5-letter words with P as the third letter
There are 344 five-letter words with P as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are ZAPPY and ZIPPY, tied at 21 points. T is the most common first letter among them (43), and the average score is 10.1 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green P in the third position leaves these 344 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with P in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZIPPY, ZAPPY, QOPHS, HYPHY and ZIPPO. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a P in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, SEPIA 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 344 words.
5-letter words with P as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 344
- Highest scoring
- ZAPPY 21 pts
- Average score
- 10.1 pts
- With a definition
- 191 (56%)
- A20
- B5
- C29
- D15
- E7
- G15
- H18
- I7
- J6
- K14
- L20
- M9
- N12
- O9
- P31
- Q1
- R25
- S25
- T43
- U11
- V3
- W3
- Y9
- Z7
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with p as the third letter
5-letter words with P as the third letter (344)
These 300 of the 344 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 344 five-letter words with P in the third position, 2.7% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as P, these 344 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 SEPIA.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with P as the third letter?
ZAPPY and ZIPPY tie at 21 points in Scrabble. Next come HYPHY (19), QOPHS (19) and CAPIZ (18). The average is 10.1 points.