13-Letter Words Starting With P
There are 825 thirteen-letter words starting with P in our dictionary; 217 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 825 words
- possibilities17 points
- privatization27 points
- psychological26 points
- philosophical25 points
- psychologists24 points
- predominantly21 points
- participating20 points
- probabilities19 points
- professionals18 points
- proliferation18 points
- pronunciation17 points
- personalities15 points
- philosophized33 points
- philosophizes32 points
- psychotherapy31 points
- paradoxically28 points
- prohibitively26 points
- psychoanalyst26 points
- personalizing25 points
- philanthropic25 points
- photographing25 points
- photographers24 points
- physiological24 points
- prerequisites24 points
- perfunctorily23 points
- preconceiving23 points
- psychiatrists23 points
- progressively22 points
- preconception21 points
- preoccupation21 points
- preservatives21 points
- probabilistic21 points
- provisionally21 points
- paraphernalia20 points
- parenthetical20 points
- parliamentary20 points
- perfectionist20 points
- perpendicular20 points
- precautionary20 points
- precipitating20 points
- preponderance20 points
- participation19 points
- postponements19 points
- precipitation19 points
- predominating19 points
- prescriptions19 points
- proclamations19 points
- proliferating19 points
- pronouncement19 points
- pediatricians18 points
- premeditation18 points
- pretentiously18 points
- processioning18 points
- proportioning18 points
- propositioned18 points
- peculiarities17 points
- postgraduates17 points
- practitioners17 points
- preliminaries17 points
- prepositional17 points
- processionals17 points
- procrastinate17 points
- proportionals17 points
- proportionate17 points
- propositional17 points
- proprietaries17 points
- presentations15 points
- psychoanalyze35 points
- physiotherapy29 points
- propagandized29 points
- patronizingly28 points
- propagandizes28 points
- proselytizing28 points
- psychosomatic27 points
- pulverization27 points
- painstakingly23 points
- prefabricated23 points
- profitability23 points
- prefabricates22 points
- pornographers21 points
- patriotically20 points
- predetermined19 points
- premeditating19 points
- proscriptions19 points
- powerlessness18 points
- preconditions18 points
- predetermines18 points
- predilections18 points
- paternalistic17 points
- preregistered17 points
- pointlessness15 points
- prizefighting32 points
- prizefighters31 points
- parenthesized28 points
- parenthesizes27 points
- prophylactics27 points
- psychokinesis27 points
- particularize26 points
- provocatively26 points
- philharmonics25 points
- prophetically25 points
- petrochemical24 points
- pharmacopoeia24 points
- physiognomies24 points
- policyholders24 points
- projectionist24 points
- polysyllables23 points
- pragmatically23 points
- professorship23 points
- participatory22 points
- perfectionism22 points
- phenobarbital22 points
- photoelectric22 points
- physiologists22 points
- pneumatically22 points
- precipitately22 points
- precipitously22 points
- programmables22 points
- promiscuously22 points
- provincialism22 points
- perspicacious21 points
- pontificating21 points
- prevaricating21 points
- preventatives21 points
- problematical21 points
- particularity20 points
- perambulating20 points
- philodendrons20 points
- poliomyelitis20 points
- postoperative20 points
- prevarication20 points
- prevaricators20 points
- punctiliously20 points
- puritanically20 points
- pusillanimity20 points
- participators19 points
- perambulators19 points
- preponderated19 points
- pronounceable19 points
- propagandists19 points
- protuberances19 points
- parallelogram18 points
- preponderates18 points
- prepossessing18 points
- primogeniture18 points
- prognosticate18 points
- percussionist17 points
- perturbations17 points
- presentiments17 points
- protectorates17 points
- pusillanimous17 points
- peregrination16 points
- platitudinous16 points
- prolongations16 points
- preternatural15 points
- protestations15 points
- picturesquely29 points
- psychokinetic29 points
