5 Letter Words With P as the Second Letter

344 5 letter words with p as the second letter, listed strongest first, so the top of the list is the part that matters on a live board.

When a P turns green in the second square, 5 letter words with P as the second letter narrow the opening square to a short list of letters.

Of those letters, S precedes the P more readily than any other, so SP begins words such as SPACE and SPEND.

When the next guess tests the front of the word, S is first in line, ahead of any rarer letter.

List of 5 Letter Words With Second Letter P

APART
APHID
APING
APNEA
APPLE
APPLY
APRON
APTLY
EPOCH
EPOXY
OPERA
OPINE
OPIUM
OPTIC
SPACE
SPADE
SPANK
SPARE
SPARK
SPASM
SPAWN
SPEAK
SPEAR
SPECK
SPEED
SPELL
SPELT
SPEND
SPENT
SPERM
SPIED
SPIEL
SPIKE
SPIKY
SPILL
SPILT
SPINE
SPINY
SPIRE
SPITE
SPLAT
SPLIT
SPOIL
SPOKE
SPOOK
SPOOL
SPORE
SPORT
SPOUT
SPRAY
SPREE
SPRIG
SPURN
SPURT
UPPER
UPSET
OPENS
SPAIN
SPECS
SPIES
SPOTS
APACE
APAGE
APAID
APAIR
APAMA
APASS
APAST
APAYD
APAYS
APEAK
APEEK
APERS
APERT
APERU
APERY
APGAR
APHIS
APHRA
APIAN
APIIN
APILI
APINA
APIOL
APIOS
APISH
APISM
APIUM
APODA
APODE
APODS
APOLS
APOOP
APORT
APOUT
APPAL
APPAM
APPAR
APPAY
APPEL
APPET
APPMT
APPRO
APPTD
APPTS
APPUI
APPUY
APRES
APRIL
APSES
APSID
APSIS
APSOS
APTAL
APTED
APTER
EPACT
EPEES
EPENA
EPENE
EPEUS
EPHAH
EPHAS
EPHOD
EPHOI
EPHOR
EPICS
EPIKY
EPIST
EPLOT
EPODE
EPOPT
EPPES
EPPIE
EPRIS
EPROM
EPSOM
EPULO
FPLOT
FPSPS
IPHIS
IPPON
MPHPS
MPRET
NPEEL
OPAHS
OPALS
OPATA
OPELU
OPEPE

Common 5 Letter Words With Second Letter P

SPACE
SPEAK
SPENT
SPEED
SPEND
APPLY
APART
APPLE
SPORT
UPPER
SPLIT
SPOKE
UPSET
SPELL
SPARE
OPERA
SPRAY
SPINE
SPERM
SPANK
SPAIN
OPENS
SPOTS
SPIES
SPECS

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P for Wordle

SPARE
SPEAK
OPENS
SPACE
SPENT
SPEED
SPEND
APPLY
APART
APPLE
SPORT
UPPER
SPLIT
SPOKE
UPSET
SPELL
OPERA
SPRAY
SPINE
SPERM
SPANK
SPITE
SPARK
SPIKE
SPILL
SPOIL
SPEAR
OPTIC
SPREE
OPIUM
SPAWN
APRON
SPADE
EPOCH
SPELT
APTLY
SPIRE
SPOUT
EPOXY
SPIED
SPECK
APNEA
SPORE
SPILT
SPOOK
SPOOL
SPURT
SPASM
SPIKY
SPLAT
SPIEL
SPINY
SPRIG
APHID
SPURN
OPINE
APING

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P by First Letter

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Starting With A

APPLY
APART
APPLE
APRON
APTLY
APNEA
APHID
APING
APRIL
APPEL
APACE
APHIS

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5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Starting With E

EPOCH
EPOXY
EPSOM
EPICS
EPROM
EPPES
EPHOD
EPPIE
EPHAH
EPACT
EPODE
EPEES

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5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Starting With O

OPERA
OPTIC
OPIUM
OPINE
OPENS
OPTED
OPALS
OPHIR
OPSIN
OPING
OPPOS
OPAHS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with O

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Starting With S

SPACE
SPEAK
SPENT
SPEED
SPEND
SPORT
SPLIT
SPOKE
SPELL
SPARE
SPRAY
SPINE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Starting With U

