9-Letter Words With P
There are 5,529 nine-letter words containing P in our dictionary; 2,386 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 5,529 words
- equipment22 points
- apologize21 points
- expecting21 points
- expensive21 points
- exception20 points
- expanding20 points
- hopefully20 points
- explained19 points
- expressed19 points
- occupying19 points
- perfectly19 points
- expansion18 points
- expresses18 points
- publicity18 points
- approving17 points
- happening17 points
- improving17 points
- paragraph17 points
- performed17 points
- published17 points
- specified17 points
- supplying17 points
- accepting16 points
- comparing16 points
- completed16 points
- composing16 points
- computing16 points
- developed16 points
- displayed16 points
- precisely16 points
- primitive16 points
- providing16 points
- publishes16 points
- specially16 points
- specifies16 points
- temporary16 points
- complains15 points
- complaint15 points
- completes15 points
- component15 points
- computers15 points
- implement15 points
- practical15 points
- preferred15 points
- prevented15 points
- principle15 points
- producing15 points
- someplace15 points
- appearing14 points
- attempted14 points
- corrupted14 points
- depending14 points
- disappear14 points
- partially14 points
- permitted14 points
- preparing14 points
- procedure14 points
- processed14 points
- promising14 points
- proposing14 points
- protected14 points
- replacing14 points
- reproduce14 points
- supported14 points
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- suspected14 points
- telephone14 points
- important13 points
- permanent13 points
- persuaded13 points
- political13 points
- processes13 points
- processor13 points
- reception13 points
- spreading13 points
- suspended13 points
- suspicion13 points
- apologies12 points
- desperate12 points
- inputting12 points
- operating12 points
- persuades12 points
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- president12 points
- repeating12 points
- reporting12 points
- splitting12 points
- surprised12 points
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- interpret11 points
- operation11 points
- operators11 points
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- positions11 points
- potential11 points
- represent11 points
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- surprises11 points
- transport11 points
- emphasize25 points
- publicize24 points
- equipping23 points
- optimized23 points
- proximity23 points
- hypocrisy22 points
- optimizes22 points
- prefixing22 points
- backspace21 points
- excepting21 points
- explosive21 points
- paperback21 points
- photocopy21 points
- prejudice21 points
- projected21 points
- taxpayers21 points
- accompany20 points
- biography20 points
- bookshops20 points
- copyright20 points
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- patronize20 points
- champagne19 points
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- exploring19 points
- geography19 points
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- kidnapped19 points
- packaging19 points
- physicist19 points
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- typically19 points
- expertise18 points
- explosion18 points
- imperfect18 points
- offspring18 points
- employing17 points
- graphical17 points
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- painfully17 points
- perceived17 points
- preaching17 points
- pregnancy17 points
- previewer17 points
- privately17 points
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- skeptical17 points
- spokesman17 points
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- whereupon17 points
- amplifier16 points
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- compiling16 points
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- employees16 points
- employers16 points
- happiness16 points
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- newspaper16 points
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- prompting16 points
- prototype16 points
- publisher16 points
- purchases16 points
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- specialty16 points
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- companies15 points
- companion15 points
- competent15 points
- compilers15 points
- composers15 points
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- developer15 points
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- passwords15 points
- policeman15 points
- polishing15 points
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- practices15 points
- preceding15 points
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- prescribe15 points
- preserved15 points
- principal15 points
- privilege15 points
- proceeded15 points
- prospects15 points
- punishing15 points
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- appointed14 points
- capturing14 points
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- duplicate14 points
- elephants14 points
