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5-Letter Words Starting with PRO

There are 21 five-letter words that start with PRO on Word.ws, from probe to proxy. The most common are proud, prove, proof, probe and prone.

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All 21 five-letter words that start with PRO

  • 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.
6 rare five-letter words that start with PRO

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with PRO are there?
Word.ws lists 21 five-letter words that start with PRO, plus 6 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with PRO?
proud, prove, proof, probe, prone, promo, proxy and props.
Which of the five-letter words that start with PRO has the highest letter score?
proxy 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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