Words That Start With

PR

English words beginning with “PR” — sorted by frequency

✦198 words found

🟩12 Wordle words

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🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With PR

12 Wordle words

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

PROBE PROUD PREEN PROXY PRESS PROWL PRONE PROSE PROVE PROOF PRUDE PRATE

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With PR

3 words

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PRAT PREY PROD

All Words Starting With PR

198 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
profound	8	2	noun	Very deep; very serious.
prudent	7	2		Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.
pragmatic	9	3	noun	Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
profligate	10	3	noun	Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
prodigious	10	3		Extraordinarily amazing.
provocative	11	4	noun	Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
proficient	10	3	noun	Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
precarious	10	4		(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
prurient	8	3		Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
prospect	8	2	noun	The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
prompt	6	1	verb	Quick; acting without delay.
present	7	2	noun	Relating to now, for the time being; current.
preceding	9	3		Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
prominent	9	3	noun	Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
premise	7	2	noun	A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
procure	7	2	verb	(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
propitious	10	3		Favorable; advantageous.
propel	6	2	verb	(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
proclaim	8	2	verb	To announce or declare.
profane	7	2	noun	Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
promote	7	2	verb	(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
prowess	7	2	noun	(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.
probe	5	1	noun	(ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
project	7	2	noun	A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
proclivity	10	4	noun	A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
propagate	9	3	verb	(transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
prestige	8	2	noun	The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
procedure	9	3	noun	A particular method for performing a task.
pretentious	11	3		Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
prevarication	13	5	noun	Evasion of the truth.
propensity	10	4	noun	An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
proffer	7	2	verb	(transitive, reflexive) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
prudence	8	2	noun	(uncountable) The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
predicament	11	4	noun	An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
proper	6	2	noun	Suitable.
precept	7	2	noun	A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
produce	7	2	verb	(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
preclude	8	2	verb	(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
propriety	9	4	noun	Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.
process	7	2	noun	A series of events leading to a result or product.
provoke	7	2	verb	(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
preternatural	13	5		Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
preeminent	10	4		Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.
proud	5	1	noun	Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
prevalent	9	3	noun	Widespread or preferred.
presage	7	2	verb	(transitive) To predict or foretell something.
pretense	8	2	noun	(countable or uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
proficiency	11	4	noun	Ability, skill, competence.
profundity	10	4	noun	The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
prolonged	9	2		Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
promptly	8	2		In a prompt manner.
presence	8	2	noun	The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.
presumption	11	3	noun	The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
provost	7	2	noun	One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
prattle	7	2	noun	Silly, childish talk; babble.
pretence	8	2	noun	British standard spelling of pretense.
prosperity	10	4	noun	The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
protracted	10	3		Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
prejudice	9	3	noun	(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
progeny	7	3	noun	(uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
preserve	8	2	verb	To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
prevail	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
predilection	12	4	noun	A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
progenitor	10	4	noun	A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
preen	5	1	verb	(of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
precocious	10	3		Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
provide	7	2	verb	To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
presume	7	2	verb	(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
prosaic	7	3		(main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
predominant	11	4	noun	Common or widespread; prevalent.
prodigal	8	3	noun	Wastefully extravagant.
premier	7	2	noun	(politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
precede	7	2	verb	(transitive) To go before, go in front of.
prosperous	10	3		Well off; affluent.
proposition	11	4	noun	(countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
prospective	11	3	noun	Likely or expected to happen or become.
provision	9	3	noun	An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
prostrate	9	2	verb	Lying flat, face-down.
proposal	8	3	noun	Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
precious	8	2	noun	Of high value or worth.
provident	9	3		Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
prepossessing	13	4		Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive
probing	7	2	noun	The action of investigating or exploring.
predominantly	13	5		In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.
problem	7	2	noun	A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
precise	7	2	verb	(loosely) Both exact and accurate.
promulgate	10	3	verb	(transitive) To make known or make public.
prat	4	1	noun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person.
protocol	8	3	noun	(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.
progressive	11	3	noun	Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
proprietor	10	4	noun	An owner.
practical	9	3	noun	Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
prerogative	11	4	noun	An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.
province	8	2	noun	An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
pretender	9	3	noun	One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.
presumptuous	12	4		Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits.
precepts	8	2	noun	A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
precedence	10	3	noun	The state of preceding in importance or priority.
progress	8	2	noun	Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
prolix	6	2	verb	Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
praxis	6	2	noun	The practical application of any branch of learning.
preliminary	11	5	noun	In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
preposterous	12	4		Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
problematic	11	4	noun	Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):
proliferate	11	4	verb	(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
preoccupied	11	4		Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
predicate	9	3	noun	(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
progression	11	3	noun	The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
protector	9	3	noun	Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
promiscuous	11	3		Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
premonition	11	4	noun	A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
profoundly	10	3		(manner) With depth, meaningfully.
proxy	5	2	noun	An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
practice	8	2	noun	Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
press	5	1	noun	An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
pregnant	8	2	noun	(chiefly not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
prey	4	1	noun	A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
praise	6	1	noun	To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
pretty	6	2	noun	Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
prowl	5	1	noun	(ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.