7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and R as the 2nd letter

7-letter words with P first and R second total 429, from familiar PROBLEM and PROGRAM to the 27-point scorer PREZZIE.

429 wordsTop pick PROBLEMHighest score PREZZIE 27

69 of 429 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

1st letter
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2nd letter
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With P in 1st place, A is the most common 2nd letter (482 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 69 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 69 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 429

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

PRABBLE₁₃
PRACTIC₁₃
PRAESES₉
PRAETOR₉
PRAIRIE₉
PRAISED₁₀
PRAISER₉
PRAISES₉
PRAJNAS₁₆
PRALINE₉
PRANCED₁₂
PRANCER₁₁
PRANCES₁₁
PRANCKE₁₅
PRANCKS₁₅
PRANGED₁₁
PRANKED₁₄
PRANKLE₁₃
PRATERS₉
PRATIES₉
PRATING₁₀
PRATTED₁₀
PRATTLE₉
PRAUNCE₁₁
PRAVITY₁₅
PRAWLES₁₂
PRAWLIN₁₂
PRAWNED₁₃
PRAWNER₁₂
PRAYERS₁₂
PRAYING₁₃
PREACED₁₂
PREACES₁₁
PREACHY₁₇
PREACTS₁₁
PREAGED₁₁
PREAMPS₁₃
PREANAL₉
PREARMS₁₁
PREASED₁₀
PREASES₉
PREASSE₉
PREAVER₁₂
PREBADE₁₂
PREBAKE₁₅
PREBEND₁₂
PREBIDS₁₂
PREBILL₁₁
PREBIND₁₂
PREBOIL₁₁
PREBOOK₁₅
PREBOOM₁₃
PREBORN₁₁
PREBUYS₁₄
PRECAST₁₁
PRECAVA₁₄
PRECEDE₁₂
PRECENT₁₁
PRECEPT₁₃
PRECESS₁₁
PRECIPE₁₃
PRECIPS₁₃
PRECISE₁₁
PRECODE₁₂
PRECOOK₁₅
PRECOOL₁₁
PRECOUP₁₃
PRECURE₁₁
PRECUTS₁₁
PREDATE₁₀
PREDAWN₁₃
PREDIAL₁₀
PREDICT₁₂
PREDIED₁₁
PREDIES₁₀
PREDIVE₁₃
PREDOOM₁₂
PREDUSK₁₄
PREEDIT₁₀
PREEING₁₀
PREEMIE₁₁
PREEMPT₁₃
PREENED₁₀
PREENER₉
PREEVED₁₃
PREEVES₁₂
PREFABS₁₄
PREFACE₁₄
PREFADE₁₃
PREFARD₁₃
PREFECT₁₄
PREFERS₁₂
PREFILE₁₂
PREFIRE₁₂
PREFORM₁₄
PREFUND₁₃
PREGAME₁₂
PREHEAT₁₂
PREHEND₁₃
PREHIRE₁₂
PREIFES₁₂
PREJINK₂₀
PRELACY₁₄
PRELATE₉
PRELATY₁₂
PRELECT₁₁
PRELIFE₁₂
PRELIMS₁₁
PRELOAD₁₀
PRELUDE₁₀
PRELUDI₁₀
PREMADE₁₂
PREMAKE₁₅
PREMEAL₁₁
PREMEDS₁₂
PREMEET₁₁
PREMIER₁₁
PREMIES₁₁
PREMISE₁₁
PREMISS₁₁
PREMIUM₁₃
PREMIXT₁₈
PREMOLD₁₂
PREMOLT₁₁
PREMOVE₁₄
PREMUNE₁₁
PRENAME₁₁
PRENEED₁₀
PRENOON₉
PRENTED₁₀
PRENUPS₁₁
PRENZIE₁₈
PREORAL₉
PREPACK₁₇
PREPAID₁₂
PREPARE₁₁
PREPAVE₁₄
PREPAYS₁₄
PREPILL₁₁
PREPLAN₁₁
PREPONE₁₁
PREPOSE₁₁
PREPPED₁₄
PREPPER₁₃
PREPPIE₁₃
PREPREG₁₂
PREPUCE₁₃
PREPUPA₁₃
PREQUEL₁₈
PRERACE₁₁
PRERIOT₉
PREROCK₁₅
PRERUPT₁₁
PRESAGE₁₀
PRESALE₉
PRESELL₉
PRESENT₉
PRESETS₉
PRESHIP₁₄
PRESHOW₁₅
PRESIDE₁₀
PRESIFT₁₂
PRESOAK₁₃
PRESOLD₁₀
PRESONG₁₀
PRESORT₉
PRESSED₁₀
PRESSER₉
PRESSES₉
PRESSIE₉
PRESSOR₉
PRESTED₁₀
PRESTER₉
PRESTOS₉
PRESUME₁₁
PRETAPE₁₁
PRETEEN₉
PRETELL₉
