4-Letter Words Starting with P

All 307 four-letter words that start with P

PA

• paan6n. A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or...
• paar6n. A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west...
• paca8n. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its...
• pace8n. A step taken with the foot.
• pack12n. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be...
• paco8n. An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute...
• pact8n. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
• pacu8n. Any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to...
• pada7n. The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse...
• page7n. One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar...
• pagi7n. A native tracker; a person employed to track thieves by their...
• paha9n. An elongated landform composed of only loess, or of till capped by...
• pahi9n. A large war canoe of Tahiti.
• paho9n. A sacred prayer stick in the Hopi religion.
• paid7adj. Not free of charge; costing money.
• paik10n. A foot soldier or armed attendant, in some cases holding land in...
• pail6n. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a...
• pain6n. An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant...
• pair6n. Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
• pais6n. The country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district...
• pake10n. Synonym of piecake.
• pala6n. A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a...
• pale6adj. Light in color.
• pall6n. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
• palm8n. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae...
• palo6n. Any of the traditional musical forms in flamenco.
• palp8n. Synonym of pedipalp.
• paly9adj. Palewise; vertically striped.
• pama8n. A non-binary parent.
• pamp10v. To put someone in a pamper (a diaper).
• pane6n. An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window...
• pang7n. A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and...
• pank10v. To pack down, to compact (particularly snow).
• pano6n. A panoramic image.
• pant6n. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of...
• papa8n. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to...
• pape8n. A painted bunting.
• para6n. A former subunit of currency in several countries in the...
• pard7n. Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation.
• pare6v. To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting...
• park10n. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a...
• parm8n. A dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated...
• parp8interj. Representing the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind.
• parr6n. Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly...
• part6n. A fraction of a whole.
• pase6n. A maneuver in bullfighting in which a bullfighter tries to get a bull's...
• pash9v. To snog, to make out, to kiss.
• pass6v. To move or be moved from one place to another.
• past6n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the...
• pata6n. An Indian sword with an attached gauntlet.
• pate6n. The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its...
• path9n. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
• pato6n. The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that...
• patu6n. A Maori club or pounder.
• paua6n. Any of several large, edible abalones of New Zealand, especially...
• paul6n. An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
• pave9v. To cover something with paving slabs.
• pawa9n. An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined...
• pawl9n. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as...
• pawn9n. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
• paws9n. Pause, used in contexts of animals with paws.
• paya9n. A dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters...

PE

• peak10n. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point...
• peal6n. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder...
• pean6n. A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
• pear6n. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but...
• peat6n. Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas...
• peba8n. An armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) found from Texas to Paraguay; the...
• pech11v. To pant, to struggle for breath.
• peck12v. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
• peda7n. A sweet made from khoa, sugar, and various flavourings.
• peds7n. Pediatrics.
• peed7n. Synonym of paedophile.
• peek10v. To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to...
• peel6v. To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• peen6n. The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main...
• peep8n. A feeble utterance or complaint.
• peer6v. To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
• pego7n. The penis.
• pegs7n. Peg-top trousers.
• peil6n. Water level.
• pela6n. Synonym of Chinese wax.
• pelf9n. Rubbish, trash; specifically (UK, dialectal) refuse from plants.
• pell6n. A fur or hide.
• pelt6n. The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or...
• pend7n. An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a...
• peng7n. A legendary enormous bird.
• penk10n. A minnow.
• pent6n. Confinement; concealment.
• peon6n. A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do...
• pepo8n. A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard...
• perc8adj. Percutaneous.
• peri6n. A sprite or supernatural being.
• perk10n. Perquisite.
• perm8v. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
• pern6n. Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is...
• perp8n. A perpetrator.
• pert6adj. Attractive.
• peso6n. A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8...
• pest6n. Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural...

PF

• pfft12interj. Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.

