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5-Letter Words Starting with P: page 2

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

PR

  • prest7n. A loan or advance (of money).
  • preta7n. A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit...
  • prexy17n. A president, especially of a college or university.
  • price9n. The cost required to gain possession of something.
  • prick13n. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
  • pride8n. A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in...
  • prier7n. A person who pries.
  • prill7v. To flow, spurt.
  • prima9adj. Most important.
  • prime9adj. First in importance, degree, or rank.
  • primo9n. The principal part of a duet.
  • primp11v. To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.
  • prink11n. The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing...
  • print7adj. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
  • prion7n. A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible...
  • prior7adj. Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
  • prise7v. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
  • prism9n. An object having the shape of a geometrical prism (sense 1).
  • priss7n. A prissy person.
  • privy13adj. Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
  • prize16n. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by...
  • probe9n. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
  • probs9adv. Synonym of probably.
  • prock13n. An imaginary creature similar to the guyascutus or the sidehill gouger.
  • proem9n. An introduction, preface or preamble.
  • prole7n. A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
  • proll7v. To prowl or search after; to plunder, to rob.
  • promo9n. An interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an...
  • prone7adj. Lying face-down.
  • prong8n. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar...
  • pronk11v. To jump with all four limbs at once.
  • proof10n. An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a...
  • props9n. Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of...
  • prose7n. Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
  • proso7n. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
  • pross7n. A prostitute.
  • prosy10adj. Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
  • proto7n. A prototype of a design.
  • proud8adj. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an...
  • prove10v. To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to...
  • prowl10v. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to...
  • proxy17adj. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
  • prude8n. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who...
  • prune7n. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  • pruno7n. An improvised alcoholic drink typically produced in correctional...
  • pruny10adj. (Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits...
  • pryer10n. A person who pries; a pry.

PS

  • psalm9n. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship...
  • pseud8n. Pseudomonas bacteria.
  • pshaw13interj. Indicating contempt, disgust, irritation, impatience, or disbelief.
  • psion7n. The psi-meson, a sub-atomic particle.
  • psoas7n. Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in...
  • pssht10interj. Synonym of pshaw.
  • pssst7interj. Elongated form of psst.
  • psych15n. A psychiatric hospital or other treatment facility; also, a psychiatric...
  • psyop12n. An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a...

PU

  • pubes9n. The pubic region.
  • pubic11adj. Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the...
  • pubis9n. The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the...
  • pucks13n. Plenty; an abundance (of something).
  • pucky16n. Feces, excrement.
  • pudge9n. Something short and fat.
  • pudgy12adj. Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
  • puffa13n. A kind of shiny padded jacket.
  • puffy16adj. Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
  • puggy12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.
  • pugio8n. A dagger or poignard, especially the kind used by the Ancient Romans.
  • puker11n. Someone who pukes, a vomiter.
  • pukey14adj. Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
  • pukka15adj. Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable...
  • pulla7n. A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed...
  • pully10n. A pullover.
  • pulpy12adj. Having the characteristics of pulp.
  • pulse7n. A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example...
  • pumpy14adj. Intense on the forearms.
  • punch12n. A hit or strike with one's fist.
  • punja14n. Cultivable dry land.
  • punji14n. A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other...
  • punky14adj. Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.
  • punny10adj. Resembling a pun; involving the use of a pun.
  • punta7n. A Garifuna style of festive music and dance.
  • punto7n. A hit or point.
  • pupal9adj. Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis.
  • pupil9n. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
  • puppa11n. Papa; father.
  • puppy14n. A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).
  • puree7n. A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid or paste.
  • purga8n. A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
  • purge8v. To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of...
  • purry10adj. Inclined to purr; purring.
  • purse7n. A small bag for carrying money.
  • pushy13adj. Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
  • putto7n. A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small...
  • putty10n. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate...

PY

  • pygmy16n. A member of various legendary races of dwarfs, or supernatural peoples...
  • pylon10n. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
  • pyran10n. Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring...
  • pyrex17n. A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high...
  • pyxis17n. A small box.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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