7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter

7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter total 752, including familiar choices like special, episode, and opening.

752 wordsTop pick SPECIALHighest score SPRITZY 21

65 of 752 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd 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

A is the most common 2nd letter in 7-letter words (5,715 words); J is the rarest (13). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 65 · most-used first

SPECIAL₁₁
EPISODE₁₀
OPENING₁₀
OPINION₉
SPECIES₁₁
APPEARS₁₁
OPTIONS₉
APPLIED₁₂
UPDATED₁₁
OPPOSED₁₂
OPERATE₉
SPEAKER₁₃
UPDATES₁₀
SPRINGS₁₀
UPGRADE₁₁
APPLIES₁₁
APPEALS₁₁
SPOTTED₁₀
SPIRITS₉
APPROVE₁₄
OPTICAL₁₁
SPENCER₁₁
APOLOGY₁₃
SPONSOR₉
OPTIMAL₁₁
SPOILED₁₀
SPELLED₁₀
SPECIFY₁₇
SPATIAL₉
SPIDERS₁₀
UPWARDS₁₃
UPRIGHT₁₃
APPAREL₁₁
APPOINT₁₁
SPREADS₁₀
SPILLED₁₀
SPARKED₁₄
SPOILER₉
OPTIMUM₁₃
SPOUSES₉
SPRAYED₁₃
SPARROW₁₂
SPINACH₁₄
UPFRONT₁₂
APOSTLE₉
APPLAUD₁₂
SPAWNED₁₃
SPACING₁₂

Showing the top 48 of 65 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 752

