Words That Start With

P

English words beginning with “P” — sorted by frequency

✦192 words found

🟩25 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With P

25 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

POWER POISE PLUME PLUMP PLACE PLAIN POINT PLAZA PLUSH POSIT PLUMB PLUNK POTTY PLUCK PLASH POSSE POSER PLANE PORCH PLEBE PLANT PLAIT PONCY PLATE PLEAT

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With P

20 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

PLOD POSE PLAY POST PLAN PLUG PLOP PORT PLEA POSH POSY PLOT PLUM PLOW PORE PORN PLEB POMP PLOY POME

All Words Starting With P

192 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
placid	6	2	noun	calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
poignant	8	2		Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
portentous	10	3		Of momentous or ominous significance.
potent	6	2	noun	Powerful; possessing power; effective.
power	5	2	noun	The ability to do or undergo something.
plethora	8	3	noun	(usually followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
poise	5	1	noun	Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
potency	7	3	noun	(usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
placate	7	2	verb	(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
plume	5	1	noun	The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
positive	8	3	noun	Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
placidly	8	3		In a placid manner.
plump	5	1	verb	Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
pliant	6	2		(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.
playful	7	2		liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
powerful	8	3		Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
plight	6	1	noun	A dire or unfortunate situation.
place	5	1	noun	(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
plain	5	1	noun	Simple, unaltered.
point	5	1	noun	A small dot or mark.
pleased	7	1		Happy, content.
plod	4	1	verb	(intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
ponder	6	2	verb	To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
ponderous	9	3		Heavy, massive, weighty.
position	8	3	noun	A place or location.
possess	7	2	verb	(transitive) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
plaintive	9	2		Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
poised	6	1		Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
pose	4	1	verb	(transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
portent	7	2	noun	Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
pleasure	8	2	noun	(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
pleasant	8	2	noun	Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
pompous	7	2		Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
play	4	1	verb	(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
postulate	9	3	noun	Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
populace	8	3	noun	The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
portray	7	2	verb	To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
posture	7	2	noun	The way a person holds and positions their body.
portend	7	2	verb	(transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
plebeian	8	3	noun	Of or concerning the common people.
plausible	9	3		Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
post	4	1	noun	A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
potential	9	3	noun	A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
plaza	5	2	noun	A town's public square.
plussed	7	1		(informal) Calm, collected and unconfused; not nonplussed (“bewildered, unsure how to react”).
plastered	9	2		(slang) Drunk, intoxicated.
placidity	9	4	noun	The state of being placid; peacefulness.
plush	5	1	noun	Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).
pliable	7	3		Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
posit	5	2	verb	To assume the existence of; to postulate.
plaint	6	1	noun	A complaint.
plan	4	1	noun	A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
plunder	7	2	noun	(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
potentate	9	3	noun	A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.
pleasing	8	2	noun	Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
placable	8	3		Able to be easily pacified; quick to forgive.
pondering	9	3	noun	An act of rumination or cogitation.
plug	4	1	noun	(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
portal	6	2	noun	An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
pornography	11	4	noun	The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.
plunge	6	1	verb	(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
portico	7	3	noun	A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
pointed	7	2		(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
platitude	9	3	noun	(countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
plop	4	1	noun	To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.
plumage	7	2	noun	(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
portrayal	9	3	noun	The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
plaintively	11	3		In a plaintive manner.
portfolio	9	4	noun	(finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
port	4	1	noun	A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
pledge	6	1	noun	To make a solemn promise (to do something).
portion	7	2	noun	An allocated amount.
plummet	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
pointless	9	2		Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
powerless	9	3		Lacking sufficient power or strength.
portentously	12	4		In an ominous manner.
plumb	5	1	noun	A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
plea	4	1	noun	An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
plinth	6	1	noun	A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
possible	8	3	noun	(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
pontifical	10	4	noun	Of or pertaining to a pope; papal.
potentiate	10	4	verb	(transitive) To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).
pleonexia	9	5	noun	Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.
posh	4	1	noun	Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
potentiality	12	6	noun	(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
plunk	5	1	noun	A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
potty	5	2	noun	A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
pleasance	9	2	noun	A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
ponderate	9	3	verb	To consider; to ponder.
pos	3	1	noun	(UK, slang) Clipping of positive. [Included, present, characterized by affirmation.]
posthumous	10	3		After the death of someone.
pontiff	7	2	noun	A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
posy	4	2	noun	A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay.
plainly	7	2		Obviously; clearly.
pother	6	2	noun	A commotion, a tempest.
plodding	8	2	noun	Progressing slowly and laboriously.
postulation	11	4	noun	The act of postulating or something postulated.
plaudits	8	2	noun	enthusiastic approval
pondered	8	2	verb	To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
ply	3	1	verb	A layer of material.
platform	8	2	noun	A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
plot	4	1	noun	(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
plum	4	1	noun	The fruit and its tree.
possession	10	3	noun	Something that is owned.
pluck	5	1	verb	(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
plenary	7	3	noun	Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
platoon	7	2	noun	(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
plash	5	1	noun	(intransitive) To splash.
plethoric	9	3		Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied.
plodded	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
posits	6	2	verb	To assume the existence of; to postulate.
pornocracy	10	4	noun	(derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography.
pot	3	1	noun	A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
plague	6	1	noun	(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
portrait	8	2	noun	(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
pleading	8	2	noun	The act of making a plea.
posse	5	2	noun	(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.
possibility	11	5	noun	A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
placard	7	2	noun	A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
poser	5	2	noun	(derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.