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7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and N as the 6th letter

354 7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and N as the 6th letter match this pattern, including PRESENT, PAYMENT, and PREVENT.

354 wordsTop pick PLAYINGHighest score PHARYNX 22

51 of 354 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With P in 1st place, E is the most common 6th letter (677 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 51 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 51 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 354

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

  • PACKING16
  • PADDING12
  • PADRONA10
  • PADRONE10
  • PADRONI10
  • PAESANI9
  • PAESANO9
  • PAESANS9
  • PAGEANT10
  • PAIKING14
  • PAINING10
  • PAIRING10
  • PAISANA9
  • PAISANO9
  • PAISANS9
  • PAKFONG17
  • PAKTONG14
  • PALLING10
  • PALLONE9
  • PALMING12
  • PALPING12
  • PANDANI10
  • PANDANS10
  • PANGENE10
  • PANGENS10
  • PANGING11
  • PANNING10
  • PANTINE9
  • PANTING10
  • PANTONS9
  • PANTUNS9
  • PAPAINS11
  • PAPPING14
  • PARDINE10
  • PARDONS10
  • PARGANA10
  • PARGING11
  • PARIANS9
  • PARKING14
  • PARKINS13
  • PARLING10
  • PARPANE11
  • PARPEND12
  • PARPENS11
  • PARPENT11
  • PARPING12
  • PARRING10
  • PARSING10
  • PARSONS9
  • PARTANS9
  • PARTING10
  • PARTONS9
  • PARVENU12
  • PASHING13
  • PASSANT9
  • PASSING10
  • PASTINA9
  • PASTING10
  • PATHING13
  • PATIENT9
  • PATRONS9
  • PATTENS9
  • PATTING10
  • PAULINS9
  • PAUSING10
  • PAWNING13
  • PAYFONE15
  • PAYMENT14
  • PEACING12
  • PEAHENS12
  • PEAKING14
  • PEALING10
  • PEANING10
  • PEASANT9
  • PEASING10
  • PEAZING19
  • PEBRINE11
  • PECCANT13
  • PECHANS14
  • PECHING15
  • PECKING16
  • PECTENS11
  • PECTINS11
  • PEEKING14
  • PEELING10
  • PEENING10
  • PEEPING12
  • PEERING10
  • PEEVING13
  • PEGGING12
  • PEGHING14
  • PEINING10
  • PEISING10
  • PEIZING19
  • PELTING10
  • PEMBINA13
  • PENDANT10
  • PENDENT10
  • PENDING11
  • PENNANT9
  • PENNINE9
  • PENNING10
  • PENNONS9
  • PENTANE9
  • PENTENE9
  • PEPPING14
  • PEPSINE11
  • PEPSINS11
  • PEPTONE11
  • PERCENT11
  • PERCINE11
  • PERCING12
  • PEREONS9
  • PERFING13
  • PERFINS12
  • PERJINK20
  • PERKING14
  • PERKINS13
  • PERMING12
  • PERPEND12
  • PERPENT11
  • PERRONS9
  • PERSANT9
  • PERSING10
  • PERSONA9
  • PERSONS9
  • PERVING13
  • PESAUNT9
  • PETTING10
  • PEYSING13
  • PHALANX19
  • PHARYNX22
  • PHASING13
  • PHESING13
  • PHOCINE14
  • PHONING13
  • PHONONS12
  • PHOTINO12
  • PHOTONS12
  • PHYTANE15
  • PHYTINS15
  • PHYTONS15
  • PIANINO9
  • PICKING16
  • PICKINS15
  • PIDGINS11
  • PIECENS11
  • PIECING12
  • PIGEONS10
  • PIGGING12
  • PIGGINS11
  • PIGLING11
  • PIGMENT12
  • PIGPENS12
  • PILLING10
  • PIMPING14
  • PINBONE11
  • PINDANS10
  • PINGING11
  • PINIONS9
  • PINKENS13
  • PINKING14
  • PINNING10
  • PINTANO9
  • PINYINS12
  • PINYONS12
  • PIONING10
  • PIPKINS15
  • PIPPING14
  • PIPPINS13
  • PIQUANT18
  • PIQUING19
  • PISCINA11
  • PISCINE11
  • PISHING13
  • PISSANT9
  • PISSING10
  • PISTONS9
  • PITHING13
  • PITMANS11
  • PITTING10
  • PITYING13
  • PLACING12
  • PLAFOND13
  • PLANING10
  • PLATANE9
  • PLATANS9
  • PLATENS9
  • PLATINA9
  • PLATING10