PRETEND₁₀
PRETERM₁₁
PRETEST₉
PRETEXT₁₆
PRETOLD₁₀
PRETORS₉
PRETRIM₁₁
PRETYPE₁₄
PRETZEL₁₈
PREVAIL₁₂
PREVENE₁₂
PREVENT₁₂
PREVERB₁₄
PREVIEW₁₅
PREVING₁₃
PREVISE₁₂
PREVUED₁₃
PREVUES₁₂
PREWARM₁₄
PREWARN₁₂
PREWASH₁₅
PREWIRE₁₂
PREWORK₁₆
PREWORN₁₂
PREWRAP₁₄
PREWYNS₁₅
PREXIES₁₆
PREYERS₁₂
PREYFUL₁₅
PREYING₁₃
PREZZIE₂₇
PRIAPIC₁₃
PRIAPUS₁₁
PRIBBLE₁₃
PRICERS₁₁
PRICIER₁₁
PRICILY₁₄
PRICING₁₂
PRICKED₁₆
PRICKER₁₅
PRICKET₁₅
PRICKLE₁₅
PRICKLY₁₈
PRIDIAN₁₀
PRIDING₁₁
PRIEFES₁₂
PRIESTS₉
PRIEVED₁₃
PRIEVES₁₂
PRIGGED₁₂
PRIGGER₁₁
PRILLED₁₀
PRIMACY₁₆
PRIMAGE₁₂
PRIMARY₁₄
PRIMATE₁₁
PRIMELY₁₄
PRIMERO₁₁
PRIMERS₁₁
PRIMEUR₁₁
PRIMINE₁₁
PRIMING₁₂
PRIMMED₁₄
PRIMMER₁₃
PRIMPED₁₄
PRIMSIE₁₁
PRIMULA₁₁
PRINCED₁₂
PRINCES₁₁
PRINCOX₁₈
PRINKED₁₄
PRINKER₁₃
PRINTED₁₀
PRINTER₉
PRIORLY₁₂
PRISAGE₁₀
PRISERE₉
PRISERS₉
PRISING₁₀
PRISONS₉
PRISSED₁₀
PRISSES₉
PRITHEE₁₂
PRIVACY₁₇
PRIVADO₁₃
PRIVATE₁₂
PRIVETS₁₂
PRIVIER₁₂
PRIVIES₁₂
PRIVILY₁₅
PRIVITY₁₅
PRIZERS₁₈
PRIZING₁₉
PROBALL₁₁
PROBAND₁₂
PROBANG₁₂
PROBATE₁₁
PROBERS₁₁
PROBING₁₂
PROBITS₁₁
PROBITY₁₄
PROBLEM₁₃
PROCARP₁₃
PROCEED₁₂
PROCESS₁₁
PROCTAL₁₁
PROCTOR₁₁
PROCURE₁₁
PRODDED₁₂
PRODDER₁₁
PRODIGY₁₄
PRODRUG₁₁
PRODUCE₁₂
PRODUCT₁₂
PROETTE₉
PROFACE₁₄
PROFANE₁₂
PROFESS₁₂
PROFFER₁₅
PROFILE₁₂
PROFITS₁₂
PROFUSE₁₂
PROGENY₁₃
PROGGED₁₂
PROGGER₁₁
PROGRAM₁₂
PROIGNS₁₀
PROINED₁₀
PROINES₉
PROJECT₁₈
PROJETS₁₆
PROKERS₁₃
PROKING₁₄
PROLANS₉
PROLATE₉
PROLEGS₁₀
PROLERS₉
PROLINE₉
PROLING₁₀
PROLLED₁₀
PROLLER₉
PROLOGS₁₀
PROLONG₁₀
PROMINE₁₁
PROMISE₁₁
PROMMER₁₃
PROMOED₁₂
PROMOTE₁₁
PROMPTS₁₃
PRONAOI₉
PRONAOS₉
PRONATE₉
PRONELY₁₂
PRONEST₉
PRONEUR₉
PRONGED₁₁
PRONING₁₀
PRONKED₁₄
PRONOTA₉
PRONOUN₉
PROOFED₁₃
PROOFER₁₂
PROOTIC₁₁
PROPAGE₁₂
PROPALE₁₁
PROPANE₁₁
PROPELS₁₁
PROPEND₁₂
PROPENE₁₁
PROPERS₁₁
PROPHET₁₄
PROPINE₁₁
PROPJET₁₈
PROPMAN₁₃
PROPMEN₁₃
PROPONE₁₁
PROPOSE₁₁
PROPPED₁₄
PROPRIA₁₁
PROPYLA₁₄
PROPYLS₁₄
PROPYNE₁₄
PRORATE₉
PROSAIC₁₁
PROSECT₁₁
PROSERS₉
PROSIER₉
PROSIFY₁₅
PROSILY₁₂
PROSING₁₀
PROSODY₁₃
PROSOMA₁₁
PROSPER₁₁
PROSSES₉
PROSSIE₉
PROSTIE₉
PROTEAN₉
PROTEAS₉
PROTECT₁₁
PROTEGE₁₀
PROTEID₁₀
PROTEIN₉
PROTEND₁₀
PROTEST₉
PROTEUS₉
PROTHYL₁₅
PROTIST₉
PROTIUM₁₁
PROTONS₉
PROTORE₉
PROTYLE₁₂
PROTYLS₁₂
PROUDER₁₀
PROUDLY₁₃
PROULED₁₀
PROULER₉
PROVAND₁₃
PROVANT₁₂
PROVEND₁₃
PROVERB₁₄
PROVERS₁₂
PROVIDE₁₃
PROVINE₁₂
PROVING₁₃
PROVISO₁₂
PROVOKE₁₆
PROVOST₁₂
PROWESS₁₂
PROWEST₁₂
PROWLED₁₃
PROWLER₁₂
PROXIES₁₆
PROXIMO₁₈
PROYNED₁₃
PROYNES₁₂
PRUDENT₁₀
PRUDERY₁₃
PRUDISH₁₃
PRUINAS₉
PRUINES₉
PRUNERS₉
PRUNIER₉
PRUNING₁₀
PRUNTED₁₀
PRURIGO₁₀
PRUSIKS₁₃
PRUSSIC₁₁
PRUTOTH₁₂
PRYINGS₁₃
PRYSING₁₃
PRYTHEE₁₅

