5-letter words with P as the first letter
There are 821 five-letter words with P as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is PZAZZ at 34 points. A is the most common second letter among them (161), and the average score is 9.4 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green P in the first position leaves these 821 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with P in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include PZAZZ, POZZY, PIZZA, PYXED and PROXY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a P in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, PASEO is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 821 words.
5-letter words with P as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 821
- Highest scoring
- PZAZZ 34 pts
- Average score
- 9.4 pts
- With a definition
- 448 (55%)
- A161
- E110
- H22
- I108
- L60
- O139
- R98
- S10
- U92
- Y20
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with p as the first letter
5-letter words with P as the first letter (821)
These 300 of the 821 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have P as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 821 five-letter words with P in the first position, 6.5% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as P, these 821 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as PASEO.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with P as the first letter?
PZAZZ scores 34 points in Scrabble. Next come POZZY (28), PIZZA (25) and PYXED (18). The average is 9.4 points.