PO puts a consonant and a vowel in the opening positions, and the words behind it end on Y more often than after almost any other pair. That makes the final position unusually productive here, so the 5 letter words starting with PO reward testing the last slot early.
R and L lead the third position between them. Point, Power, Ports and Polar cover both, and most of the repeats worth ruling out are a doubled O or a doubled P.
There are 144 five letter words starting with PO. Point, Power, Pound, Poems and Ports are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. POR and POL hold the deepest runs, so test R and L in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With PO
P and O confirm one vowel and leave three slots, with a consonant taking position three in most cases. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Poach | Poaka | Poake | Poboy |
| Pocks | Pocky | Podal | Poddy |
| Podex | Podge | Podgy | Podia |
| Poems | Poeps | Poesy | Poets |
| Pogey | Pogge | Pogos | Pohed |
| Poilu | Poind | Point | Poise |
| Pokal | Poked | Poker | Pokes |
| Pokey | Pokie | Polar | Poled |
| Poler | Poles | Poley | Polio |
| Polis | Polje | Polka | Polks |
| Polls | Polly | Polos | Polts |
| Polyp | Polys | Pombe | Pomes |
| Pommy | Pomos | Pomps | Ponce |
| Poncy | Ponds | Pones | Poney |
| Ponga | Pongo | Pongs | Pongy |
| Ponks | Ponts | Ponty | Ponzu |
| Pooch | Poods | Pooed | Poohs |
| Pooja | Pooka | Pooks | Pools |
| Poons | Poops | Poopy | Poori |
| Poort | Poots | Popes | Poppa |
| Poppy | Popsy | Porae | Poral |
| Porch | Pored | Porer | Pores |
| Porge | Porgy | Porin | Porks |
| Porky | Porno | Porns | Porny |
| Porta | Ports | Porty | Posed |
| Poser | Poses | Posey | Posho |
| Posit | Posse | Posts | Potae |
| Potch | Poted | Potes | Potin |
| Potoo | Potsy | Potto | Potts |
| Potty | Pouch | Pouff | Poufs |
| Pouke | Pouks | Poule | Poulp |
| Poult | Pound | Poupe | Poupt |
| Pours | Pouts | Pouty | Powan |
| Power | Powin | Pownd | Powns |
| Powny | Powre | Poxed | Poxes |
| Poynt | Poyou | Poyse | Pozzy |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO By Third Letter
R and L lead the third slot, with O, U and N following at a similar distance. Five letter words with O as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With POL
| Polar | Poles | Polls |
| Polio | Polis | Polka |
| Polly | Poled | Poley |
| Polje | Polos | Polyp |
| Polys | Poler | Polks |
| Polts |
5 Letter Words Starting With PON
| Ponce | Ponds | Ponga |
| Pongo | Pongs | Ponts |
| Ponty | Ponzu | Poncy |
| Pones | Poney | Pongy |
| Ponks |
5 Letter Words Starting With POO
| Pools | Pooch | Pooja |
| Poops | Poopy | Poods |
| Pooed | Pooka | Poori |
| Poots | Poohs | Pooks |
| Poons | Poort |
5 Letter Words Starting With POR
| Porch | Ports | Pores |
| Porky | Porno | Porta |
| Pored | Porgy | Porns |
| Porae | Poral | Porer |
| Porge | Porin | Porks |
| Porny | Porty |
5 Letter Words Starting With POS
| Posed | Poses | Posts |
| Poser | Posey | Posit |
| Posse | Posho |
5 Letter Words Starting With POT
| Potts | Potty | Potch |
| Potae | Poted | Potes |
| Potin | Potoo | Potsy |
| Potto |
5 Letter Words Starting With POU
| Pound | Pouch | Pours |
| Poule | Pouts | Pouty |
| Pouff | Poufs | Pouke |
| Pouks | Poulp | Poult |
| Poupe | Poupt |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO By Ending Letter
S closes 43 of these and Y closes 27, so the last slot carries the sharpest cut. Five letter words with R in the middle looks at that position on its own.
5 Letter Words Starting With PO Ending In S
| Poems | Poets | Poles |
| Polls | Pools | Ports |
| Poses | Posts | Pokes |
| Polis | Ponds | Poops |
| Popes | Pores | Potts |
| Pours | Polos | Polys |
| Pongs | Ponts | Poods |
| Poots | Porns | Pouts |
| Pocks | Poeps | Pogos |
| Polks | Polts | Pomes |
| Pomos | Pomps | Pones |
| Ponks | Poohs | Pooks |
| Poons | Porks | Potes |
| Poufs | Pouks | Powns |
| Poxes |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO Ending In Y
| Poppy | Pokey | Polly |
| Poopy | Porky | Posey |
| Potty | Pocky | Podgy |
| Poesy | Poley | Pommy |
| Ponty | Porgy | Pouty |
| Poboy | Poddy | Pogey |
| Poncy | Poney | Pongy |
| Popsy | Porny | Porty |
| Potsy | Powny | Pozzy |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO Ending In E
| Poise | Ponce | Posse |
| Podge | Pokie | Polje |
| Pombe | Poule | Poake |
| Pogge | Porae | Porge |
| Potae | Pouke | Poupe |
| Powre | Poyse |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO Ending In D
| Posed | Pound | Poked |
| Poled | Pooed | Pored |
| Pohed | Poind | Poted |
| Pownd | Poxed |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO With E
E turns up in 49 PO words, more than any letter except the O already spent. 5 letter words starting with PR works the same way.
