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3-letter words starting with P

There are 39 common three-letter words that start with P. Three-letter words are the glue of Scrabble – they let you play parallel to other words and squeeze extra points from tight spots.

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Highest-scoring 3-letter words starting with P

Word	Scrabble points
PYX	15
POX	12
PAW	8
PAY	8
PEW	8
PLY	8
PRY	8
PAP	7

All 39 words

Sorted A–Z. The number after each word is its Scrabble score. 35 of these have a vowel as the second letter.

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3-letter words starting with other letters

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Other words starting with P

4-letter words starting with P154 words 5-letter words starting with P285 words 6-letter words starting with P493 words 7-letter words starting with P735 words 8-letter words starting with P745 words