7-letter words with P as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

There are 218 7-letter words with P as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter; SUPPORT and HAPPENS are familiar examples.

218 wordsTop pick SUPPORTHighest score ZIPPILY 23

21 of 218 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd 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

4th 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 3rd place, P is the most common 4th letter (218 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 21 · most-used first

SUPPORT₁₁
HAPPENS₁₄
SUPPOSE₁₁
HAPPILY₁₇
HAPPIER₁₄
MAPPING₁₄
POPPING₁₄
TAPPING₁₂
PUPPIES₁₃
PEPPERS₁₃
RIPPING₁₂
TIPPING₁₂
TOPPING₁₂
RAPPERS₁₁
DIPPING₁₃
HOPPING₁₅
PUPPETS₁₃
SIPPING₁₂
RAPPING₁₂
RAPPORT₁₁

Showing the top 20 of 21 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 218

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

BOPPERS₁₃
BOPPIER₁₃
BOPPING₁₄
BOPPISH₁₆
BUPPIES₁₃
CAPPERS₁₃
CAPPING₁₄
COPPERS₁₃
COPPERY₁₆
COPPICE₁₅
COPPIES₁₃
COPPING₁₄
COPPINS₁₃
COPPLES₁₃
COPPRAS₁₃
CUPPERS₁₃
CUPPIER₁₃
CUPPING₁₄
DAPPERS₁₂
DAPPING₁₃
DAPPLED₁₃
DAPPLES₁₂
DIPPERS₁₂
DIPPIER₁₂
DIPPING₁₃
DOPPERS₁₂
DOPPIES₁₂
DOPPING₁₃
DOPPIOS₁₂
DUPPIES₁₂
DUPPING₁₃
FIPPLES₁₄
FOPPERY₁₇
FOPPING₁₅
FOPPISH₁₇
GAPPERS₁₂
GAPPIER₁₂
GAPPING₁₃
GIPPERS₁₂
GIPPIES₁₂
GIPPING₁₃
GIPPOES₁₂
GUPPIES₁₂
GYPPERS₁₅
GYPPIES₁₅
GYPPING₁₆
HAPPENS₁₄
HAPPIED₁₅
HAPPIER₁₄
HAPPIES₁₄
HAPPILY₁₇
HAPPING₁₅
HEPPEST₁₄
HIPPENS₁₄
HIPPEST₁₄
HIPPIER₁₄
HIPPIES₁₄
HIPPING₁₅
HIPPINS₁₄
HIPPISH₁₇
HOPPERS₁₄
HOPPIER₁₄
HOPPING₁₅
HOPPLED₁₅
HOPPLER₁₄
HOPPLES₁₄
HUPPAHS₁₇
HUPPING₁₅
HYPPING₁₈
JAPPING₁₉
KEPPING₁₆
KIPPAGE₁₆
KIPPAHS₁₈
KIPPERS₁₅
KIPPING₁₆
KOPPIES₁₅
LAPPELS₁₁
LAPPERS₁₁
LAPPETS₁₁
LAPPIES₁₁
LAPPING₁₂
LEPPING₁₂
LIPPENS₁₁
LIPPERS₁₁
LIPPIER₁₁
LIPPIES₁₁
LIPPING₁₂
LOPPERS₁₁
LOPPETS₁₁
LOPPIER₁₁
LOPPIES₁₁
LOPPING₁₂
MAPPERS₁₃
MAPPERY₁₆
MAPPING₁₄
MAPPIST₁₃
MOPPERS₁₃
MOPPETS₁₃
MOPPIER₁₃
MOPPING₁₄
MUPPETS₁₃
NAPPERS₁₁
NAPPIER₁₁
NAPPIES₁₁
NAPPING₁₂
NIPPERS₁₁
NIPPIER₁₁
NIPPILY₁₄
NIPPING₁₂
NIPPLED₁₂
NIPPLES₁₁
PAPPIER₁₃
PAPPIES₁₃
PAPPING₁₄
PAPPOSE₁₃
PAPPOUS₁₃
PEPPERS₁₃
PEPPERY₁₆
PEPPIER₁₃
PEPPILY₁₆
PEPPING₁₄
PIPPIER₁₃
PIPPING₁₄
PIPPINS₁₃
POPPERS₁₃
POPPETS₁₃
POPPIED₁₄
POPPIER₁₃
POPPIES₁₃
POPPING₁₄
POPPISH₁₆
POPPITS₁₃
POPPLED₁₄
POPPLES₁₃
PUPPETS₁₃
PUPPIED₁₄
PUPPIES₁₃
PUPPING₁₄
RAPPEES₁₁
RAPPELS₁₁
RAPPERS₁₁
RAPPING₁₂
RAPPINI₁₁
RAPPORT₁₁
REPPING₁₂
RIPPERS₁₁
RIPPIER₁₁
RIPPING₁₂
RIPPLED₁₂
RIPPLER₁₁
RIPPLES₁₁
RIPPLET₁₁
SAPPANS₁₁
SAPPERS₁₁
SAPPHIC₁₆
SAPPIER₁₁
SAPPILY₁₄
SAPPING₁₂
SAPPLED₁₂
SAPPLES₁₁
SEPPUKU₁₅
SIPPERS₁₁
SIPPETS₁₁
SIPPING₁₂
SIPPLED₁₂
SIPPLES₁₁
SOPPIER₁₁
SOPPILY₁₄
SOPPING₁₂
SUPPAWN₁₄
SUPPERS₁₁
SUPPING₁₂
SUPPLED₁₂
SUPPLER₁₁
SUPPLES₁₁
SUPPORT₁₁
SUPPOSE₁₁
TAPPERS₁₁
TAPPETS₁₁
TAPPICE₁₃
TAPPING₁₂
TIPPEES₁₁
TIPPERS₁₁
TIPPETS₁₁
TIPPIER₁₁
TIPPING₁₂
TIPPLED₁₂
TIPPLER₁₁
TIPPLES₁₁
TOPPERS₁₁
TOPPING₁₂
TOPPLED₁₂
TOPPLES₁₁
TUPPING₁₂
WAPPEND₁₅
WAPPERS₁₄
WAPPING₁₅
WIPPENS₁₄
WOPPING₁₅
YAPPERS₁₄
YAPPIER₁₄
YAPPIES₁₄
YAPPING₁₅
YIPPERS₁₄
YIPPIES₁₄
YIPPING₁₅
YOPPERS₁₄
YUPPIES₁₄
YUPPIFY₂₀
ZAPPERS₂₀
ZAPPIER₂₀
ZAPPING₂₁
ZEPPOLE₂₀
ZEPPOLI₂₀
ZIPPERS₂₀
ZIPPIER₂₀
ZIPPILY₂₃
ZIPPING₂₁