- envelopes14 points
- hospitals14 points
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- importing14 points
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- landscape14 points
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- planetary14 points
- populated14 points
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- preserves14 points
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- prevalent14 points
- producers14 points
- professor14 points
- promoting14 points
- provision14 points
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- respected14 points
- stripping14 points
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- upgrading14 points
- apparatus13 points
- appraisal13 points
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- cooperate13 points
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- parameter13 points
- particles13 points
- perpetual13 points
- persecute13 points
- plausible13 points
- populates13 points
- postpones13 points
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- precision13 points
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- pretended13 points
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- promotion13 points
- pronounce13 points
- proposals13 points
- prosecute13 points
- protocols13 points
- recipient13 points
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- speculate13 points
- springing13 points
- suppliers13 points
- supporter13 points
- telescope13 points
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- departure12 points
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- inspiring12 points
- paintings12 points
- passenger12 points
- plastered12 points
- poisoning12 points
- possessed12 points
- repairing12 points
- separated12 points
- spellings12 points
- sponsored12 points
- interrupt11 points
- parallels11 points
- partition11 points
- penalties11 points
- personnel11 points
- pollution11 points
- possesses11 points
- postulate11 points
- pressures11 points
- printouts11 points
- prisoners11 points
- separates11 points
- separator11 points
- spiritual11 points
- flapjacks27 points
- haphazard27 points
- exemplify26 points
- hypnotize26 points
- physiques26 points
- backpacks25 points
- juxtapose25 points
- pickaxing25 points
- paralyzed24 points
- piggyback24 points
- vaporized24 points
- xylophone24 points
- baptizing23 points
- capsizing23 points
- exemplary23 points
- paralyzes23 points
- patchwork23 points
- pitchfork23 points
- pockmarks23 points
- privatize23 points
- pulverize23 points
- shipwreck23 points
- vaporizes23 points
- zippering23 points
- appetizer22 points
- chipmunks22 points
- complexes22 points
- quadruped22 points
- blasphemy21 points
- emphysema21 points
- exampling21 points
- excerpted21 points
- exempting21 points
- expansive21 points
- expletive21 points
- expressly21 points
- hopscotch21 points
- hyphening21 points
- knapsacks21 points
- lymphatic21 points
- penalized21 points
- perplexed21 points
- polarized21 points
- powwowing21 points
- psychotic21 points
- quadruple21 points
- saxophone21 points
- symphonic21 points
- trapezoid21 points
- typifying21 points
- workshops21 points
- exemption20 points
- expectant20 points
- expedited20 points
- expending20 points
- expounded20 points
- helpfully20 points
- hyphenate20 points
- occupancy20 points
- pacifying20 points
- paddocked20 points
- paperwork20 points
- penalizes20 points
- peroxided20 points
- perplexes20 points
- picnicked20 points
- piecework20 points
- playfully20 points
- polarizes20 points
- preoccupy20 points
- projector20 points
- sixpences20 points
- toothpick20 points
- whimpered20 points
- workplace20 points
- blacktops19 points
- captivity19 points
- choppered19 points
- complying19 points
- crackpots19 points
- diphthong19 points
- diplomacy19 points
- expedient19 points
- expedites19 points
- expelling19 points
- exporting19 points
- hiccuping19 points
- hyperbole19 points
- hypnotics19 points
- hypnotism19 points
- impeached19 points
- keepsakes19 points
- pacemaker19 points
- padlocked19 points
- paradoxes19 points
- periphery19 points
- perjuring19 points
- peroxides19 points
- physicals19 points
- physician19 points
- prefabbed19 points
- psychoses19 points
- psychosis19 points
- scrapbook19 points
- shipshape19 points
- stopwatch19 points
- unhappily19 points
- amphibian18 points
- blaspheme18 points
- champions18 points
- choppiest18 points
- compacted18 points
- depravity18 points
- diaphragm18 points
- euphemism18 points
- explorers18 points
- exponents18 points
- exporters18 points
- exposures18 points
- expulsion18 points
- flagships18 points
- hardships18 points
- headphone18 points
- impeaches18 points
- kidnapper18 points
- pamphlets18 points
- pancaking18 points
- panicking18 points
- parchment18 points
- pathology18 points
- penknives18 points
- perchance18 points
- perjuries18 points
- picketing18 points
- plaything18 points
- pocketing18 points
- previewed18 points
- prickling18 points