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

APACHES₁₄
APADANA₁₀
APAGOGE₁₁
APANAGE₁₀
APAREJO₁₆
APATITE₉
APAYING₁₃
APEDOMS₁₂
APEHOOD₁₃
APELIKE₁₃
APEPSIA₁₁
APERCUS₁₁
APERIES₉
APETALY₁₂
APHAGIA₁₃
APHAKIA₁₆
APHASIA₁₂
APHASIC₁₄
APHELIA₁₂
APHESES₁₂
APHESIS₁₂
APHETIC₁₄
APHIDES₁₃
APHONIA₁₂
APHONIC₁₄
APHOTIC₁₄
APHTHAE₁₅
APHYLLY₁₈
APICALS₁₁
APICIAN₁₁
APICULI₁₁
APISHLY₁₅
APLANAT₉
APLASIA₉
APLENTY₁₂
APLITES₉
APLITIC₁₁
APLOMBS₁₃
APNOEAL₉
APNOEAS₉
APNOEIC₁₁
APOCARP₁₃
APOCOPE₁₃
APODOUS₁₀
APOGAMY₁₅
APOGEAL₁₀
APOGEAN₁₀
APOGEES₁₀
APOGEIC₁₂
APOLLOS₉
APOLOGS₁₀
APOLOGY₁₃
APOLUNE₉
APOMICT₁₃
APOPLEX₁₈
APORIAS₉
APOSTIL₉
APOSTLE₉
APOTHEM₁₄
APOZEMS₂₀
APPAIRS₁₁
APPALLS₁₁
APPALTI₁₁
APPALTO₁₁
APPARAT₁₁
APPAREL₁₁
APPEACH₁₆
APPEALS₁₁
APPEARS₁₁
APPEASE₁₁
APPENDS₁₂
APPERIL₁₁
APPLAUD₁₂
APPLETS₁₁
APPLIED₁₂
APPLIER₁₁
APPLIES₁₁
APPOINT₁₁
APPORTS₁₁
APPOSED₁₂
APPOSER₁₁
APPOSES₁₁
APPRESS₁₁
APPRISE₁₁
APPRIZE₂₀
APPROOF₁₄
APPROVE₁₄
APPUIED₁₂
APPULSE₁₁
APPUYED₁₅
APRAXIA₁₆
APRAXIC₁₈
APRICOT₁₁
APRONED₁₀
APROPOS₁₁
APROTIC₁₁
APSARAS₉
APSIDAL₁₀
APSIDES₁₀
APTERAL₉
APTERIA₉
APTERYX₁₉
APTNESS₉
APTOTES₉
APTOTIC₁₁
APYRASE₁₂
EPACRID₁₂
EPACRIS₁₁
EPAGOGE₁₁
EPARCHS₁₄
EPARCHY₁₇
EPATANT₉
EPATERS₉
EPAULES₉
EPAULET₉
EPAXIAL₁₆
EPAZOTE₁₈
EPEEIST₉
EPEIRAS₉
EPEIRIC₁₁
EPEIRID₁₀
EPERDUE₁₀
EPERGNE₁₀
EPHEBES₁₄
EPHEBIC₁₆
EPHEBOI₁₄
EPHEBOS₁₄
EPHEBUS₁₄
EPHEDRA₁₃
EPHELIS₁₂
EPHORAL₁₂
EPIBLEM₁₃
EPIBOLY₁₄
EPICARP₁₃
EPICEDE₁₂
EPICENE₁₁
EPICIER₁₁
EPICISM₁₃
EPICIST₁₁
EPICURE₁₁
EPIDERM₁₂
EPIDOTE₁₀
EPIGEAL₁₀
EPIGEAN₁₀
EPIGEIC₁₂
EPIGENE₁₀
EPIGONE₁₀
EPIGONI₁₀
EPIGONS₁₀
EPIGRAM₁₂
EPIGYNA₁₃
EPIGYNE₁₃
EPIGYNY₁₆
EPILATE₉
EPILOGS₁₀
EPIMERE₁₁
EPIMERS₁₁
EPINAOI₉
EPINAOS₉
EPISCIA₁₁
EPISODE₁₀
EPISOME₁₁
EPISTLE₉
EPITAPH₁₄
EPITAXY₁₉
EPITHEM₁₄
EPITHET₁₂
EPITOME₁₁
EPITOPE₁₁
EPIZOAN₁₈
EPIZOIC₂₀
EPIZOON₁₈
EPOCHAL₁₄
EPOCHAS₁₄
EPONYMS₁₄
EPONYMY₁₇
EPOPEES₁₁
EPOXIDE₁₇
EPOXIED₁₇
EPOXIES₁₆
EPOXYED₂₀
EPSILON₉
EPUISEE₉
