3-Letter Words Starting with P

All 85 three-letter words that start with P

PA

• pac7n. A moccasin with a sole made of leather or deerskin.
• pad6n. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
• pah8interj. Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
• paj12n. A lighter form of pongee silk.
• pal5n. A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
• pam7n. The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
• pan5n. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
• pao5n. A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi cannon...
• pap7n. Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given...
• par5prep. By; with.
• pas5n. A step in a dance.
• pat5n. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of...
• pau5adj. Done; over; finished.
• pav8n. An Indian-style bread roll.
• paw8n. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that...
• pax12n. A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or...
• pay8v. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or...

PB

• pbf10v. Purl into back and front of same stitch.

PE

• pea5n. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
• pec7n. The pectoralis major muscle.
• ped6n. A pedestrian.
• pee5n. Urine.
• peg6n. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing...
• pel5n. Pixel.
• pen5n. An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals...
• pep7v. To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
• per5prep. For each.
• pes5n. The foot of a human.
• pet5n. An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than...
• pew8n. One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually...

PF

• pfb10v. To purl into front and back of same stitch.
• pff11interj. An expression of annoyance or disappointment.

PH

• phi8n. Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually...
• pho8n. A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles...
• pht8interj. Used to signify mild annoyance or disagreement.
• phy11n. The drug physeptone.

PI

• pia5n. The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and...
• pib7n. Synonym of pibgorn.
• pic7n. A picture, especially a photographic image.
• pie5n. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory...
• pig6n. Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven...
• pin5n. A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one...
• pip7n. Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious...
• pir5n. A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi.
• pit5n. A hole in the ground.
• pix12n. Motion pictures; movies.

PL

• ply8n. A layer of material.

PO

• poa5n. Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.
• pod6n. A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
• poe5n. Moon blocks.
• pog6n. A single (usually brightly colored) piece in the game of milk caps.
• poh8interj. Indicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration.
• poi5n. The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the...
• pol5n. A politician.
• pom7n. A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
• pon5n. A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded...
• poo5n. Feces.
• pop7n. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially...
• pot5n. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly...
• pov8adj. Poor; impoverished; cheap.
• pow8interj. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch.
• pox12n. A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones)...
• poy8n. A support structure.
• poz14adj. HIV positive.

PR

• pre5prep. Before (something significant).
• pro5n. An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its...
• prr5n. Onomatopeia for a feline's purr.
• pry8v. To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not...

PS

• psh8interj. Synonym of pshaw.
• psi5n. The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the...

PU

• pua5n. A type of fried sweet cake made of flour and sugar/jaggery popular in...
• pub7n. A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and...
• pud6n. Pudding (either sweet or savoury).
• pue5v. To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
• pug6n. A pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having...
• pui5interj. Interjection expressing strong disdain.
• pul5n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani.
• pun5v. To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
• pup7n. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain...
• pus5n. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white...
• put5v. To physically place (sth or sb swh).
• puy8n. Any of several cone-shaped hills in the Auvergne, France that are the...

PW

• pwd9n. Unix command to print the working directory.

PY

• pya8n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
• pyx15n. A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated...

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words that start with P are there?

Word.ws lists 85 three-letter words that start with P.

What are common three-letter words that start with P?

put, per, pay, pre, pro, pop, pet and pot.

Which of the three-letter words that start with P has the highest letter score?

pyx scores 15 points with the standard letter tile values.

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