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

7-letter words with P first and O fifth total 231 matches, from familiar PURPOSE to the high-scoring PHENOXY.

231 wordsTop pick PURPOSEHighest score PHENOXY 22

33 of 231 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

1st letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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.

Length
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 33 · most-used first

PURPOSE₁₁
PERFORM₁₄
PROMOTE₁₁
PERSONS₉
PERIODS₁₀
PLAYOFF₁₈
PROPOSE₁₁
PRISONS₉
PAYROLL₁₂
POPCORN₁₃
PATRONS₉
PERSONA₉
PARSONS₉
PLATOON₉
PILLOWS₁₂
PROVOKE₁₆
PATROLS₉
PISTOLS₉
PEACOCK₁₇
PANDORA₁₀
PAYLOAD₁₃
PIGEONS₁₀
PISTONS₉
PASTORS₉
PLYWOOD₁₆
POLLOCK₁₅
PROLONG₁₀
PHOTONS₁₂
PRONOUN₉
POISONS₉
PROVOST₁₂
PARLOUR₉
PADDOCK₁₇

All valid words 231

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

PADDOCK₁₇
PADLOCK₁₆
PADRONA₁₀
PADRONE₁₀
PADRONI₁₀
PAKFONG₁₇
PAKTONG₁₄
PALLONE₉
PALLORS₉
PALOOKA₁₃
PAMPOEN₁₃
PANDOOR₁₀
PANDORA₁₀
PANDORE₁₀
PANDOUR₁₀
PANNOSE₉
PANTONS₉
PANTOUM₁₁
PAPOOSE₁₁
PAPPOSE₁₃
PAPPOUS₁₃
PARBOIL₁₁
PARDONS₁₀
PARKOUR₁₃
PARLORS₉
PARLOUR₉
PARLOUS₉
PARROCK₁₅
PARROTS₉
PARROTY₁₂
PARSONS₉
PARTONS₉
PARTOOK₁₃
PASSOUT₉
PASTORS₉
PATOOTS₉
PATROLS₉
PATRONS₉
PATROON₉
PAVIORS₁₂
PAVIOUR₁₂
PAVLOVA₁₅
PAWNORS₁₂
PAYDOWN₁₆
PAYFONE₁₅
PAYLOAD₁₃
PAYROLL₁₂
PEACOAT₁₁
PEACOCK₁₇
PEACODS₁₂
PEAFOWL₁₅
PEAPODS₁₂
PECTOSE₁₁
PEGTOPS₁₂
PELLOCK₁₅
PENFOLD₁₃
PENNONS₉
PENTODE₁₀
PENTOSE₉
PEPTONE₁₁
PERCOCT₁₃
PERCOID₁₂
PEREONS₉
PERFORM₁₄
PERGOLA₁₀
PERIODS₁₀
PERIOST₉
PERLOUS₉
PERNODS₁₀
PERRONS₉
PERSONA₉
PERSONS₉
PERTOOK₁₃
PETCOCK₁₇
PETIOLE₉
PETROLS₉
PETROUS₉
PHACOID₁₅
PHASORS₁₂
PHENOLS₁₂
PHENOMS₁₄
PHENOXY₂₂
PHIZOGS₂₂
PHONONS₁₂
PHOTOED₁₃
PHOTOGS₁₃
PHOTONS₁₂
PHYTOID₁₆
PHYTOLS₁₅
PHYTONS₁₅
PIANOLA₉
PIBROCH₁₆
PICCOLO₁₃
PICEOUS₁₁
PICKOFF₂₁
PIDDOCK₁₇
PIEFORT₁₂
PIEHOLE₁₂
PIEROGI₁₀
PIGBOAT₁₂
PIGEONS₁₀
PIGMOID₁₃
PIGNOLI₁₀
PIGNORA₁₀
PILCORN₁₁
PILEOUS₉
PILLOCK₁₅
PILLORY₁₂
PILLOWS₁₂
PILLOWY₁₅
PINBONE₁₁
PINDOWN₁₃
PINFOLD₁₃
PINGOES₁₀
PINHOLE₁₂
PINIONS₉
PINKOES₁₃
PINNOCK₁₅
PINNOED₁₀
PINTOES₉
PINWORK₁₆
PINWORM₁₄
PINYONS₁₂
PISHOGE₁₃
PISSOIR₉
PISTOLE₉
PISTOLS₉
PISTONS₉
PISTOUS₉
PITEOUS₉
PLACOID₁₂
PLAFOND₁₃
PLATOON₉
PLAYOFF₁₈
PLEROMA₁₁
PLEROME₁₁
PLEXORS₁₆
PLUGOLA₁₀
PLUMOSE₁₁
PLUMOUS₁₁
PLUTONS₉
PLYWOOD₁₆
POCHOIR₁₄
PODSOLS₁₀
PODZOLS₁₉
POEPOLS₁₁
POGROMS₁₂
POISONS₉
POLLOCK₁₅
POLYOLS₁₂
POLYOMA₁₄
POMPOMS₁₅
POMPONS₁₃
POMPOON₁₃
POMPOUS₁₃
POMROYS₁₄
PONDOKS₁₄
PONGOES₁₀
PONTONS₉
PONTOON₉
POPCORN₁₃
POPJOYS₂₁
PORTOUS₉
POSTOPS₁₁
POTBOIL₁₁
POTBOYS₁₄
POTHOLE₁₂
POTHOOK₁₆
POTIONS₉
POWWOWS₁₈
POYSONS₁₂
PREBOIL₁₁
PREBOOK₁₅
PREBOOM₁₃
PREBORN₁₁
PRECODE₁₂
PRECOOK₁₅
PRECOOL₁₁
PRECOUP₁₃
PREDOOM₁₂
PREFORM₁₄
PRELOAD₁₀
PREMOLD₁₂
PREMOLT₁₁
PREMOVE₁₄
PRENOON₉
PREPONE₁₁
PREPOSE₁₁
PREROCK₁₅
PRESOAK₁₃
PRESOLD₁₀
PRESONG₁₀
PRESORT₉
PRETOLD₁₀
PRETORS₉
PREWORK₁₆
PREWORN₁₂
PRISONS₉
PROLOGS₁₀
PROLONG₁₀
PROMOED₁₂
PROMOTE₁₁
PRONOTA₉
PRONOUN₉
PROPONE₁₁
PROPOSE₁₁
PROSODY₁₃
PROSOMA₁₁
PROTONS₉
PROTORE₉
PROVOKE₁₆
PROVOST₁₂
PRUTOTH₁₂
PUCCOON₁₃
PUDDOCK₁₇
PULLOUT₉
PULPOUS₁₁
PULTONS₉
PULTOON₉
PURLOIN₉
PURPORT₁₁
PURPOSE₁₁
PUTDOWN₁₃
PUTLOCK₁₅
PUTLOGS₁₀
PUTTOCK₁₅
PYCNONS₁₄
PYGMOID₁₆
PYRROLE₁₂
PYRROLS₁₂
PYTHONS₁₅

