5-Letter Words Starting with P

All 499 five-letter words that start with P: page 1 of 2

PA

• paced10adj. Having a (particular) pace.
• pacer9n. One who paces.
• pacey12adj. Fast, rapid, speedy.
• pachy15n. A dinosaur of the genus Pachycephalosaurus.
• padam10n. In Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance.
• paddy12n. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be...
• padel8n. A racquet sport popular in Spain and Latin America, usually played in...
• padma10n. Lotus blossom.
• padre8n. A military clergyman.
• paean7n. A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or...
• paedo8n. A paedophile.
• paeon7n. A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long...
• pagal8n. Mentally ill person; lunatic.
• pagan8adj. Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world...
• pagar8n. A fence, in parts of Asia.
• paged9adj. Having pages.
• pager8n. A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice...
• pagus8n. A country district with scattered hamlets.
• pains7n. Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
• paint7n. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a...
• pairs7n. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
• paisa7n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian...
• paker11n. A vagrant, stroller.
• palak11n. Spinach or similar greens (including Amaranthus species and Chenopodium...
• palar7adj. Pertaining to a pale, a vertical band or line.
• palas7n. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
• palay10n. Paddy.
• palea7n. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
• paled8adj. Striped.
• palen7v. To make or become pale.
• palla7n. A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
• pallu7n. The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn.
• pally10adj. Like a pal; friendly.
• palmo9n. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm.
• palmy12adj. Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.
• palsy10n. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied...
• palus7n. A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
• pamps11n. Synonym of pampers (“a diaper”).
• panax14n. Any plant of the genus Panax.
• pance9n. Pansy (flower).
• panda8n. A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular...
• pando8n. A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
• pandy11n. A fulling mill.
• paned8adj. Having panes.
• panel7n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a...
• panga8n. A large broad-bladed knife.
• panic9adj. Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
• panin7n. A hominid of the genus Pan.
• panko11n. Coarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
• panne7n. A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.
• panny10n. A house.
• pansy10n. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species...
• panth10n. An Indian religious tradition established by a guru.
• pants7n. An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards...
• panty10n. An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
• panya10n. A large earthenware jar.
• paolo7n. An old Italian silver coin.
• papad10n. A poppadom.
• papal9adj. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• paper9n. A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a...
• pappy14adj. Like pap; soft; mushy.
• param9n. Dicyandiamide.
• paran7n. A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two...
• parch12v. To burn the surface of, to scorch.
• pardo8n. A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.
• paren7n. A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
• pareo7n. A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian...
• parer7n. A tool used to pare things.
• pargo8n. Common seabream, red porgy, Pagrus pagrus.
• parka11n. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and...
• parky14adj. Of, from, or related to a park or parks generally, especially parklike.
• parle7n. Parley; talk.
• parma9n. A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.
• parmi9n. A chicken parmigiana.
• parmo9n. A north-eastern English dish of deep-fried breaded chicken topped with...
• parol7adj. Word of mouth.
• parry10v. To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
• parsa7n. A Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four...
• parse7v. To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the...
• parti7n. The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an...
• parts7n. Intellectual ability or learning.
• party10n. A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal...
• parvo10n. Parvovirus.
• pasan7n. The gemsbok.
• pasch12n. The feast of Passover or (specifically) the Paschal Lamb, or (for...
• paseo7n. A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or...
• pasha10n. A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or...
• pasta7n. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed...
• paste7n. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
• pasty10adj. Like paste, sticky.
• pasuk11n. A verse of the Torah.
• patas7n. A ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas...
• patch12n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed...
• pated8adj. Having a pate or a particular type of pate (head).
• patel7n. A village head man.
• paten7n. The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
• pater7n. Father.
• pathy13n. A therapy.
• patio7n. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
• patis7n. A fish sauce, a byproduct of making bagoong, used as an ingredient or...
• patka11n. A head covering worn by Sikh boys, and by Sikh men either alone or as...
• patsy10n. A conspirator, secretly designated by co-conspirators to take full...
• patte7n. A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.
• patti7n. A traditional residential subdivision or unit found in settlements of...
• patty10n. A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually...
• patwa10n. Any of the genus Cichlasoma of fishes.
• pausa7n. The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.
• pause7v. To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an...
• paved11adj. Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.
• paver10n. A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.
• pavis10n. Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small...
• pavon10n. A small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a...
• pawed11adj. Having (a specified kind or number of) paws.
• payam12n. A subdivision of a county in parts of South Sudan and Sudan.
• payee10n. One to whom money is paid.
• payer10n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been...
• payor10n. One who makes a payment.