UPPER
UPSET
UPPED
UPEND
UPLAY
UPDOS
UPAYA
UPSEE
UPARM
UPBAR
UPBAY
UPBID

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with U

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P by Last Letter

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in S

OPENS
SPOTS
SPIES
SPECS
SPURS
SPINS
SPANS
SPITS
EPICS
SPUDS
SPARS
SPATS

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in S

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in T

SPENT
APART
SPORT
SPLIT
UPSET
SPELT
SPOUT
SPILT
SPURT
SPLAT
SPECT
SPRIT

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in T

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in E

SPACE
APPLE
SPOKE
SPARE
SPINE
SPITE
SPIKE
SPREE
SPADE
SPIRE
SPORE
OPINE

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in E

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in D

SPEED
SPEND
SPIED
APHID
OPTED
UPPED
UPEND
EPHOD
APTED
SPRED
APAID
APAYD

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in D

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in Y

APPLY
SPRAY
APTLY
EPOXY
SPIKY
SPINY
SPICY
SPLAY
UPLAY
SPACY
APERY
APPAY

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in Y

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in L

SPELL
SPILL
SPOIL
SPOOL
SPIEL
APRIL
APPEL
SPALL
APPAL
SPEEL
SPEAL
APIOL

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in L

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in R

UPPER
SPEAR
SPEER
OPHIR
SPOOR
APGAR
SPIER
APTER
APPAR
SPEIR
SPYER
APAIR

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in R

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in A

OPERA
APNEA
SPINA
SPICA
SPIRA
APHRA
SPOSA
SPAZA
UPAYA
APAMA
APINA
APODA

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in A

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in K

SPEAK
SPANK
SPARK
SPECK
SPOOK
SPOCK
SPUNK
SPINK
SPORK
SPACK
APEAK
APEEK

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in K

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in N

SPAWN
APRON
SPURN
SPAIN
SPOON
SPANN
SPEAN
IPPON
OPSIN
APIAN
SPEEN
APIIN

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in N

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in G

SPRIG
APING
SPONG
SPANG
SPROG
OPING
SPRAG
SPEUG
SPLOG
SPRUG
SPUNG
UPLEG

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in G

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P Ending in M

SPERM
OPIUM
SPASM
EPSOM
EPROM
APIUM
APPAM
APISM
SPARM
SPOOM
UPARM

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in M

5 Letter Words With Second Letter P by Fourth Letter

5 Letter Words With P Second and A Fourth

SPEAK
SPRAY
SPEAR
SPLAT
SPLAY
APGAR
SPRAT
UPLAY
APPAR
APPAL
SPEAN
EPHAH

5 Letter Words With P Second and E Fourth

SPEED
UPPER
UPSET
SPREE
SPIED
APNEA
SPIEL
SPIES
OPTED
UPPED
SPEER
APPEL

5 Letter Words With P Second and I Fourth

SPLIT
SPOIL
OPTIC
SPRIG
APHID
SPAIN
APRIL
OPHIR
APHIS
SPRIT
OPSIN
EPPIE

5 Letter Words With P Second and O Fourth

APRON
SPOOK
SPOOL
SPOON
SPOOF
EPSOM
SPOOR
EPROM
SPROG
EPHOD
IPPON
UPDOS

5 Letter Words With P Second and U Fourth

OPIUM
SPOUT
SPRUE
APIUM
APPUI
APOUT
APPUY
EPEUS
SPAUL
SPEUG
SPRUG
UPBUY

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With Second Letter P

EPOXY 17 points
SPIKY 14 points
EPHAH 13 points
SPECK 13 points
SPIFF 13 points
APPLY 12 points
EPOCH 12 points
SPACY 12 points
SPICY 12 points
SPUMY 12 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With Second Letter P

SPILE: A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
APIAN: Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
SPUME: Foam or froth on the sea.
EPHAH: An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
OPSIN: Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
APPAL: Strike with disgust or revulsion.
SPACY: Stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug.
SPROG: A child.
SPANG: Leap, jerk, bang.
SPIRT: Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.
SPIFF: Attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner.
APPRO: An informal British abbreviation of approval.
SPICK: Completely neat and clean.
SPRAT: Small herring processed like a sardine.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with second letter P?

There are 344 of them. The everyday ones include SPACE, SPEAK, SPENT, SPEED and SPEND.

How many 5 letter words have P as the second letter?

344 in total, and 56 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with second letter P are Wordle answers?

56 of them have been answers, among them APPLY, APART, APPLE, SPORT and UPPER.

What 5 letter words have P second and E fourth?

46 of them, including SPEED, UPPER, UPSET, SPREE and SPIED.

Can a Wordle answer have P as the second letter?

Yes. SPACE, SPEAK and SPENT all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

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

Is APERY really a word?

Yes. The act of mimicking; imitative behavior. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

SPACE. 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.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

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

Which of these would most players overlook?

APHID, APING and OPINE. 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.

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