PH

• phad10n. A cloth or canvas scroll used for phad painting.
• phai9n. A ring of nooses with bait in the center, for trapping hawks.
• phal9n. Phalaenopsis.
• phan9n. An ornamental tray with a pedestal, common in Thailand, Cambodia, and...
• phat9adj. Excellent; cool; very good.
• phet9n. Amphetamines.
• phew12interj. Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.
• phin9n. A type of coffee filter.
• phiz18n. The face.
• phon9n. A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in...
• phoo9interj. An expression of rejection or disgust.
• phot9n. A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area...
• phum11n. A village of Cambodia, a subdivision of a khum.
• phut9interj. A representation of the sound resembling the release of a blast of...
• phys12adj. Physical.

PI

• pial6adj. Of or pertaining to the pia or pia mater.
• pian6n. Yaws.
• pica8n. A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible...
• pici8n. A kind of hand-rolled pasta, like thick spaghetti, from Sienna.
• pick12n. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
• pide7n. Traditional Turkish flatbread.
• pied7adj. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
• pier6n. A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on...
• piet6n. The magpie.
• piff12interj. An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.
• pigg8n. A piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).
• piha9n. Any bird belonging to Lipaugus or Snowornis.
• pika10n. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but...
• pike10n. A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting...
• piki10n. A paper-thin, dry, rolled bread made by the Hopi with nixtamalized blue...
• pila6n. A mortar.
• pile6n. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• pili6n. A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia...
• pill6n. A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy...
• pils6n. Pilsner.
• pima8n. A soft form of cotton having long fibres (Gossypium barbadense).
• pimp10n. Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for...
• pind7v. To confine within narrow limits, constrain.
• pine6n. Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
• ping7n. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
• pink10n. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
• pint6n. 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
• piny9adj. Of, resembling, pertaining to, or having many pines.
• pion6n. Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral...
• pipa8n. A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
• pipe8n. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow...
• pipi8n. The edible saltwater clam Paphies australis, of the family...
• pirn6n. A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used...
• pish9interj. Expressing disdain.
• pita6n. A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches...
• pith9n. The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the...
• piti6n. An Azerbaijani soup made with mutton and vegetables in individual...
• pito6n. A type of beer made from fermented millet or sorghum in parts of West...
• pity9n. A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or...
• pitz15n. Synonym of pok-ta-pok.
• piva9n. A kind of bagpipe played in Italy and Ticino, with a single chanter and...
• pivo9n. A type of Central and Eastern European pilsner.
• piwi9n. A class of genes originally identified as encoding regulatory proteins...

PL

• plag7n. Plagioclase feldspar.
• plan6n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with...
• plat6n. A plot of land; a lot.
• play9v. To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities...
• plea6n. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
• pleb8n. A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
• plec8n. Pleco (tropical fish).
• plew9n. Beaver pelt.
• plex13n. A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments...
• plod7n. A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
• plop8n. A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object...
• plot6n. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are...
• ploy9n. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
• plue6n. The value of a full-sized beaver skin.
• plug7n. A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially...
• plum8n. An edible, fleshy stone fruit of species Prunus domestica (European...
• plup8n. A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object...
• plus6prep. And; sum of the previous one and the following one.

