5-letter words starting with P

Use this list of five-letter words that start with P to build a quick practice set. Ask your child to say each word out loud, clap the syllables, and try to spell it. Choose 5–10 words at a time to keep practice short and positive.

  • paintverb

    To apply color, pigment, or paint to

    1 syllables
  • pandanoun

    The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.

    2 syllables
  • papernoun

    A felted sheet of usually vegetable fibers laid down on a fine screen from a water suspension

    2 syllables
  • partynoun

    A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

    2 syllables
  • peacenoun

    A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 9
  • piecenoun

    A part of a whole: such as

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • piecenoun

    A part of a whole: such as

    1 syllables
  • pizzanoun

    A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit

    2 syllables
  • placenoun

    Physical environment : space

    1 syllables
  • plainadjective

    Lacking ornament : undecorated

    1 syllables
  • planenoun

    Airplane

    1 syllables
  • plantverb

    To put or set in the ground for growth

    1 syllables
  • plantverb

    To put or set in the ground for growth

    1 syllables
  • plucknoun

    An instance of plucking.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 13
  • plumbnoun

    A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 11
  • pointnoun

    The most important essential in a discussion or matter

    1 syllables
  • pointnoun

    The most important essential in a discussion or matter

    1 syllables
  • poundnoun

    Any of various units of mass and weight; specifically : a unit now in general use among English-speaking peoples equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces or 7000 grains or 0.4536 kilogram

    1 syllables
  • powernoun

    Legal or official authority, capacity, or right

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • pranknoun

    Trick:

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • pressnoun

    A crowd or crowded condition : throng

    1 syllables
  • prismnoun

    A polyhedron with two polygonal faces lying in parallel planes and with the other faces parallelograms

    1 syllables
  • prizenoun

    That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

    1 syllables
  • proudadjective

    Feeling or showing pride: such as

    1 syllables