EPULARY₁₂
EPURATE₉
EPYLLIA₁₂
IPECACS₁₃
IPOMOEA₁₁
OPACIFY₁₇
OPACITY₁₄
OPACOUS₁₁
OPALINE₉
OPAQUED₁₉
OPAQUER₁₈
OPAQUES₁₈
OPCODES₁₂
OPENERS₉
OPENEST₉
OPENING₁₀
OPERAND₁₀
OPERANT₉
OPERATE₉
OPERONS₉
OPEROSE₉
OPGEFOK₁₇
OPHITES₁₂
OPHITIC₁₄
OPHIURA₁₂
OPIATED₁₀
OPIATES₉
OPINING₁₀
OPINION₉
OPIOIDS₁₀
OPORICE₁₁
OPOSSUM₁₁
OPPIDAN₁₂
OPPOSED₁₂
OPPOSER₁₁
OPPOSES₁₁
OPPRESS₁₁
OPPUGNS₁₂
OPSONIC₁₁
OPSONIN₉
OPTANTS₉
OPTICAL₁₁
OPTIMAL₁₁
OPTIMES₁₁
OPTIMUM₁₃
OPTIONS₉
OPULENT₉
OPUNTIA₉
OPUSCLE₁₁
SPACERS₁₁
SPACIAL₁₁
SPACIER₁₁
SPACING₁₂
SPACKLE₁₅
SPADERS₁₀
SPADGER₁₁
SPADING₁₁
SPADOES₁₀
SPAEING₁₀
SPAEMAN₁₁
SPAEMEN₁₁
SPAGGED₁₂
SPAHEES₁₂
SPAINED₁₀
SPAINGS₁₀
SPAIRGE₁₀
SPALLED₁₀
SPALLER₉
SPALLES₉
SPALTED₁₀
SPAMBOT₁₃
SPAMMED₁₄
SPAMMER₁₃
SPAMMIE₁₃
SPANCEL₁₁
SPANDEX₁₇
SPANGED₁₁
SPANGLE₁₀
SPANGLY₁₃
SPANIEL₉
SPANING₁₀
SPANKED₁₄
SPANKER₁₃
SPANNED₁₀
SPANNER₉
SPARELY₁₂
SPARERS₉
SPAREST₉
SPARGED₁₁
SPARGER₁₀
SPARGES₁₀
SPARIDS₁₀
SPARING₁₀
SPARKED₁₄
SPARKER₁₃
SPARKES₁₃
SPARKIE₁₃
SPARKLE₁₃
SPARKLY₁₆
SPAROID₁₀
SPARRED₁₀
SPARRER₉
SPARRES₉
SPARROW₁₂
SPARSER₉
SPARTAN₉
SPARTHE₁₂
SPARTHS₁₂
SPASMED₁₂
SPASMIC₁₃
SPASTIC₁₁
SPATHAL₁₂
SPATHED₁₃
SPATHES₁₂
SPATHIC₁₄
SPATIAL₉
SPATTED₁₀
SPATTEE₉
SPATTER₉
SPATULA₉
SPATULE₉
SPATZLE₁₈
SPAULDS₁₀
SPAVIES₁₂
SPAVIET₁₂
SPAVINS₁₂
SPAWLED₁₃
SPAWNED₁₃
SPAWNER₁₂
SPAYADS₁₃
SPAYING₁₃
SPAZZED₂₈
SPAZZES₂₇
SPEAKER₁₃
SPEANED₁₀
SPEARED₁₀
SPEARER₉
SPECCED₁₄
SPECIAL₁₁
SPECIES₁₁
SPECIFY₁₇
SPECKED₁₆
SPECKLE₁₅
SPECTED₁₂
SPECTER₁₁
SPECTRA₁₁
SPECTRE₁₁
SPECULA₁₁
SPEEDED₁₁
SPEEDER₁₀
SPEEDOS₁₀
SPEEDUP₁₂
SPEELED₁₀
SPEELER₉
SPEERED₁₀
SPEILED₁₀
SPEIRED₁₀
SPEISES₉
SPELDED₁₁
SPELDER₁₀
SPELDIN₁₀
SPELEAN₉
SPELLED₁₀
SPELLER₉
SPELTER₉
SPELUNK₁₃
SPENCER₁₁
SPENCES₁₁
SPENDER₁₀
SPENSES₉
SPEOSES₉
SPERMIC₁₃
SPERRED₁₀
SPERRES₉
SPERSED₁₀
SPERSES₉
SPERTHE₁₂
SPEWERS₁₂
SPEWIER₁₂
SPEWING₁₃
SPHAERE₁₂
SPHAERS₁₂
SPHEARE₁₂
SPHEARS₁₂
SPHENES₁₂
SPHENIC₁₄
SPHERAL₁₂
SPHERED₁₃
SPHERES₁₂