- piezoelectric28 points
- proselytizers27 points
- polypropylene25 points
- phenomenology24 points
- predicatively24 points
- pedagogically23 points
- pantechnicons22 points
- passionflower21 points
- pervasiveness21 points
- pigheadedness21 points
- predominately21 points
- psephologists21 points
- parasitically20 points
- paterfamilias20 points
- postmodernism20 points
- primitiveness20 points
- purposelessly20 points
- perambulation19 points
- photostatting19 points
- phrenologists19 points
- protectionism19 points
- postmodernist18 points
- predeterminer18 points
- proprietorial17 points
- protectionist17 points
- ponderousness16 points
- philosophizer32 points
- psychotically28 points
- parameterized27 points
- phytoplankton27 points
- psychotropics27 points
- packinghouses25 points
- pharmacologic25 points
- prospectively25 points
- pyrotechnical25 points
- pluralization24 points
- photoengraved23 points
- prepubescence23 points
- phallocentric22 points
- photoengraver22 points
- photoengraves22 points
- paleographers21 points
- polyurethanes21 points
- prepubescents21 points
- particleboard20 points
- patriarchates20 points
- penetrability20 points
- prehistorical20 points
- pseudoscience20 points
- penetratingly19 points
- preadolescent18 points
- predesignated18 points
- prehistorians18 points
- primogenitors18 points
- peregrinating17 points
- predesignates17 points
- prepossession17 points
- periodontists16 points
- penuriousness15 points
- psychophysics33 points
- pasqueflowers30 points
- phenothiazine30 points
- phytochemical30 points
- physiographic29 points
- psychobiology29 points
- polycythemias28 points
- pyrophosphate28 points
- photochemical27 points
- physiographer27 points
- polychromatic27 points
- polymorphisms27 points
- psychokineses27 points
- psychometrics27 points
- psychosurgery27 points
- pharmacognosy26 points
- phencyclidine26 points
- phospholipids26 points
- phosphorylase26 points
- phytohormones26 points
- platyhelminth26 points
- psychasthenia26 points
- parthenocarpy25 points
- periodization25 points
- perspectively25 points
- pickerelweeds25 points
- platitudinize25 points
- presumptively25 points
- psychometries25 points
- psychrometers25 points
- panegyrically24 points
- pathogenicity24 points
- patronization24 points
- photocathodes24 points
- photocomposer24 points
- pleomorphisms24 points
- pneumonectomy24 points
- polarizations24 points
- preceptorship24 points
- principalship24 points
- psychogenesis24 points
- pteridophytes24 points
- paralytically23 points
- perichondrium23 points
- perishability23 points
- physicalities23 points
- provinciality23 points
- psephological23 points
- parabolically22 points
- paraphrasable22 points
- participative22 points
- participially22 points
- perambulatory22 points
- perseveringly22 points
- perspicuously22 points
- phenomenalism22 points
- photogravures22 points
- photoreceptor22 points
- phototropisms22 points
- pneumatophore22 points
- polycarbonate22 points
- polysyndetons22 points
- precipitative22 points
- prefigurative22 points
- prescientific22 points
- prismatically22 points
- proficiencies22 points
- progressivity22 points
- proleptically22 points
- prolificacies22 points
- prostatectomy22 points
- protectorship22 points
- parasynthesis21 points
- perdurability21 points
- perissodactyl21 points
- pestiferously21 points
- phenylalanine21 points
- photomontages21 points
- phrenological21 points
- planographies21 points
- postpubescent21 points
- precipitances21 points
- prefigurement21 points
- premeditative21 points
- presidentship21 points
- proliferative21 points
- proprioceptor21 points
- pantheistical20 points
- paramagnetism20 points
- patentability20 points
- penultimately20 points
- petrification20 points
- photoelectron20 points
- photoemission20 points
- pietistically20 points
- pontification20 points
- preliminarily20 points
- proboscideans20 points
- protuberantly20 points
- provincialist20 points
- purposiveness20 points
- palpabilities19 points
- particularism19 points
- pentobarbital19 points
- phraseologist19 points