  • PLAYING13
  • PLEAING10
  • PLOWING13
  • PLOYING13
  • PLUMING12
  • PLUSING10
  • PLUTONS9
  • POBLANO11
  • POCKING16
  • PODDING12
  • POGOING11
  • POISING10
  • POISONS9
  • POITINS9
  • POLEYNS12
  • POLKING14
  • POLLANS9
  • POLLENS9
  • POLLENT9
  • POLLING10
  • POLTING10
  • POLYENE12
  • POMPANO13
  • POMPONS13
  • PONCING12
  • PONDING11
  • PONGING11
  • PONKING14
  • PONTINE9
  • PONTONS9
  • PONYING13
  • POOHING13
  • POOKING14
  • POOLING10
  • POOPING12
  • POOTING10
  • POPGUNS12
  • POPLINS11
  • POPPING14
  • POPRINS11
  • PORCINE11
  • PORCINI11
  • PORCINO11
  • PORGING11
  • PORKING14
  • PORTEND10
  • PORTENT9
  • PORTING10
  • POSAUNE9
  • POSHING13
  • POSSING10
  • POSTING10
  • POSTINS9
  • POTEENS9
  • POTGUNS10
  • POTIONS9
  • POTLINE9
  • POTTING10
  • POUFING13
  • POUKING14
  • POUPING12
  • POURING10
  • POUTINE9
  • POUTING10
  • POWRING13
  • POYNANT12
  • POYSING13
  • POYSONS12
  • PRALINE9
  • PRATING10
  • PRAYING13
  • PREBEND12
  • PREBIND12
  • PRECENT11
  • PREEING10
  • PREFUND13
  • PREHEND13
  • PREJINK20
  • PREMUNE11
  • PREPONE11
  • PRESENT9
  • PRESONG10
  • PRETEND10
  • PREVENE12
  • PREVENT12
  • PREVING13
  • PREWYNS15
  • PREYING13
  • PRICING12
  • PRIDING11
  • PRIMINE11
  • PRIMING12
  • PRISING10
  • PRISONS9
  • PRIZING19
  • PROBAND12
  • PROBANG12
  • PROBING12
  • PROFANE12
  • PROGENY13
  • PROIGNS10
  • PROKING14
  • PROLANS9
  • PROLINE9
  • PROLING10
  • PROLONG10
  • PROMINE11
  • PRONING10
  • PROPANE11
  • PROPEND12
  • PROPENE11
  • PROPINE11
  • PROPONE11
  • PROPYNE14
  • PROSING10
  • PROTEND10
  • PROTONS9
  • PROVAND13
  • PROVANT12
  • PROVEND13
  • PROVINE12
  • PROVING13
  • PRUDENT10
  • PRUNING10
  • PRYSING13
  • PSCHENT14
  • PTERINS9
  • PTISANS9
  • PUBBING14
  • PUCKING16
  • PUDDENS11
  • PUDDING12
  • PUERING10
  • PUFFING16
  • PUFFINS15
  • PUGGING12
  • PULLING10
  • PULPING12
  • PULSANT9
  • PULSING10
  • PULTANS9
  • PULTONS9
  • PULTUNS9
  • PULVINI12
  • PUMPING14
  • PUNCING12
  • PUNGENT10
  • PUNKING14
  • PUNKINS13
  • PUNNING10
  • PUNTING10
  • PUPPING14
  • PURGING11
  • PURLINE9
  • PURLING10
  • PURLINS9
  • PURRING10
  • PURSING10
  • PUSHING13
  • PUSLING10
  • PUTTING10
  • PUTZING19
  • PYCNONS14
  • PYTHONS15
Letters by positionIn 60% of these words the 5th letter is I.
2nd letter
  1. A19%
  2. E18%
  3. O17%
3rd letter
  1. R15%
  2. N12%
  3. O11%
4th letter
  1. T16%
  2. S12%
  3. P8%
5th letter
  1. I60%
  2. A12%
  3. E12%
7th letter
  1. G46%
  2. S23%
  3. E11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; PHARYNX tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 70 words
  2. 10 points: 86 words
  3. 1111 points: 47 words
  4. 12 points: 52 words
  5. 1313 points: 43 words
  6. 14 points: 29 words
  7. 1515 points: 10 words
  8. 16 points: 6 words
  9. 1717 points: 1 words
  10. 18 points: 1 words
  11. 1919 points: 6 words
  12. 20 points: 2 words
  13. 2121 points: 0 words
  14. 22 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
PHARYNX2222All three
PERJINK2024Collins only
PREJINK2024Collins only
PHALANX1921All three
PRIZING1922All three
PIQUING1923All three
PUTZING1923All three
PEAZING1922Collins only
PEIZING1922Collins only
PIQUANT1821All three
PAKFONG1720Collins only
PICKING1620All three