SPHERIC₁₄
SPICATE₁₁
SPICERS₁₁
SPICERY₁₄
SPICIER₁₁
SPICILY₁₄
SPICING₁₂
SPICKER₁₅
SPICULA₁₁
SPICULE₁₁
SPIDERS₁₀
SPIDERY₁₃
SPIEGEL₁₀
SPIELED₁₀
SPIELER₉
SPIERED₁₀
SPIFFED₁₆
SPIGHTS₁₃
SPIGNEL₁₀
SPIGOTS₁₀
SPIKERS₁₃
SPIKERY₁₆
SPIKIER₁₃
SPIKILY₁₆
SPIKING₁₄
SPILING₁₀
SPILITE₉
SPILLED₁₀
SPILLER₉
SPILTHS₁₂
SPINACH₁₄
SPINAGE₁₀
SPINALS₉
SPINARS₉
SPINATE₉
SPINDLE₁₀
SPINDLY₁₃
SPINELS₉
SPINETS₉
SPINIER₉
SPINNER₉
SPINNET₉
SPINNEY₁₂
SPINODE₁₀
SPINOFF₁₅
SPINONE₉
SPINONI₉
SPINORS₉
SPINOSE₉
SPINOUS₉
SPINOUT₉
SPINTOS₉
SPINULA₉
SPINULE₉
SPIRAEA₉
SPIRALS₉
SPIRANT₉
SPIREAS₉
SPIREME₁₁
SPIREMS₁₁
SPIRICS₁₁
SPIRIER₉
SPIRING₁₀
SPIRITS₉
SPIRITY₁₂
SPIROID₁₀
SPIRTED₁₀
SPIRTLE₉
SPIRULA₉
SPITALS₉
SPITING₁₀
SPITTED₁₀
SPITTEN₉
SPITTER₉
SPITTLE₉
SPITTLY₁₂
SPITZES₁₈
SPLAKES₁₃
SPLASHY₁₅
SPLATCH₁₄
SPLAYED₁₃
SPLEENS₉
SPLEENY₁₂
SPLENIA₉
SPLENIC₁₁
SPLENII₉
SPLENTS₉
SPLICED₁₂
SPLICER₁₁
SPLICES₁₁
SPLIFFS₁₅
SPLINED₁₀
SPLINES₉
SPLINTS₉
SPLODGE₁₁
SPLODGY₁₄
SPLOOSH₁₂
SPLORES₉
SPLOTCH₁₄
SPLURGE₁₀
SPLURGY₁₃
SPLURTS₉
SPODIUM₁₂
SPOILED₁₀
SPOILER₉
SPOKING₁₄
SPONCON₁₁
SPONDEE₁₀
SPONDYL₁₃
SPONGED₁₁
SPONGER₁₀
SPONGES₁₀
SPONGIN₁₀
SPONSAL₉
SPONSON₉
SPONSOR₉
SPOOFED₁₃
SPOOFER₁₂
SPOOKED₁₄
SPOOLED₁₀
SPOOLER₉
SPOOMED₁₂
SPOONED₁₀
SPOONER₉
SPOONEY₁₂
SPOORED₁₀
SPOORER₉
SPORING₁₀
SPOROID₁₀
SPORRAN₉
SPORTED₁₀
SPORTER₉
SPORTIF₁₂
SPORULE₉
SPOSHES₁₂
SPOTLIT₉
SPOTTED₁₀
SPOTTER₉
SPOTTIE₉
SPOUSAL₉
SPOUSED₁₀
SPOUSES₉
SPOUTED₁₀
SPOUTER₉
SPRAINS₉
SPRAINT₉
SPRANGS₁₀
SPRAWLS₁₂
SPRAWLY₁₅
SPRAYED₁₃
SPRAYER₁₂
SPRAYEY₁₅
SPREADS₁₀
SPREAGH₁₃
SPREAZE₁₈
SPREDDE₁₁
SPREDDS₁₁
SPREEZE₁₈
SPRIEST₉
SPRIGGY₁₄
SPRIGHT₁₃
SPRINGE₁₀
SPRINGS₁₀
SPRINGY₁₃
SPRINTS₉
SPRITES₉
SPRITZY₂₁
SPROUTS₉
SPRUCED₁₂
SPRUCER₁₁
SPRUCES₁₁
SPRUIKS₁₃
SPRUITS₉
SPRYEST₁₂
SPUDDED₁₂
SPUDDER₁₁
SPUDDLE₁₁
SPUDGEL₁₁
SPUEING₁₀
SPULYED₁₃
SPULYES₁₂
SPULYIE₁₂
SPULZIE₁₈
SPUMIER₁₁
SPUMING₁₂
SPUMONE₁₁
SPUMONI₁₁
SPUMOUS₁₁
SPUNGES₁₀
SPUNKED₁₄
SPUNKIE₁₃