Letters by positionIn 53% of these words the 5th letter is I.

1st letter

P12%
S11%
H11%

2nd letter

A28%
I28%
O25%

5th letter

I53%
E27%
L12%

6th letter

E35%
N28%
R19%

7th letter

S44%
G23%
R12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; ZIPPILY tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 51 words
12 points: 38 words
1313 points: 41 words
14 points: 41 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 11 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 7 words
2121 points: 2 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZIPPILY	23	25	NWL only
ZIPPING	21	25	All three
ZAPPING	21	25	All three
ZIPPERS	20	22	All three
ZAPPERS	20	22	All three
ZEPPOLE	20	23	Collins · NWL
ZEPPOLI	20	23	Collins · NWL
ZIPPIER	20	22	All three
ZAPPIER	20	22	All three
YUPPIFY	20	21	Collins · NWL
JAPPING	19	25	Collins only
KIPPAHS	18	19	NWL only

The pattern fixes a double P in the middle: _ _ P P _ _ _. That leaves five positions open for other letters, creating words as different as SUPPOSE, HAPPILY, and MAPPING. Just 21 entries meet the site’s common-word cutoff, so many matches are more familiar to word-game players than everyday readers.

At a glance: the double-P pattern

Every match has P in both the third and fourth slots; the first, second, fifth, sixth, and final letters can vary.
The 218 words come from the union of ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023 entries; dictionary totals overlap, so they are not additive.
Only 21 matches count as common by the site’s frequency threshold, making the everyday examples a small slice of the full set.
Words ending in S lead with 95 matches, while G is next with 50; plural and verb forms account for many familiar endings.
P is the most frequent first letter, with 27 matches beginning with P, including PUPPIES and PEPPERS.

7-letter words with P as the 3rd and 4th letters

SUPPORT, SUPPOSE, and HAPPENS show how the repeated letters fit into recognizable words. The same pattern also appears in HAPPIER, HAPPILY, and MAPPING, so the list spans several word forms rather than one narrow ending.

The final letter gives a quick way to scan a long set: S and G together account for 145 matches. R is another notable ending, with 27 words. That concentration makes the last slot a stronger narrowing clue than the starting letter, where P leads with 27 but many other letters appear too.

Which double-P words score highest?

ZIPPILY tops the score list at 23 points, turning the fixed P pair into a scoring opportunity.
ZIPPING and ZAPPING each score 21, while ZIPPERS and ZAPPERS score 20 apiece.
Look for a Z before checking the rest of your rack: the leading high scorers pair Z with the required PP pattern.
The average score is 13.4, so a high-value opening letter—not the repeated P alone—sets the top end.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have P as the third and fourth letters?

There are 218 tournament-dictionary matches with P in both the third and fourth positions. The set includes familiar words such as SUPPORT, HAPPENS, and SUPPOSE, alongside many less common entries.

What is the highest-scoring word with PP in the middle?

ZIPPILY is the highest scorer in the list, at 23 points. ZIPPING and ZAPPING follow at 21 points each, so checking for a Z can matter more than relying on the two P tiles.

Are most words with this pattern common?

No. Only 21 of the 218 matches meet our common-word cutoff. SUPPORT, HAPPENS, and SUPPOSE are recognizable examples, but many tournament-valid matches are less familiar; check your game's dictionary before playing an obscure entry.

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