The pattern holds P in the opening slot and N just before the final letter. Familiar choices include PRESENT, PERCENT, and PATIENT, while PLAYING and PUTTING show how many entries use an -ING ending. Dictionary coverage varies: the total counts words accepted by at least one tournament list, not words shared by every list.

Quick facts about the P-and-N pattern

  • 354 words meet both letter positions; 51 rank among the commonest English words.
  • A final G leads the endings, with 164 words; final S is next, with 81.
  • PHARYNX tops the listed Scrabble scores at 22 points.
  • The set includes 347 Collins words, 269 NWL2023 words, and 252 ENABLE words.

What do these P-and-N words look like?

Many recognizable matches are everyday forms: PLAYING, PUTTING, PASSING, PARKING, PICKING, and PUSHING. PRESENT, PERCENT, PREVENT, and PRETEND offer a different shape, with varied endings and no repeated -ING rhythm.

The final-letter counts explain the pattern at a glance. Words ending in G outnumber those ending in S, so checking the last slot can narrow a search quickly. Other endings include E, T, D, A, O, and I; PAYMENT and PATIENT show that the final letter need not be G.

How to use this pattern in a word game

For a board play, inspect the letters you can actually place before reaching for a rare high scorer. PHARYNX is the standout at 22 points, while PRIZING and PIQUING each score 19; those totals describe base word scores, so board premiums can change the result.

The common entries are easier to recall under time pressure: PRESENT, PAYMENT, PARKING, and PICKING are all in the set. Still, the 354-word count spans tournament dictionaries unevenly. PERJINK and PREJINK are less familiar options, unlike PRESENT and PAYMENT.

7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and N as the 6th letter are a pattern list, not a promise that every entry works in every game. Start with the familiar matches, then verify dictionary acceptance and any board-specific scoring.

Questions people ask

What are some common 7-letter words with P first and N sixth?
PRESENT, PERCENT, PATIENT, PAYMENT, and PREVENT are familiar matches. PLAYING, PASSING, PARKING, and PICKING also fit the fixed positions. These examples are easier to recognize than obscure entries, though acceptance can differ between tournament dictionaries.
Which word in this pattern scores the most in Scrabble?
PHARYNX is the top scorer at 22 points before board premiums. PRIZING, PIQUING, and PUTZING score 19 points each. Premium squares and any crosswords you form affect your actual turn total, so the base score alone does not settle the best play.
Do most of these words end in G?
Yes. A final G is the most frequent ending, with 164 matches, followed by final S with 81. PLAYING, PUTTING, and PUSHING illustrate the common -ING shape, but the set also contains words ending in E, T, D, A, O, and I.

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