4 Letter Words Starting with P

Common four-letter words that start with P

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• play 9/10 participate in games or sport
• part 6/7 something determined in relation to something that includes it
• pick 12/14 select carefully from a group
• pull 6/10 cause to move by pulling
• plan 6/9 have the will and intention to carry out some action
• poor 6/7 deserving or inciting pity
• past 6/7 the time that has elapsed
• pass 6/7 go across or through
• pain 6/8 a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
• paid 7/8 marked by the reception of pay
• park 10/11 a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
• push 9/10 move with force
• plus 6/9 a useful or valuable quality
• pool 6/8 an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
• pack 12/14 arrange in a container
• papa 8/10 an informal term for a father
• page 7/9 one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
• pair 6/7 a set of two similar things considered as a unit
• pray 9/9 address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship
• post 6/7 affix in a public place or for public notice
• pink 10/12 a light shade of red
• pure 6/8 free of extraneous elements of any kind
• path 9/9 a course of conduct
• puts 6/8 (form of put) put into a certain place or abstract location
• piss 6/7 eliminate urine
• pity 9/9 a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• punk 10/13 an aggressive and violent young criminal
• pipe 8/10 a tube with a small bowl at one end
• prom 8/10 a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
• pour 6/8 cause to run
• port 6/7 a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
• pays 9/9 (form of pay) give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
• poem 8/10 a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
• pigs 7/9 (form of pig) domestic swine
• palm 8/11 the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
• pile 6/8 a collection of objects laid on top of each other
• pump 10/14 operate like a pump
• pole 6/8 a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
• pill 6/9 something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
• pops 8/10 (form of pop) bulge outward
• plot 6/8 a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
• pope 8/10 the head of the Roman Catholic Church
• pork 10/11 meat from a domestic hog or pig
• plug 7/11 fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
• pace 8/10 the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• poet 6/7 a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
• pimp 10/13 someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
• pony 9/10 a range horse of the western United States
• pale 6/8 very light colored
• prep 8/10 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

All 253 four-letter words that start with P

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