5 Letter Words Starting with P

There are 1,340 of them. The everyday ones include PLACE, POINT, POWER, PARTY and PHONE.

1,340 in total, and 142 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

PASTE, PAIRS and PARIS narrow this list fastest. PASTE leaves at most 180 words in the worst case.

325 of them, including PRESS, PARTS, PLANS, PLAYS and PARIS.

Yes. PLACE, POINT and POWER all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Yes. PRESS and PAPER are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Yes. A person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

PLACE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. PZAZZ and PYXIE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

PARER, PAYEE and PENNE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.