PE

• peace9n. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free...
• peach12n. Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely...
• peaky14adj. Sickly; peaked.
• pearl7n. Nacre; mother-of-pearl.
• peart7adj. Lively; active.
• peary10adj. Resembling pears, pear-like.
• pease7v. To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
• peasy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of peas.
• peaty10adj. Of or resembling peat; peatlike.
• peavy13n. A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel...
• pecan9n. A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern...
• pecky16adj. Discoloured by fungus growth or insects.
• pedal8n. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a...
• pedes8n. Pediatrics.
• peele7n. A kind of antelope, the rhebok, Pelea capreolus.
• peely10adj. Tending to peel.
• peepo9interj. Synonym of peekaboo.
• peery10n. Spinning top.
• peeth10n. A well (for drawing water).
• peeve10n. An annoyance or grievance.
• pegan8n. A person who practices peganism, a variant of the vegan diet and paleo...
• peggy12n. Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.
• peine7n. Pain or punishment.
• pekan11n. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
• pekoe11n. A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka...
• peled8n. The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to...
• penal7adj. Of or relating to punishment.
• penge8n. (typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early...
• penna7n. A contour feather.
• penne7n. A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
• penni7n. A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
• penny10n. In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of...
• peony10n. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
• pepin9n. A specialized compartment found in the bacterium Thiomargarita...
• peppy14adj. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy.
• perch12n. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus...
• percy12n. A unit of Percocet.
• perdu8n. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
• perek11n. A chapter of a religious text.
• peril7n. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
• perky14adj. Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.
• perlo7n. A rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and...
• perma9v. To permakill.
• perne7v. To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
• perry10n. A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple...
• perse7n. A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
• pesky14adj. Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).
• pesto7n. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in...
• pesty10adj. Annoying or troublesome; pesky.
• petai7n. Stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa).
• petal7n. One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies...
• peter7n. The penis.
• petit7adj. Petite: small, little.
• petra7n. Stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
• petre7n. Saltpetre.
• petro7n. A Venezuelan cryptocurrency launched in 2018, supposed to be backed by...
• petti7n. A petticoat.
• petto7n. Only used in in petto.
• petty10adj. Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.
• pewee10n. Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.

PF

• pfaff16interj. Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
• pfund11n. A pound (unit of weight), in German contexts.

PH

• phage11n. A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
• phane10n. Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
• phara10n. A traditional steamed dumpling made from rice flour and lentil filling...
• phare10n. Beacon.
• pharm12n. A site where organisms are produced for the creation of medicine or...
• pharo10n. A pharos; a lighthouse.
• phase10n. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
• phats10n. Phat pants.
• phial10n. A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such...
• phile10n. A pedophile.
• phish13v. To engage in phishing.
• phlox17n. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
• phobe12n. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
• phoca12n. A seal.
• phone10n. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time...
• phony13adj. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
• photo10n. A photograph.
• phuck16v. Filter-avoidance spelling of fuck.
• physa13n. Any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the family...
• phyto13n. A phytosanitary certificate.

PI

• piano7n. A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven...
• pichi12n. A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the...
• picky16adj. Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
• picon9n. A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and...
• picot9n. An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
• pidge9n. A pigeonhole.
• piece9n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be...
• piety10n. Reverence and devotion to God.
• piezo16adj. Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves...
• piggy12n. A pig (the animal).
• piked12adj. Furnished with a pike; ending in a point.
• piker11n. A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
• pikey14n. A pike (type of fish).
• pilaf10n. A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking...
• pilar7adj. Relating to hair.
• pilau7adj. Filthy.
• pilch12n. A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
• piled8adj. Formed from a pile or fagot.
• piles7n. A large amount of.
• pilin7n. Any of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in...
• pilly10adj. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
• pilon7n. A conical loaf of sugar.
• pilot7n. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
• pilum9n. A Roman military javelin.
• pilus7n. A hair.
• pinch12v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• pinda8n. A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
• piner7n. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
• pingo8n. A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift...
• pinin7n. A protein associated with desmosome.
• pinks11n. Flowers in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes called carnations.
• pinky14adj. Pinkish.
• pinna7n. The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of...
• pinny10n. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over...
• pinot7n. Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
• pinta7n. A pint of milk.
• pinto7n. A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
• pinus7n. Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.
• pious7adj. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
• piped10adj. Shaped like a pipe; tubular.
• piper9n. A musician who plays a pipe.
• pipes9n. A single pipe organ.
• pipit9n. Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus...
• pippy14adj. Full of pips or seeds.
• pique16v. To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to...
• pirog8n. A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in...
• pirot7n. A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the...
• pisco9n. A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing...
• pista7n. Pistachio.
• piste7n. A downhill trail.
• pitch12n. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
• pitha10n. A snack food from the Indian subcontinent resembling a pancake...
• pithy13adj. Concise and meaningful.
• piton7n. A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a...
• pitot7n. A pitot head or pitot tube.
• pitta7n. Any passerine belonging to the taxonomic family Pittidae.
• pitty10n. A pit bull terrier.
• pivot10n. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or...
• pixel14n. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a...
• pixie14n. A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
• pizer16n. A (front) porch (on a house).
• pizza25n. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped...
• pizzo25n. A glass pipe with a spherical bulb for freebasing drugs such as...