SPURGES₁₀
SPURIAE₉
SPURNED₁₀
SPURNER₉
SPURNES₉
SPURRED₁₀
SPURRER₉
SPURREY₁₂
SPURTED₁₀
SPURTER₉
SPURTLE₉
SPURWAY₁₅
SPUTNIK₁₃
SPUTTER₉
SPUTUMS₁₁
SPYHOLE₁₅
SPYINGS₁₃
SPYWARE₁₅
UPALONG₁₀
UPBEARS₁₁
UPBEATS₁₁
UPBINDS₁₂
UPBLOWN₁₄
UPBLOWS₁₄
UPBOILS₁₁
UPBORNE₁₁
UPBOUND₁₂
UPBRAID₁₂
UPBRAST₁₁
UPBRAYS₁₄
UPBREAK₁₅
UPBRING₁₂
UPBROKE₁₅
UPBUILD₁₂
UPBUILT₁₁
UPBURST₁₁
UPCASTS₁₁
UPCATCH₁₆
UPCHEER₁₄
UPCHUCK₂₀
UPCLIMB₁₅
UPCLOSE₁₁
UPCOAST₁₁
UPCOILS₁₁
UPCOMES₁₃
UPCOURT₁₁
UPCURLS₁₁
UPCURVE₁₄
UPCYCLE₁₆
UPDARTS₁₀
UPDATED₁₁
UPDATER₁₀
UPDATES₁₀
UPDIVED₁₄
UPDIVES₁₃
UPDRAFT₁₃
UPDRAGS₁₁
UPDRAWN₁₃
UPDRAWS₁₃
UPDRIED₁₁
UPDRIES₁₀
UPENDED₁₁
UPFIELD₁₃
UPFILLS₁₂
UPFLING₁₃
UPFLOWS₁₅
UPFLUNG₁₃
UPFOLDS₁₃
UPFRONT₁₂
UPFURLS₁₂
UPGANGS₁₁
UPGAZED₂₀
UPGAZES₁₉
UPGIRDS₁₁
UPGOING₁₁
UPGRADE₁₁
UPGROWN₁₃
UPGROWS₁₃
UPHANGS₁₃
UPHAUDS₁₃
UPHEAPS₁₄
UPHEAVE₁₅
UPHILLS₁₂
UPHOARD₁₃
UPHOIST₁₂
UPHOLDS₁₃
UPHOORD₁₃
UPHROES₁₂
UPHURLS₁₂
UPKEEPS₁₅
UPKNITS₁₃
UPLANDS₁₀
UPLEADS₁₀
UPLEANS₉
UPLEANT₉
UPLEAPS₁₁
UPLEAPT₁₁
UPLIFTS₁₂
UPLIGHT₁₃
UPLINKS₁₃
UPLOADS₁₀
UPLOCKS₁₅
UPLOOKS₁₃
UPLYING₁₃
UPMAKER₁₅
UPMAKES₁₅
UPPILED₁₂
UPPILES₁₁
UPPINGS₁₂
UPPROPS₁₃
UPRAISE₉
UPRATED₁₀
UPRATES₉
UPREACH₁₄
UPREARS₉
UPRESTS₉
UPRIGHT₁₃
UPRISAL₉
UPRISEN₉
UPRISER₉
UPRISES₉
UPRISTS₉
UPRIVER₁₂
UPROARS₉
UPROLLS₉
UPROOTS₉
UPROUSE₉
UPSCALE₁₁
UPSELLS₉
UPSENDS₁₀
UPSHIFT₁₅
UPSHOOT₁₂
UPSHOTS₁₂
UPSIDES₁₀
UPSILON₉
UPSIZED₁₉
UPSIZES₁₈
UPSKILL₁₃
UPSLOPE₁₁
UPSOARS₉
UPSPAKE₁₅
UPSPEAK₁₅
UPSPEAR₁₁
UPSPOKE₁₅
UPSTAGE₁₀
UPSTAIR₉
UPSTAND₁₀
UPSTARE₉
UPSTART₉
UPSTATE₉
UPSTAYS₁₂
UPSTEPS₁₁
UPSTIRS₉
UPSTOOD₁₀
UPSURGE₁₀
UPSWARM₁₄
UPSWAYS₁₅
UPSWEEP₁₄
UPSWELL₁₂
UPSWEPT₁₄
UPSWING₁₃
UPSWUNG₁₃
UPTAKEN₁₃
UPTAKES₁₃
UPTALKS₁₃
UPTEARS₉
UPTEMPO₁₃
UPTHREW₁₅
UPTHROW₁₅
UPTICKS₁₅
UPTIGHT₁₃
UPTILTS₉
UPTIMES₁₁
UPTOWNS₁₂
UPTRAIN₉
UPTREND₁₀
UPTURNS₉
UPTYING₁₃
UPVALUE₁₂
UPWAFTS₁₅
UPWARDS₁₃
UPWELLS₁₂
UPWHIRL₁₅
UPWINDS₁₃
UPWOUND₁₃
UPWRAPS₁₄
YPERITE₁₂
YPLIGHT₁₆
YPSILON₁₂

