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5-Letter Words Starting With PI

There are 77 five-letter words starting with PI in our dictionary; 44 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

All 77 words

  • picks13 points
  • piece9 points
  • pizza25 points
  • pinch12 points
  • pitch12 points
  • pipes9 points
  • piano7 points
  • piles7 points
  • pills7 points
  • pilot7 points
  • pints7 points
  • picky16 points
  • pique16 points
  • pixie14 points
  • pithy13 points
  • piked12 points
  • pikes11 points
  • pinks11 points
  • piety10 points
  • piped10 points
  • pivot10 points
  • piled8 points
  • pined8 points
  • piers7 points
  • pines7 points
  • pious7 points
  • pixel14 points
  • piggy12 points
  • pimps11 points
  • pinup9 points
  • pings8 points
  • piker11 points
  • pilaf10 points
  • piper9 points
  • pipit9 points
  • piing8 points
  • pinto7 points
  • piton7 points
  • pinko11 points
  • piney10 points
  • pinny10 points
  • piste7 points
  • pitas7 points
  • picot9 points
  • pikas11 points
  • piths10 points
  • picul9 points
  • pirog8 points
  • pilei7 points
  • pinna7 points
  • pinta7 points
  • pions7 points
  • pinky14 points
  • pixes14 points
  • pigmy13 points
  • pikis11 points
  • pilaw10 points
  • pibal9 points
  • pical9 points
  • picas9 points
  • pimas9 points
  • pipal9 points
  • pipet9 points
  • pisco9 points
  • pingo8 points
  • pians7 points
  • pieta7 points
  • pilar7 points
  • pilau7 points
  • pilea7 points
  • pilis7 points
  • pilus7 points
  • pinas7 points
  • pinon7 points
  • pinot7 points
  • pirns7 points
  • pisos7 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 77
  • By usage: 26 very common, 18 common, 33 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. pizza 25
  2. picky 16
  3. pique 16
  4. pinky 14
  5. pixel 14
  6. pixes 14
  7. pixie 14
  8. picks 13
  9. pigmy 13
  10. pithy 13

Most common

  1. picks
  2. piece
  3. pizza
  4. pinch
  5. pitch
  6. pipes
  7. piano
  8. piles
  9. pills
  10. pilot

Definitions

piece (noun)
A separate part of a whole.
pizza (noun)
Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese.
pinch (noun)
A painful or straitened circumstance.
pitch (noun)
The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration.

Every word in this list has five letters and start with the letters PI. We count 77 of them, with 44 in common use. The score shown on each chip uses classic tile values, so PIZZA at 25 points is the one to remember when a premium square is open. Words with their own page, such as PICKS, link through to a full breakdown of the shorter words hidden inside them.

How to use this page

This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that start with the letters PI, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.

Tips

If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.

Questions

Which five-letter words starting with PI are the most common?

PICKS, PIECE and PIZZA are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.

Can I search this list with my own letters?

Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words starting with PI you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.