- postclassical19 points
- practicalness19 points
- precipitators19 points
- prefiguration19 points
- premenopausal19 points
- prosopopoeias19 points
- paleontologic18 points
- paraesthesias18 points
- pedestrianism18 points
- permanganates18 points
- perseveration18 points
- plaintiveness18 points
- plentifulness18 points
- postdoctorate18 points
- precognitions18 points
- predomination18 points
- primatologies18 points
- privatenesses18 points
- proctologists18 points
- professoriate18 points
- prolegomenous18 points
- promulgations18 points
- paleobotanies17 points
- passementerie17 points
- permutational17 points
- persistencies17 points
- placentations17 points
- planetesimals17 points
- plausibleness17 points
- pointillistic17 points
- potentiometer17 points
- predestinated17 points
- prematureness17 points
- premillennial17 points
- preretirement17 points
- pretreatments17 points
- proconsulates17 points
- proteinaceous17 points
- protolanguage17 points
- predestinates16 points
- preindustrial16 points
- preordination16 points
- poltrooneries15 points
- presentnesses15 points
- prostatitises15 points
- photooxidized36 points
- photooxidizes35 points
- phagocytizing34 points
- podzolization34 points
- psychologized34 points
- phosphatizing33 points
- phytotoxicity33 points
- psychologizes33 points
- propoxyphenes32 points
- pancreozymins31 points
- prequalifying31 points
- psychodynamic31 points
- paramyxovirus30 points
- parfocalizing30 points
- phototoxicity30 points
- phycomycetous30 points
- psychopathics30 points
- psychrophilic30 points
- perphenazines29 points
- phenmetrazine29 points
- phycoerythrin29 points
- provincialize29 points
- psychobabbler29 points
- psychobabbles29 points
- psychohistory29 points
- phlebographic28 points
- photoionizing28 points
- phreatophytic28 points
- phytochemists28 points
- prejudicially28 points
- privatdozents28 points
- procarbazines28 points
- propagandizer28 points
- psychasthenic28 points
- psychopathies28 points
- pyridoxamines28 points
- parainfluenza27 points
- paralyzations27 points
- parametrizing27 points
- phosphatidyls27 points
- phosphokinase27 points
- photochromism27 points
- phytopathogen27 points
- phytoplankter27 points
- pictorialized27 points
- politicalized27 points
- polyembryonic27 points
- porcelainized27 points
- psychrometric27 points
- parameterizes26 points
- phanerophytes26 points
- phenylephrine26 points
- phosphoresced26 points
- phosphorylate26 points
- phreatophytes26 points
- pictorializes26 points
- picturization26 points
- pidginization26 points
- playwrighting26 points
- plethysmogram26 points
- politicalizes26 points
- polyphonously26 points
- porcelainizes26 points
- preexperiment26 points
- prespecifying26 points
- propinquities26 points
- prosopography26 points
- psychogenetic26 points
- psychologisms26 points
- pyrolytically26 points
- pyrophyllites26 points
- paedomorphism25 points
- parasexuality25 points
- phagocytosing25 points
- phospholipase25 points
- phosphoresces25 points
- photochemists25 points
- photocomposed25 points
- photopolymers25 points
- phrasemakings25 points
- physicalistic25 points
- podsolization25 points
- polychotomies25 points
- polychotomous25 points
- porphyropsins25 points
- postvasectomy25 points
- praxeological25 points
- presterilized25 points
- prussianizing25 points
- pseudomorphic25 points
- psychologised25 points
- pumpernickels25 points
- pyrimethamine25 points
- pyrocatechols25 points
- pyromorphites25 points
- palletization24 points
- peacekeepings24 points
- pelletization24 points
- penalizations24 points
- pennywhistles24 points
- peptidoglycan24 points
- pharmacopeial24 points
- pharmacopeias24 points
- philosophised24 points
- phonographers24 points
- phonographies24 points
- photocomposes24 points
- photofinisher24 points
- photographies24 points
- photosynthate24 points
- physostigmine24 points
- piquantnesses24 points
- plastoquinone24 points
- poikilotherms24 points
- polydactylies24 points
- polyethylenes24 points
- polygraphists24 points
- postembryonic24 points
- postinjection24 points
- precertifying24 points
