIN8
  • SPRANG9
  • SPRATS8
  • SPRAWL11
  • SPRAYS11
  • SPREAD9
  • SPREDD10
  • SPREDS9
  • SPREED9
  • SPREES8
  • SPRENT8
  • SPREWS11
  • SPRIER8
  • SPRIGS9
  • SPRING9
  • SPRINT8
  • SPRITE8
  • SPRITS8
  • SPRITZ17
  • SPRODS9
  • SPROGS9
  • SPRONG9
  • SPROUT8
  • SPRUCE10
  • SPRUCY13
  • SPRUES8
  • SPRUGS9
  • SPRUIK12
  • SPRUIT8
  • SPRUNG9
  • SPRUSH11
  • SPRYER11
  • SPRYLY14
  • SPUDDY13
  • SPUERS8
  • SPUGGY13
  • SPUING9
  • SPULES8
  • SPULYE11
  • SPUMED11
  • SPUMES10
  • SPUNGE9
  • SPUNKS12
  • SPUNKY15
  • SPURGE9
  • SPURNE8
  • SPURNS8
  • SPURRY11
  • SPURTS8
  • SPUTUM10
  • SPYALS11
  • SPYING12
  • SPYRES11
  • UPASES8
  • UPBEAR10
  • UPBEAT10
  • UPBIND11
  • UPBLEW13
  • UPBLOW13
  • UPBOIL10
  • UPBORE10
  • UPBOWS13
  • UPBRAY13
  • UPCAST10
  • UPCOIL10
  • UPCOME12
  • UPCURL10
  • UPDART9
  • UPDATE9
  • UPDIVE12
  • UPDOVE12
  • UPDRAG10
  • UPDRAW12
  • UPDREW12
  • UPENDS9
  • UPFILL11
  • UPFLOW14
  • UPFOLD12
  • UPFURL11
  • UPGANG10
  • UPGAZE18
  • UPGIRD10
  • UPGIRT9
  • UPGOES9
  • UPGONE9
  • UPGREW12
  • UPGROW12
  • UPGUSH12
  • UPHAND12
  • UPHANG12
  • UPHAUD12
  • UPHEAP13
  • UPHELD12
  • UPHILD12
  • UPHILL11
  • UPHOLD12
  • UPHOVE14
  • UPHROE11
  • UPHUNG12
  • UPHURL11
  • UPJETS15
  • UPKEEP14
  • UPKNIT12
  • UPLAID9
  • UPLAND9
  • UPLAYS11
  • UPLEAD9
  • UPLEAN8
  • UPLEAP10
  • UPLIFT11
  • UPLINK12
  • UPLOAD9
  • UPLOCK14
  • UPLOOK12
  • UPMAKE14
  • UPMOST10
  • UPPERS10
  • UPPILE10
  • UPPING11
  • UPPISH13
  • UPPITY13
  • UPPROP12
  • UPRATE8
  • UPREAR8
  • UPREST8
  • UPRISE8
  • UPRIST8
  • UPROAR8
  • UPROLL8
  • UPROOT8
  • UPROSE8
  • UPRUNS8
  • UPRUSH11
  • UPRYST11
  • UPSEES8
  • UPSELL8
  • UPSEND9
  • UPSENT8
  • UPSETS8
  • UPSEYS11
  • UPSHOT11
  • UPSIDE9
  • UPSIES8
  • UPSIZE17
  • UPSOAR8
  • UPSOLD9
  • UPSTAY11
  • UPSTEP10
  • UPSTIR8
  • UPSWAY14
  • UPTAKE12
  • UPTAKS12
  • UPTALK12
  • UPTEAR8
  • UPTICK14
  • UPTIED9
  • UPTIES8
  • UPTILT8
  • UPTIME10
  • UPTOOK12
  • UPTORE8
  • UPTORN8
  • UPTOSS8
  • UPTOWN11
  • UPTURN8
  • UPWAFT14
  • UPWARD12
  • UPWELL11
  • UPWENT11
  • UPWIND12
  • UPWRAP13
  • YPIGHT15
  • YPLAST11
Letters by positionIn 52% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S52%
  2. U25%
  3. A11%
3rd letter
  1. I14%
  2. A13%
  3. E11%
4th letter
  1. I13%
  2. O12%
  3. E12%
5th letter
  1. E19%
  2. N10%
  3. A8%
6th letter
  1. S31%
  2. E14%
  3. D10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; SPHYNX tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 142 words
  2. 9 points: 70 words
  3. 1010 points: 70 words
  4. 11 points: 67 words
  5. 1212 points: 54 words
  6. 13 points: 29 words
  7. 1414 points: 23 words
  8. 15 points: 9 words
  9. 1616 points: 1 words
  10. 17 points: 11 words
  11. 1818 points: 2 words
  12. 19 points: 1 words
  13. 2020 points: 0 words
  14. 21 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SPHYNX2121Collins · NWL
APOZEM1921Collins only
SPHINX1819All three
UPGAZE1821All three
OPAQUE1719All three
SPRITZ1718All three
SPIFFY1717All three
UPSIZE1719Collins · NWL
SPECKY1718Collins · NWL
SPIVVY1719Collins · NWL
SPELTZ1719All three
EPIZOA1718All three

A fixed second letter leaves plenty of different word shapes: 248 entries start with S, while 118 start with U. That makes SP words the biggest opening family, but the set also includes APPEAR, OPENED, and UPDATE. Only 78 entries are classed as common, so the best-known examples sit among many less familiar tournament words.

At a glance: the P-second-letter pattern

  • The set contains 480 six-letter words with P in position two.
  • S begins 248 entries; U is the next most frequent first letter, with 118.
  • A, E, and O begin 52, 29, and 27 words respectively.
  • The most frequent final letter is S, appearing at the end of 151 entries.
  • SPHYNX leads the score list at 21 points.

Which openings are easiest to recognize?

Start with SP when the first tile is S: SPRING, SPEECH, SPIRIT, SPREAD, and SPOKEN show how many recognizable options share that opening. With 248 S-starting words, this is the main branch to test before scanning less common initials.

U gives you a smaller but still substantial group. UPDATE, UPSIDE, UPLOAD, and UPSIZE show the range: the second letter stays P while the opening can lead into very different word endings. For a clue with a known first letter, sorting by that letter narrows the search quickly.

What to watch for in 6-letter words with P as the 2nd letter

For tile scoring, SPHYNX is the standout at 21 points; SPHINX scores 18, while SPRITZ and SPIFFY each score 17. Those totals make the unusual high-value entries worth checking when a rack has strong letters, but a high score does not make an unfamiliar word playable in every game.

Dictionary coverage is a real limit: the set has 471 Collins entries, 331 in NWL2023, and 310 in ENABLE. A word accepted in one list may be absent from another, so check the word list used in your game. Also notice the ending pattern: 151 words finish in S, compared with 66 ending in E and 46 in D.

Questions people ask

Which six-letter word with P second has the highest score?
SPHYNX has the highest score, at 21 points. SPHINX scores 18, and SPIRIT is a more familiar option when you are searching for an ordinary word rather than a high-value play. Confirm acceptance in your game's dictionary before playing an unusual entry.
How many common words have P as the second letter?
There are 78 common entries among the 480 six-letter words in this group. Familiar examples include SPRING, SPEECH, and OPTION, while many other matches are less likely to come to mind during a quick rack search.
Are all these words valid in NWL2023?
No. The set includes 331 words listed in NWL2023, while its full count also includes entries from other tournament dictionaries. For North American play, verify an unfamiliar word against NWL2023 instead of assuming every match in the broader set is accepted.

Keep going