Five-letter words starting with P

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PADDY Likely PAGAN Likely PAGER Very unlikely used PAINT Very unlikely used PALER Likely PALSY Likely PANEL Possible used PANIC Very unlikely used PANSY Very unlikely PAPAL Very unlikely used PAPER Possible used PARCH Very unlikely used PARER Very unlikely used PARKA Very unlikely used PARRY Possible used PARSE Likely PARTY Very unlikely used PASTA Very unlikely used PASTE Likely PASTY Likely PATCH Very unlikely used PATIO Very unlikely used PATSY Very unlikely used PATTY Very unlikely used PAUSE Very unlikely used PAYEE Likely PAYER Likely PEACE Very unlikely used PEACH Possible used PEARL Very unlikely used PECAN Very unlikely used PEDAL Very unlikely used PEEVE Very unlikely used PENAL Very unlikely used PENCE Likely PENNE Very unlikely used PENNY Very unlikely used PERCH Possible used PERIL Very unlikely used PERKY Very unlikely used PESKY Very unlikely used PESTO Likely PETAL Very unlikely used PETTY Very unlikely used PHASE Very unlikely used PHONE Very unlikely used PHONY Very unlikely used PHOTO Very unlikely used PIANO Very unlikely used PICKY Possible used PIECE Very unlikely used PIETY Very unlikely used PIGGY Likely PILOT Possible used PINCH Very unlikely used PINEY Very unlikely used PINKY Very unlikely used PINTO Very unlikely used PIOUS Very unlikely used PIPER Very unlikely used PIQUE Very unlikely used PITCH Very unlikely used PITHY Possible used PIVOT Likely PIXEL Very unlikely used PIXIE Very unlikely used PIZZA Very unlikely used PLACE Very unlikely used PLAID Very unlikely used PLAIN Very unlikely used PLAIT Very unlikely used PLANE Very unlikely used PLANK Very unlikely used PLANT Very unlikely used PLATE Very unlikely used PLAZA Very unlikely used PLEAD Very unlikely used PLEAT Very unlikely used PLIED Likely PLIER Likely PLUCK Possible used PLUMB Very unlikely used PLUME Very unlikely used PLUMP Very unlikely used PLUNK Very unlikely used PLUSH Likely POESY Likely POINT Very unlikely used POISE Very unlikely used POKER Very unlikely used POLAR Very unlikely used POLKA Very unlikely used POLYP Very unlikely used POOCH Likely POPPY Very unlikely used PORCH Very unlikely used POSER Very unlikely used POSIT Very unlikely used POSSE Very unlikely used POUCH Very unlikely used POUND Possible used POUTY Very unlikely used POWER Very unlikely used PRANK Very unlikely used PRAWN Very unlikely used PREEN Very unlikely used PRESS Very unlikely used PRICE Very unlikely used PRICK Very unlikely used PRIDE Possible used PRIED Likely PRIME Very unlikely used PRIMO Very unlikely used PRIMP Very unlikely used PRINT Possible used PRIOR Very unlikely used PRISM Very unlikely used PRIVY Very unlikely used PRIZE Very unlikely used PROBE Very unlikely used PRONE Very unlikely used PRONG Very unlikely used PROOF Very unlikely used PROSE Very unlikely used PROUD Very unlikely used PROVE Possible used PROWL Very unlikely used PROXY Very unlikely used PRUDE Very unlikely used PRUNE Very unlikely used PSALM Very unlikely used PSHAW Very unlikely used PSYCH Very unlikely used PUBIC Likely PUDGY Likely PUFFY Very unlikely used PULPY Possible used PULSE Likely PUNCH Likely PUPAL Very unlikely PUPIL Very unlikely used PUPPY Very unlikely used PUREE Likely PURER Likely PURGE Very unlikely used PURSE Very unlikely used PUSHY Likely PUTTY Very unlikely used PYGMY Likely PACED Possible PACES Very unlikely PACKS Very unlikely PADRE Possible PAGES Very unlikely PAINS Very unlikely PAIRS Very unlikely PALMS Very unlikely PANDA Possible PANTS Very unlikely PAOLO Very unlikely PARIS Very unlikely PARKS Very unlikely PARMA Very unlikely PARTS Very unlikely PASHA Very unlikely PATEL Very unlikely PATHS Very unlikely PAVED Possible PEAKS Very unlikely PEARS Very unlikely PEDRO Very unlikely PEEPS Very unlikely PEERS Very unlikely PEGGY Very unlikely PENIS Very unlikely PEPSI Very unlikely PERKS Very unlikely PERRY Very unlikely PESOS Very unlikely PESTS Very unlikely PETER Possible PETIT Possible PICKS Very unlikely PIERS Very unlikely PILED Possible PILES Very unlikely PILLS Very unlikely PINES Very unlikely PINOT Possible PINTS Very unlikely PIPES Very unlikely PLANS Very unlikely PLATT Very unlikely PLAYA Very unlikely PLAYS Very unlikely PLEAS Very unlikely PLOTS Very unlikely PLUGS Very unlikely PLUTO Very unlikely POEMS Very unlikely

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AROSE leaves 38.6838 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 1130 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, PADDY has a 2.2% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 233.9451 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with P?
There are 1,130 five-letter words that start with P in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 149 words are possible answers.