- proffered18 points
- prophetic18 points
- puckering18 points
- purifying18 points
- pyramided18 points
- shepherds18 points
- skippered18 points
- spaceship18 points
- specifics18 points
- supremacy18 points
- unpacking18 points
- whispered18 points
- worshiped18 points
- amplified17 points
- antipathy17 points
- apprehend17 points
- bankrupts17 points
- bypassing17 points
- canopying17 points
- cheapened17 points
- ciphering17 points
- compacter17 points
- deceptive17 points
- deciphers17 points
- duplicity17 points
- empowered17 points
- encrypted17 points
- fireproof17 points
- foolproof17 points
- footpaths17 points
- gangplank17 points
- gyroscope17 points
- hampering17 points
- handicaps17 points
- horseplay17 points
- hypnotist17 points
- impromptu17 points
- lipsticks17 points
- megaphone17 points
- mistyping17 points
- neophytes17 points
- overpower17 points
- passbooks17 points
- passively17 points
- pensively17 points
- perfected17 points
- perfuming17 points
- personify17 points
- pervasive17 points
- pigheaded17 points
- pitifully17 points
- plaintiff17 points
- playhouse17 points
- poignancy17 points
- postmarks17 points
- precipice17 points
- prefacing17 points
- prepaying17 points
- pricklier17 points
- profanity17 points
- profusely17 points
- pseudonym17 points
- pushovers17 points
- revamping17 points
- shampooed17 points
- shrimping17 points
- skimpiest17 points
- slapstick17 points
- snowplows17 points
- sophistry17 points
- southpaws17 points
- spokesmen17 points
- stockpile17 points
- telepathy17 points
- triumphed17 points
- unwrapped17 points
- upheavals17 points
- whirlpool17 points
- willpower17 points
- windpipes17 points
- worshiper17 points
- wrappings17 points
- alphabets16 points
- amorphous16 points
- amplifies16 points
- aphorisms16 points
- approvals16 points
- capillary16 points
- captivate16 points
- carpentry16 points
- catnapped16 points
- chaperone16 points
- chaperons16 points
- chaplains16 points
- cheapness16 points
- clipboard16 points
- clippings16 points
- compassed16 points
- composted16 points
- compounds16 points
- copiously16 points
- courtship16 points
- crippling16 points
- crumpling16 points
- cupboards16 points
- cypresses16 points
- decompose16 points
- depraving16 points
- disproved16 points
- ephemeral16 points
- epidemics16 points
- fireplace16 points
- floppiest16 points
- gunpowder16 points
- horoscope16 points
- impacting16 points
- impassive16 points
- impedance16 points
- improvise16 points
- impudence16 points
- impulsive16 points
- linchpins16 points
- metaphors16 points
- misshapen16 points
- pacifiers16 points
- pacifists16 points
- pampering16 points
- parachute16 points
- paralytic16 points
- parodying16 points
- partaking16 points
- patriarch16 points
- patrimony16 points
- paunchier16 points
- pavements16 points
- peppering16 points
- perfecter16 points
- performer16 points
- pervading16 points
- phonetics16 points
- pistachio16 points
- platforms16 points
- plausibly16 points
- playmates16 points
- plighting16 points
- plummeted16 points
- popularly16 points
- powdering16 points
- preachers16 points
- preempted16 points
- propriety16 points
- provinces16 points
- pulmonary16 points
- pummeling16 points
- pummelled16 points
- purchaser16 points
- raspberry16 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 5,529
- By usage: 1,179 very common, 1,207 common, 3,143 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- pizzalike 33
- paparazzi 31
- paparazzo 31
- pizzicati 31
- pizzicato 31
- podzolize 30
- unpuzzled 30
- cheapjack 29
- oxazepams 29
- pizzerias 29
Most common
- equipment
- apologize
- expecting
- expensive
- exception
- expanding
- hopefully
- explained
- expressed
- occupying
Definitions
- equipment (noun)
- An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.
- apologize (verb)
- Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.
- expensive (adjective)
- High in price or charging high prices.
- exception (noun)
- A deliberate act of omission.
Words that contain the letter P come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 5,529 of the nine-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. PIZZALIKE is the top scorer here, worth 33 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
A word list is also a study tool. Reading through the nine-letter words containing P once or twice is enough to make the unusual ones familiar, and familiarity is what lets you spot a play under time pressure. Try covering the list and writing down as many as you can, then compare. Use the definitions on this page to attach meaning to the words you did not know, since a word with a meaning sticks far better than a string of letters. Return to the list after a few days and repeat.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the nine-letter words containing P?
PIZZALIKE scores 33 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?
3,143 of the 5,529 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.