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5-Letter Words Starting with PIL

There are 12 five-letter words that start with PIL on Word.ws, from pilaf to pilus. The most common are pilot, piles, piled, pilar and pilaf.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 12 five-letter words that start with PIL

  • 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.
3 rare five-letter words that start with PIL

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with PIL are there?
Word.ws lists 12 five-letter words that start with PIL, plus 3 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with PIL?
pilot, piles, piled, pilar, pilaf, pilon, pilau and pilch.
Which of the five-letter words that start with PIL has the highest letter score?
pilch scores 12 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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