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5 Letter Words Starting With P

851 five-letter words start with P. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that start with P

With their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

  • price 9the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something…
  • phone 10electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted…
  • pages 8one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written…
  • photo 10a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
  • power 10possession of controlling influence
  • place 9a point located with respect to surface features of some region
  • posts 7the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
  • press 7to act upon with steady force
  • print 7to produce by pressed type on a surface
  • point 7a geometric element that has position but no extension
  • party 10an organization to gain political power
  • paper 9a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
  • poker 11one that pokes
  • parts 7something determined in relation to something that includes it
  • plans 7to formulate a method for achieving an end
  • prior 7earlier in time

All 851 words, A to Z

PA…PE…PH…PI…PL…PO…PR…PS…PU…PW…PY…PZ…

PS… (10)

Top score: PSYCH, 15 points. Meaning: to put into the proper frame of mind

PW… (1)

Top score: PWNED, 11 points. Meaning: to dominate

PZ… (1)

Top score: PZAZZ, 34 points. Meaning: the quality of being exciting or attractive

About these words

  • 851 of the 12,987 5-letter words start with P (7%), the fourth most of any letter.
  • 618 are good in NWL2023, 848 in Collins Scrabble Words and 559 in ENABLE. 151 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, pzazz scores the most (34), then phizz and pozzy (28 each), then pizza (25), then pyxed (18).