5-Letter Words Starting with PH
There are 20 five-letter words that start with PH on Word.ws, from phage to phyto. The most common are phone, photo, phase, phony and phish.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 20 five-letter words that start with 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.
13 rare five-letter words that start with PH
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with PH are there?
- Word.ws lists 20 five-letter words that start with PH, plus 13 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with PH?
- phone, photo, phase, phony, phish, phage, pharm and phlox.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with PH has the highest letter score?
- phlox scores 17 points with the standard letter tile values.
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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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