3 Letter Words Starting with P
Found 74 3-letter words starting with P. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.
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Quick answers
How many 3-letter words starting with P are there?
There are 74 3-letter words starting with P in our list right now.
What's the highest-scoring 3-letter word starting with P?
"pyx" tops the list starting with P at 15 points in Scrabble.
What's a common 3-letter word starting with P?
"pay" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 3-letter words starting with P.
Will these words hold up in Scrabble or Words With Friends?
They're drawn from a broad English word list, not a single tournament dictionary. If you're playing competitively, double-check against your game's official list (TWL or SOWPODS) before you commit to a play.
Keep exploring
Want 3-letter words starting with P? There are 74 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Top of the scoreboard: "pyx", worth 15 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: pay, per, pet, pic, pop, pre. Common words like these show up in most game dictionaries, so they're safe, low-risk plays. Want something sneakier — harder to guess, less likely to get challenged — use the filters below to narrow by extra letters.
P, A, E, I, O show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. V, Z, B turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.