- preemployment24 points
- preexistences24 points
- presterilizes24 points
- proximateness24 points
- pseudepigraph24 points
- psychogeneses24 points
- psychologises24 points
- psychosurgeon24 points
- puckishnesses24 points
- packabilities23 points
- pamphleteered23 points
- papovaviruses23 points
- parasynthetic23 points
- pathognomonic23 points
- performatives23 points
- pharisaically23 points
- pharyngitides23 points
- philhellenism23 points
- philosophises23 points
- phosphaturias23 points
- photobiologic23 points
- photoemissive23 points
- photoperiodic23 points
- photopositive23 points
- photoproducts23 points
- photovoltaics23 points
- phragmoplasts23 points
- pictographies23 points
- polarographic23 points
- postemergency23 points
- praseodymiums23 points
- precommitment23 points
- predischarged23 points
- preferability23 points
- preparatively23 points
- preponderancy23 points
- prepositively23 points
- preprogrammed23 points
- prepurchasing23 points
- presignifying23 points
- protogalaxies23 points
- punishability23 points
- pyrheliometer23 points
- pyrotechnists23 points
- pacifications22 points
- pancytopenias22 points
- panoramically22 points
- paperhangings22 points
- parochialisms22 points
- phlebotomists22 points
- photogeologic22 points
- photonegative22 points
- photoreducing22 points
- picturephones22 points
- pinkishnesses22 points
- pneumatolytic22 points
- polycentrisms22 points
- polycistronic22 points
- polyribosomal22 points
- polyribosomes22 points
- postembryonal22 points
- pragmaticisms22 points
- preamplifiers22 points
- precentorship22 points
- precipitantly22 points
- preconviction22 points
- precopulatory22 points
- predischarges22 points
- premarketings22 points
- prescheduling22 points
- primitivistic22 points
- proconsulship22 points
- promotability22 points
- prosencephala22 points
- prostacyclins22 points
- paleographies21 points
- palynological21 points
- panleukopenia21 points
- papyrologists21 points
- parasyntheses21 points
- parkinsonisms21 points
- peevishnesses21 points
- petrographers21 points
- petrographies21 points
- pettifoggings21 points
- phenanthrenes21 points
- philhellenist21 points
- photodetector21 points
- phrasemongers21 points
- playfulnesses21 points
- pococurantism21 points
- pogonophorans21 points
- polybutadiene21 points
- polyglottisms21 points
- porcelainlike21 points
- pornographies21 points
- postepileptic21 points
- postsecondary21 points
- prayerfulness21 points
- precombustion21 points
- preeclampsias21 points
- preformatting21 points
- preformulated21 points
- preinterviews21 points
- preprograming21 points
- presanctified21 points
- preuniversity21 points
- pricklinesses21 points
- privatdocents21 points
- procathedrals21 points
- progressivism21 points
- proteoglycans21 points
- pushfulnesses21 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 825
- By usage: 67 very common, 150 common, 608 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- photooxidized 36
- photooxidizes 35
- psychoanalyze 35
- phagocytizing 34
- podzolization 34
- psychologized 34
- philosophized 33
- phosphatizing 33
- phytotoxicity 33
- psychologizes 33
Most common
- possibilities
- privatization
- psychological
- philosophical
- psychologists
- predominantly
- participating
- probabilities
- professionals
- proliferation
Definitions
- privatization (noun)
- Changing something from state to private ownership or control.
- psychological (adjective)
- Mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature.
- philosophical (adjective)
- Of or relating to philosophy or philosophers.
- predominantly (adverb)
- Much greater in number or influence.
Words that start with P come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 825 of the thirteen-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. PHOTOOXIDIZED is the top scorer here, worth 36 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the thirteen-letter words starting with P?
PHOTOOXIDIZED scores 36 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
608 of the 825 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.