PO

• pock12n. A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive...
• pode7n. A contemptible person; a vile, venomous, or loathsome individual.
• podo7n. Any of various trees of the genus Afrocarpus or Podocarpus.
• poem8n. A literary piece written in verse.
• poet6n. A person who writes poems.
• pogo7v. To use a pogo stick.
• pogs7n. The game of milk caps.
• poha9n. Flattened rice.
• poke10v. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
• poky13adj. Slow.
• pola6adj. Polarizing.
• pole6n. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of...
• polk10v. To dance the polka.
• poll6n. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider...
• polo6n. A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled...
• polt6n. A hard knock.
• poly9n. A polytechnic.
• pome8n. A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen...
• pomi8n. A person who has been disfellowshipped from the Jehovah's Witnesses...
• pomp10n. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
• pond7n. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is...
• pone6n. A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior...
• pong7n. A stench, a bad smell.
• ponk10n. A nocturnal evil spirit.
• pons6n. A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
• pont6v. To pose until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions.
• pony9n. A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under...
• pood7n. An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about...
• poof9interj. Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as...
• pooh9interj. Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
• pool6n. A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied...
• poon6n. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a...
• poop8v. To defecate.
• poor6adj. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to...
• poot6n. A fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one.
• pope8n. An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and...
• pops8n. Father, dad.
• pore6n. A tiny opening in the skin.
• pork10n. The meat of a pig.
• port6n. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and...
• pory9adj. Porous.
• pose6v. To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
• posh9adj. Associated with the upper classes.
• posi6adj. Positive (optimistic, uplifting).
• poss6v. To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a...
• post6n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a...
• posy9n. A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay.
• pote6v. To poke (with a stick etc.).
• pots6n. A large quantity.
• pott6n. An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
• pouf9n. A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
• pour6v. To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either...
• pous6n. The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally...
• pout6v. To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay...
• poxy16adj. Suffering from pox.
• poyo9n. Palm wine.

PR

• prac8n. A practical.
• prad7n. A horse.
• pram8n. A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed...
• prat6n. A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
• pray9v. To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher...
• pree6v. To heed, to take notice of or pay attention to.
• preg7adj. Pregnant.
• prem8n. The Premier League.
• prep8n. Preparation.
• prex13n. A president, especially of a university.
• prey9n. That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
• prig7n. A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an...
• prim8adj. Of a person, their manner or appearance: Formal and precise; stiffly...
• prix13n. Synonym of prize.
• proa6n. A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it...
• proc8n. A special and possibly random event, typically activated by clicking on...
• prod7v. To poke, to push, to touch.
• prog7n. Progressive rock.
• prom8n. A promenade concert.
• prop8n. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that...
• prow9n. The front part of a vessel.
• prox13n. The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people...
• prrt6interj. The sound of a fart.

PS

• pshh12interj. Synonym of pshaw.
• psht9interj. Synonym of pshaw.
• pssh9interj. Synonym of pshaw.
• psst6interj. Used to call animals.

PU

• pube8n. A single pubic hair.
• puce8n. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
• puck12n. The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck...
• pudu7n. A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some...
• puer6n. Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to...
• puff12n. A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
• puft9v. To puff.
• puja13n. A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
• puka10n. A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment...
• puke10n. Vomit.
• puki10n. A bowl or other dish used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a...
• puku10n. A medium-sized antelope found in Central Africa (Kobus vardonii).
• pula6n. Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
• pule6n. A plaintive melancholy whine.
• puli6n. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded...
• pulk10n. A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow...
• pull6v. To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or...
• pulp8n. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make...
• pulu6n. A silky material obtained from the fibres of Cibotium glaucum, a tree...
• puma8n. A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
• pump10n. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
• puna6n. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in...
• pung7n. A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
• punk10n. A passive or effeminate homosexual man.
• punt6n. A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by...
• puny9adj. Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
• pupa8n. An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
• pupe8n. A pupa.
• pure6adj. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
• puri6n. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
• purl6n. A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled...
• puro6n. A cigar, especially one made with tobacco from a single country.
• purp8n. A variety of marijuana with purple flowers.
• purr6v. To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain...
• push9v. To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person...
• puso6n. Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
• puss6n. A cat.
• puta6n. A Bhutanese noodle dish.
• puti6n. The duiker.
• puto6n. A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
• putt6n. The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
• putu6n. A form of porridge made from maize meal.
• putz15n. The penis.
• puya9n. Any of a group of books written in the Old Manipuri language, mostly...

PY

• pyin9n. An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture...
• pyre9n. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
• pyro9n. A pyromaniac.

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 307 four-letter words that start with P, plus 52 rare ones.

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

part, play, post, past, plan, park, page and paid.

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

phiz scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.

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