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5 Letter Words Ending in P

Looking for 5 letter words ending in P? We found 62, and 18 are words you would use every day, such as GROUP, SLEEP and CHEAP. M is the letter most often right before the P, in 21 of them.

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Words
62
18 common
Top letters in spots 1 to 4
s48%r37%c34%m34%u27%
Repeated letters
21
34% of words, like SLEEP
2+ vowels
26
42% of words

Common 5 letter words ending in P

18 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. group
  2. sleep
  3. cheap
  4. sharp
  5. strip
  6. sheep
  7. stamp
  8. steep
  9. grasp
  10. sweep
  11. scrap
  12. creep
  13. swamp
  14. crisp
  15. troop
  16. equip
  17. whoop
  18. cramp

More 5 letter words ending in P

The other 44 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

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B... 2

bleep blimp

C... 11

champ cheep chimp chirp chomp clamp clasp clomp clump croup cutup

D... 1

droop

F... 1

frump

J... 1

julep

L... 1

letup

P... 3

plump polyp primp

R... 1

recap

S... 17

scalp scamp scoop scrip skimp sloop slump snoop stomp stoop strap strep strop stump sunup swoop syrup

T... 4

thump tramp trump tulip

U... 1

usurp

W... 1

whelp

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the letter before -P. M comes right before it in 21 words (34%), as in STAMP and SWAMP. E (9) and O (9) follow.
  • Then the first letter. S starts 26 of these words (42%), like SLEEP and SHARP, and C starts 15.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word ends in P, SCRAP is a good opener: it tests S, C and R, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words ending in P are there?

Our dictionary has 62 five letter words ending in P. 18 of them are common everyday words, and the other 44 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words ending in P?

GROUP, SLEEP, CHEAP, SHARP and STRIP, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 21 of all 62 words repeat a letter, and 26 have two or more vowels.

What letter usually comes before P in 5 letter words?

M. It sits right before the P in 21 of the 62 words (34%), for example STAMP and SWAMP. E is next with 9.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.