Letters by positionIn 46% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S46%
U22%
A14%

3rd letter

I17%
A15%
O10%

4th letter

R14%
E10%
I10%

5th letter

I13%
A11%
O9%

6th letter

E31%
N9%
I8%

7th letter

S30%
E14%
D13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; SPRITZY tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 166 words
10 points: 118 words
1111 points: 134 words
12 points: 105 words
1313 points: 92 words
14 points: 51 words
1515 points: 34 words
16 points: 16 words
1717 points: 8 words
18 points: 14 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 6 words
2121 points: 1 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
28 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SPRITZY	21	21	NWL only
UPCHUCK	20	24	All three
APPRIZE	20	22	All three
UPGAZED	20	23	All three
EPIZOIC	20	22	All three
EPOXYED	20	20	All three
APOZEMS	20	22	Collins only
EPITAXY	19	19	All three
UPSIZED	19	21	Collins · NWL
APTERYX	19	19	All three
OPAQUED	19	21	All three
UPGAZES	19	22	All three

The pattern _P_____ has a small set of familiar words and a much larger tournament-word pool. Special, opinion, and options are recognizable examples; 65 entries fall among the most common English words. The rest can be more specialized, so a match on letter pattern alone does not guarantee a word will suit your game.

At a glance: the P-second pattern

752 seven-letter words have P in the second position.
S begins 349 matches, more than any other first letter; U follows with 168.
The most frequent final letter is S, ending 223 matches.
Collins includes 738, NWL2023 includes 570, and ENABLE includes 532; these dictionary sets overlap.
Only 65 matches are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Which letters most often surround P?

S leads the opening-letter pattern: 349 words begin SP, compared with 168 beginning UP and 106 beginning AP. Examples include special, speaker, springs, upgrade, and applied. That makes SP and UP productive places to look when your first tile is already known.

The endings have a different shape. A final S appears in 223 matches, while E appears in 105 and D in 97. Options, appeals, and spirits show the common S ending; episode finishes in E, and applied finishes in D.

Check both ends before narrowing the middle letters.

How to use 7-letter words with P as the 2nd letter

For a familiar starting point, try special, episode, opening, opinion, or species. These examples show how widely the pattern varies after its second letter: the shared P does not predict the rest of the word. A board position or fixed ending can narrow the choices further.

For scoring, SPRITZY leads the highest-scoring examples at 21 points. But frequency and score are separate measures: only 65 of the 752 words are common, so rare entries make up most of the pool. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar match.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have P as the second letter?

There are 752 seven-letter words with P in the second position. The count includes words listed in at least one tournament dictionary, while dictionary-specific totals overlap. Familiar examples include special, episode, and opening.

What is the highest-scoring word with P as its second letter?

SPRITZY is the highest-scoring example, at 21 points. That score identifies a strong letter-value play, but it does not account for board bonuses. Check the word against your game's dictionary before placing it.

Which first letter is most common before P in these words?

S is the most common first letter, appearing in 349 of the matches. U ranks next with 168, followed by A with 106. Examples of S-starting words include special, speaker, and springs.

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