PL

• place9n. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
• plack13n. A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century...
• plage8n. A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.
• plaid8n. A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered...
• plain7adj. Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
• plait7n. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• plane7adj. Of a surface: flat or level.
• plank11n. A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides...
• plano7adj. Of lenses: flat; having no curvature; not serving to correct the vision.
• plant7n. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of...
• plash10n. A small pool of standing water; a marshy pond; also, a puddle...
• plasm9n. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular...
• plate7n. A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or...
• platt7n. A marketplace.
• platy10adj. Resembling plates.
• platz16v. To become aggravated.
• playa10n. A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
• plaza16n. A town's public square.
• plead8v. To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
• pleat7n. A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the...
• plebe9n. A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
• plebs9n. The plebeian class of Ancient Rome or its equivalent in other ancient...
• pleck13n. A plot of ground.
• pleco9n. Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae...
• plena7n. A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and...
• plene7adv. With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
• plexi14n. A Plexiglas guitar.
• plica9n. A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
• plier7n. One who plies.
• pling8n. The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
• plink11n. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
• plitt7n. An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in...
• plonk11interj. The sound made by something solid landing.
• plotz16v. To flop down wearily.
• pluck13v. To pull something sharply; to pull something out.
• plugg9n. A laid-back subgenre of trap music.
• pluma9n. A feather.
• plumb11n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by...
• plume9n. A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize...
• plump11adj. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
• plunk11n. A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed...
• plush10adj. Very extravagant.
• pluto7v. To demote or devalue something.

PO

• poach12v. To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water...
• poast7v. To post on an internet site, especially with ironic or mischievous...
• pocan9n. The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
• pocho12n. Spanglish.
• pocky16adj. Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
• poddy12adj. Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
• podge9n. A fat person.
• podgy12adj. Slightly fat.
• poesy10n. A poem.
• pogge9n. A scorpaeniform fish native to the waters of northern Europe, Agonus...
• pogue8n. A kiss.
• poilu7n. A French infantryman during the First World War.
• point7n. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
• poise7n. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• pokal11n. A tall drinking cup.
• poker11n. A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs...
• pokey14adj. Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.
• pokie11n. Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for...
• polar7adj. Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the...
• poled8adj. Marked with poles.
• poley10adj. Without horns; polled.
• polio7n. A person who has poliomyelitis.
• polis7n. A Greek city-state.
• polje14n. An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no...
• polka11n. A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
• polls7n. A place where votes are cast in elections.
• polly10n. A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
• polyp12n. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth...
• pombe11n. An African beer made from millet.
• pomme11n. A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an...
• pommy14n. A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
• pondy11adj. Resembling a pond; pondlike.
• ponga8n. A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila...
• ponge8adj. In the shape of a circle, circular.
• pongo8n. A soldier.
• ponto7n. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to...
• ponzu16n. A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙...
• pooch12n. A dog.
• pooey10adj. Like poo; crappy, of low quality.
• poofy13adj. Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.
• pooka11n. A fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.
• poopy12adj. Worthless; unpleasant.
• poort7n. A mountain pass.
• pooty10n. The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
• poppa11n. Father, papa.
• poppy14n. Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with...
• popsy12n. Grandfather.
• porch12n. A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and...
• pored8adj. Having or furnished with pores.
• porgy11n. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
• porin7n. Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as...
• porky14adj. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
• porta7n. The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves...
• porto7n. An apéritif made from port.
• porty10adj. Resembling or characteristic of port wine.
• porus7n. A pore.
• posca9n. A drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar...
• posed8adj. Holding a certain pose.
• poser7n. A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
• poset7n. A partially ordered set.
• posey10adj. Pretentious; posturing.
• posho10adj. Posh.
• posit7n. Something that is posited; a postulate.
• posse7n. A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile...
• potch12n. A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
• potin7n. An alloy of copper, zinc, lead, and tin.
• potoo7n. Any species of the family Nyctibiidae within the order Nyctibiiformes...
• potsy10n. A children's game, similar to hopscotch, especially popular in New York.
• potto7n. A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical...
• potty10n. A chamber pot.
• pouch12n. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
• poufy13adj. Bouffant.
• pough11n. A bag.
• poule7n. A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
• poult7n. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey...
• pound8n. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
• pouty10adj. Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger....
• power10n. The ability to do or undergo something.
• powis10n. A black curassow (Crax alector).

PR

• prana7n. Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
• prang8n. An aeroplane crash.
• prank11n. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
• prase7n. A variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour.
• prata7n. Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a...
• prate7n. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
• prawn10n. A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
• praya10n. A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
• preem9n. The premiere of a film.
• preen7n. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
• prefs10n. Preferences.
• premo9adj. Excellent, attractive.
• preon7n. A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of...
• presa7n. A symbol, such as ※ or :S:, used to indicate where a voice is to begin...
• preso7n. A presentation.
• press7n. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 499 five-letter words that start with P, plus 242 rare ones.

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

place, point, power, party, phone, price, press and paper.

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

pizzo scores 25 points with the standard letter tile values.

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