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7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and B as the 5th letter

7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and B as the 5th letter total 32, including payable, plumber, and parable.

32 wordsTop pick PAYABLEHighest score PILLBOX 18

4 of 32 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With P in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (585 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 32 · most-used first

  • PAYABLE14
  • PLUMBER13
  • PARABLE11
  • POTABLE11
  • PLIABLE11
  • PHOEBUS14
  • PLUMBED14
  • PILLBOX18
  • POSTBOX18
  • PALABRA11
  • PAGEBOY15
  • POLYBAG15
  • POSABLE11
  • PHOEBES14
  • POSTBUS11
  • PLUMBUM15
  • POSTBAG12
  • PLOWBOY17
  • PRIBBLE13
  • PILLBUG12
  • POSTBOY14
  • PACABLE13
  • PAPABLE13
  • PATIBLE11
  • PAYABLY17
  • PEEPBOS13
  • PLAYBUS14
  • PLIABLY14
  • PLUMBIC15
  • POKABLE15
  • PRABBLE13

Showing the top 31 of 32 words. See every valid word

All valid words 32

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

  • PACABLE13
  • PAGEBOY15
  • PALABRA11
  • PAPABLE13
  • PARABLE11
  • PATIBLE11
  • PAYABLE14
  • PAYABLY17
  • PEEPBOS13
  • PHOEBES14
  • PHOEBUS14
  • PILLBOX18
  • PILLBUG12
  • PLAYBOY17
  • PLAYBUS14
  • PLIABLE11
  • PLIABLY14
  • PLOWBOY17
  • PLUMBED14
  • PLUMBER13
  • PLUMBIC15
  • PLUMBUM15
  • POKABLE15
  • POLYBAG15
  • POSABLE11
  • POSTBAG12
  • POSTBOX18
  • POSTBOY14
  • POSTBUS11
  • POTABLE11
  • PRABBLE13
  • PRIBBLE13
Letters by positionIn 41% of these words the 6th letter is L.
2nd letter
  1. L28%
  2. A25%
  3. O25%
3rd letter
  1. S16%
  2. L13%
  3. U13%
4th letter
  1. A34%
  2. M13%
  3. T13%
6th letter
  1. L41%
  2. O22%
  3. U16%
7th letter
  1. E34%
  2. Y19%
  3. S16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; PILLBOX tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1111 points: 7 words
  2. 12 points: 2 words
  3. 1313 points: 6 words
  4. 14 points: 7 words
  5. 1515 points: 5 words
  6. 16 points: 0 words
  7. 1717 points: 3 words
  8. 18 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
PILLBOX1822All three
POSTBOX1820All three
PLOWBOY1719All three
PAYABLY1718All three
PAGEBOY1517All three
POLYBAG1518NWL only
PLUMBUM1522All three
PLUMBIC1521All three
POKABLE1518Collins · NWL
PAYABLE1416All three
PHOEBUS1416All three
PLUMBED1419All three

Lock the pattern as P _ _ _ B _ _: the fifth character is B, not a clue about the final letter. These matches come from overlapping tournament dictionaries, so their individual counts do not add up to the total. Four entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency; the rest are a more varied mix, from familiar forms to less everyday choices.

At a glance: the P _ _ _ B _ _ pattern

  • 32 words match the seven-letter pattern across the tournament-dictionary union.
  • 29 appear in Collins, 25 in NWL2023, and 20 in ENABLE; those sets overlap.
  • Four matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • Eleven end in E and six in Y, the two most frequent final letters.

7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and B as the 5th letter

PILLBOX and POSTBOX share the top score at 18 points each. PLOWBOY and PAYABLY follow at 17, while PAGEBOY scores 15. PAYABLE reaches 14; PLUMBER and PARABLE offer recognizable alternatives when you want to check how the fixed B fits into a word.

The final letter narrows the search quickly: 11 matches end in E, six end in Y, and five end in S. For comparison, changing only the fifth letter from B to I produces 585 matches for words beginning with P. That makes B a much tighter filter than the starting letter alone.

How should you use this fixed-letter pattern?

Every match has seven letters, so see if your rack can play all seven at once; Scrabble awards a 50-point bingo bonus for using all seven tiles. The 32 matches are a combined dictionary count, not a promise that every entry appears in your game. Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE have different coverage, so check your game's word list before committing.

For 7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and B as the 5th letter, keep the fifth B fixed while testing the other blanks. PAYABLE, PARABLE, PLUMBER, PILLBOX, and POSTBOX give you distinct letter sequences to compare with your rack. The pattern itself says nothing about meaning or whether a particular game accepts a word.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with P and have B fifth?
There are 32 matches in the combined tournament-dictionary count. The pattern is P _ _ _ B _ _, with the B fixed in position five. Collins contains 29 matches, NWL2023 has 25, and ENABLE has 20, with overlap among those dictionaries.
Which P _ _ _ B _ _ words score the most?
PILLBOX and POSTBOX tie for the highest score at 18 points each. PLOWBOY and PAYABLY score 17, and PAGEBOY scores 15. These scores come from the words’ letter values; board premiums can change a play’s total.
Are all 32 words accepted in NWL2023?
No. The NWL2023 count is 25, so seven of the combined matches are not in that dictionary. The total includes words found across multiple tournament lists, and a word’s presence in Collins or ENABLE does not establish its acceptance in NWL2023.

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