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 7th letter is S.

2nd letter

A20%
R18%
I17%

3rd letter

E16%
R13%
N12%

4th letter

T16%
L10%
R10%

6th letter

N18%
L12%
R11%

7th letter

S35%
E13%
K10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; PHENOXY tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 56 words
10 points: 28 words
1111 points: 29 words
12 points: 34 words
1313 points: 29 words
14 points: 12 words
1515 points: 19 words
16 points: 11 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 2 words
22 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PHENOXY	22	22	All three
PHIZOGS	22	23	Collins only
PICKOFF	21	23	All three
POPJOYS	21	24	Collins only
PODZOLS	19	21	All three
PLAYOFF	18	19	All three
POWWOWS	18	19	All three
PEACOCK	17	20	All three
PADDOCK	17	19	All three
PETCOCK	17	20	All three
PIDDOCK	17	19	All three
PUDDOCK	17	20	Collins only

Lock in the P at the start and the O in position five, then use the remaining slots to narrow your search. PURPOSE, PERFORM, and PROMOTE show how varied the pattern is. The endings offer another clue: S is by far the most common final letter, while E and K trail behind.

At a glance: the P-and-O pattern

There are 231 seven-letter matches with P first and O fifth.
PURPOSE, PERFORM, and PROMOTE are familiar examples in the group.
S is the most frequent ending, with 82 words; E follows with 31 and K with 22.
PHENOXY and PHIZOGS share the highest score: 22 points each.
Only 33 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.

Which endings narrow the search fastest?

Start with the final letter once P and O are fixed. S appears at the end of 82 matches, making it a much stronger branch than E, which closes 31, or K, which closes 22. That skew makes an S-ending guess a sensible first check when the last tile is unknown.

The examples span very different word shapes: PURPOSE and PERSONS are easy to recognize, while PEACOCK and POPCORN offer concrete objects. PROPOSE and PROMOTE are verbs. Sorting by ending helps, but checking the middle letters still matters because the pattern alone does not identify a single answer.

What should you know before playing these words?

PHENOXY and PHIZOGS top the scoring examples at 22 points apiece; PICKOFF and POPJOYS score 21. Those are strong rack scores before premium squares, but the two leaders are less familiar than everyday options such as PURPOSE or PAYROLL. Check your rack and board before chasing a big tile total.

Dictionary coverage differs by game: 226 matches appear in Collins, 184 in NWL2023, and 162 in ENABLE. The overall count includes words found in at least one of those tournament lists, so a word accepted in one may not be accepted in another. Of the 231 matches, 194 have definitions; this pattern is also much larger at seven letters than at six, which has 108.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have P first and O fifth?

There are 231 matches with P in the first position and O in the fifth. PURPOSE, PERFORM, and PROMOTE are recognizable examples. The group spans several tournament dictionaries, so acceptance can depend on which word list your game uses.

Which P-first, O-fifth word scores the most?

PHENOXY and PHIZOGS tie for the highest score at 22 points each. PICKOFF and POPJOYS follow at 21. Premium board squares can change a play's total, so treat these as base word scores rather than guaranteed turn scores.

What is the most common last letter in these words?

S is the most common ending, appearing in 82 of the matches. E is next with 31, followed by K with 22. If your puzzle already fixes the first P and fifth O, testing an S ending is a practical narrowing step.

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