Letters by positionIn 41% of these words the 3rd letter is E.

3rd letter

E41%
O33%
I14%

4th letter

S10%
N8%
T8%

5th letter

I19%
E17%
A13%

6th letter

E25%
N13%
R9%

7th letter

E22%
S20%
D14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; PREZZIE tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 71 words
10 points: 47 words
1111 points: 88 words
12 points: 85 words
1313 points: 56 words
14 points: 35 words
1515 points: 22 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 10 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PREZZIE	27	28	Collins · NWL
PREJINK	20	24	Collins only
PRIZING	19	22	All three
PROJECT	18	22	All three
PREQUEL	18	21	All three
PRICKLY	18	20	All three
PRETZEL	18	20	All three
PROXIMO	18	20	All three
PRINCOX	18	21	All three
PREMIXT	18	20	All three
PRENZIE	18	20	Collins only
PRIZERS	18	19	All three

The PR opening narrows the clue sharply, but the 429 matches are not equally familiar: 69 fall among common English words. PROBLEM, PROGRAM, PROCESS, and PROJECT make the pattern easy to spot; tournament lists also contain less familiar options. Compared with the 183 six-letter P-R matches, the seven-letter set is substantially larger.

Common words and a high-value surprise at a glance

There are 429 seven-letter matches with P first and R second.
PROBLEM, PROGRAM, PROCESS, and PROJECT are among the familiar choices.
E is the most common final letter, with 94 words; S follows with 84.
PREZZIE leads the scoring list at 27 points.
Collins includes 421 matches, while NWL2023 includes 344.

Which 7-letter words have P first and R second?

The 429 7-letter words with P first and R second include familiar nouns and verbs: PROBLEM, PROGRAM, PROCESS, PROJECT, and PRODUCT. Other recognizable choices include PRIVATE, PRESENT, PROVIDE, PROTECT, and PREPARE.

Those everyday examples are only a slice: 69 matches meet the common-word cutoff. Across endings, E leads with 94, followed by S with 84; D is next at 59. When a crossing letter is fixed, use the final tile to narrow your options before testing rarer vocabulary.

The same opening has 97 five-letter matches, so the clue’s length matters.

How do PR words score, and where should you be cautious?

For 7-letter words with P first and R second, PREZZIE tops the scoring list at 27 points; PREJINK reaches 20 and PRIZING reaches 19. The familiar PROJECT also scores 18. That contrast makes the pattern useful for both solving and score-hunting, but the biggest value comes from an uncommon word.

Dictionary coverage differs by game. Collins includes 421 of these words, compared with 344 in NWL2023 and 311 in ENABLE, so a play accepted in one list may fail in another. Check your game's word list before committing an unfamiliar PR word.

A sound approach is to start with familiar candidates, then check rare options when the board offers a premium-letter square.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with PR?

There are 429 tournament-dictionary matches with P first and R second. Familiar examples include PROBLEM, PROGRAM, PROCESS, and PROJECT. The pattern also has less common options, so a fixed final letter or crossing tile can narrow the search quickly.

Which PR word has the highest Scrabble score?

PREZZIE is the highest scorer here at 27 points. PREJINK scores 20, while PRIZING scores 19. These values make the less familiar choices worth checking when your rack and the board support them; remember that acceptance depends on your game's dictionary.

How many of these words are accepted in NWL2023?

NWL2023 includes 344 of the 429 P-R words. Collins includes 421, and ENABLE includes 311, so the same candidate can have different status across word-game dictionaries. Check the list used by your game before playing an unfamiliar word.

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