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Most Common 4-Letter Words Starting With P

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 256 4-Letter Words Starting With P (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (3,903 four-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with PA (46)

Starting with PE (39)

Starting with PF (2)

Starting with PH (7)

Starting with PI (40)

Starting with PL (16)

Starting with PO (44)

Starting with PR (20)

Starting with PS (2)

Starting with PU (35)

Starting with PY (5)

About 4-Letter Words Starting With P

256
Total words
200
No repeated letters
3 pts
Scrabble value of P

There are 256 four-letter words that start with P. The words come from the ENABLE word list (3,903 four-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow P are A (46), O (44), I (40), E (39) and U (35). The biggest groups are words beginning with PA-, PO- and PI-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are PICK (12 points), PACK (12 points), PUCK (12 points), PUFF (12 points), PECK (12 points). P itself is worth 3 points. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 256 four-letter words that start with P in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are PART, PLAY, POST, PAST, PLAN, PARK, PAGE, PAID.
With standard Scrabble tile values: PICK (12), PACK (12), PUCK (12), PUFF (12), PECK (12). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
200 of the 256 words use 4 different letters.