| Poems | Poets | Poker |
| Poles | Posed | Poses |
| Power | Poise | Poked |
| Pokes | Pokey | Ponce |
| Popes | Pores | Poser |
| Posey | Posse | Podge |
| Poesy | Pokie | Poled |
| Poley | Polje | Pombe |
| Pooed | Pored | Poule |
| Poake | Podex | Poeps |
| Pogey | Pogge | Pohed |
| Poler | Pomes | Pones |
| Poney | Porae | Porer |
| Porge | Potae | Poted |
| Potes | Pouke | Poupe |
| Powre | Poxed | Poxes |
| Poyse |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so no slot goes to a repeat. 5 letter words starting with PL works the same way.
| Point | Power | Pound |
| Poems | Ports | Poker |
| Polar | Poles | Porch |
| Poets | Posed | Ponds |
| Pouch | Pores | Poked |
| Pours | Polka | Poise |
Poppy, Polls and Pooch are the traps. Forty nine PO words repeat a letter, and a doubled O or P accounts for most of them.
5 Letter Words Starting With PO For Scrabble
Z carries the top plays, and Pozzy tops the set at 28 points before any bonus square. 5 letter words starting with PU works the same way.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Pozzy | 28 |
| Ponzu | 16 |
| Pocky | 16 |
| Poxed | 15 |
| Podex | 15 |
| Poxes | 14 |
| Porky | 14 |
| Poppy | 14 |
| Pooja | 14 |
| Pommy | 14 |
| Polje | 14 |
| Pokey | 14 |
| Powny | 13 |
| Pouff | 13 |
| Pocks | 13 |
5 Letter Words Starting With PO And Their Meanings
Maori, Japanese and older technical usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Poaka | A pied stilt, a wading bird of New Zealand |
| Podex | The rump of an animal, in older usage |
| Podia | The plural of podium, a raised platform |
| Pogge | The armed bullhead, a small armoured fish |
| Poilu | A French infantryman of the First World War |
| Poind | To seize goods for debt, in Scots law |
| Polje | A large flat floored basin in limestone country |
| Polyp | A small growth on a mucous membrane, or a coral animal |
| Pombe | An African beer brewed from grain |
| Ponga | A tree fern of New Zealand |
| Ponzu | A Japanese citrus and soy dipping sauce |
| Poori | An Indian bread deep fried until it puffs |
| Porae | A marine food fish of New Zealand |
| Porge | To cleanse meat of forbidden parts under Jewish law |
| Porin | A protein forming a pore through a cell membrane |
| Posho | Maize meal, in East African usage |
| Potin | An alloy of bronze and lead used for ancient coins |
| Potoo | A nocturnal bird of tropical America |
| Poule | A hen, or a pooled stake in a game |
| Powre | Power, in archaic spelling |
FAQs
The strongest are Point, Power, Pound, Poems and Ports, since none of them repeat a letter. Poppy, Polls and Pooch spend a slot on a repeat, so hold those back.
POR gives you Porch, Ports, Pored, Pores, Porgy and Porky, along with Porae, Poral, Porer, Porge, Porin, Porks, Porno, Porns, Porny, Porta and Porty.
The Y ending gives you Pocky, Podgy, Poesy, Pogey, Polly, Pommy, Poppy and Popsy. Twenty seven PO words close on Y in all.
The E words run to Power, Poems, Poets, Poker, Pokes, Poked, Poler and Poles. Forty nine PO words carry an E after the opening pair.
The top score goes to Pozzy at 28 points, far ahead of the rest. Ponzu and Pocky each reach 16, with Poxed at 15 and Poxes at 14.
The H ending gives you Poach, Porch, Pouch, Potch and Pooch. Five words is the whole group, and all are accepted in Scrabble.
POU gives you Pouch, Pound, Pours, Pouts, Pouty and Poufs, along with Pouff, Pouke, Pouks, Poule, Poulp, Poult, Poupe and Poupt.
Yes, Polyp is valid and scores 12 points. It names a small growth on a mucous membrane, and also the coral animal.
