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Wordle game help: 5-letter words starting with ‘P’ and containing ‘E’

If you're having trouble, you are probably not alone.

Jéssica Gubert

Published: Sep 16, 2022 10:05 pm

Having trouble figuring out the answer to today’s Wordle? Know that you are probably not alone. Even if the idea and the appeal of the game is to be a simple challenge, the combination between the choice of words and your starting strategy can make it more complicated, depending on the day. And, because no strategy works the same way every day, we are all bound to be stuck in the game at some point.

Five-letter words starting with “P” and containing “E” to try on Wordle

PACED
PACER
PACES
PACEY
PADLE
PADRE
PAEAN
PAEDO
PAEON
PAGED

PAGER
PAGES
PAGLE
PAIRE
PAISE
PALEA
PALED
PALER
PALES
PALET

PANCE
PANED
PANEL
PANES
PANNE
PAPER
PAPES
PARAE
PARED
PAREN

PAREO
PARER
PARES
PAREU
PAREV
PARGE
PARLE
PARSE
PARVE
PASEO

PASES
PASSE
PASTE
PATED
PATEN
PATER
PATES
PATTE
PAUSE
PAVED

PAVEN
PAVER
PAVES
PAWED
PAWER
PAXES
PAYED
PAYEE
PAYER
PEACE

PEACH
PEAGE
PEAGS
PEAKS
PEAKY
PEALS
PEANS
PEARE
PEARL
PEARS

PEART
PEASE
PEATS
PEATY
PEAVY
PEAZE
PEBAS
PECAN
PECHS
PECKE

PECKS
PECKY
PEDAL
PEDES
PEDIS
PEDRO
PEECE
PEEKS
PEELS
PEENS

PEEOY
PEEPE
PEEPS
PEERS
PEERY
PEEVE
PEGGY
PEGHS
PEINS
PEISE

PEIZE
PEKAN
PEKES
PEKIN
PEKOE
PELAS
PELAU
PELES
PELFS
PELLS

PELMA
PELON
PELTA
PELTS
PENAL
PENCE
PENDS
PENDU
PENED
PENES

PENGO
PENIE
PENIS
PENKS
PENNA
PENNE
PENNI
PENNY
PENTS
PEONS

PEONY
PEPLA
PEPOS
PEPPY
PEPSI
PERAI
PERCE
PERCH
PERCS
PERDU

PERDY
PEREA
PERES
PERIL
PERIS
PERKS
PERKY
PERMS
PERNS
PEROG

PERPS
PERRY
PERSE
PERST
PERTS
PERVE
PERVO
PERVS
PERVY
PESKY

PESOS
PESTO
PESTS
PESTY
PETAL
PETAR
PETER
PETIT
PETRE
PETRI

PETTI
PETTO
PETTY
PEWEE
PEWIT
PEYSE
PHAGE
PHARE
PHASE
PHEER

PHENE
PHEON
PHESE
PHONE
PHYLE
PIECE
PIEND
PIERS
PIERT
PIETA

PIETS
PIETY
PIEZO
PIKED
PIKER
PIKES
PIKEY
PILAE
PILEA
PILED

PILEI
PILER
PILES
PINED
PINES
PINEY
PIOYE
PIPED
PIPER
PIPES

PIPET
PIQUE
PISES
PISTE
PIXEL
PIXES
PIXIE
PIZED
PIZES
PLACE

PLAGE
PLANE
PLATE
PLEAD
PLEAS
PLEAT
PLEBE
PLEBS
PLENA
PLEON

PLESH
PLEWS
PLIED
PLIER
PLIES
PLOYE
PLUES
PLUME
PLYER
POAKE

PODEX
PODGE
POEMS
POEPS
POESY
POETS
POGEY
POGGE
POHED
POISE

POKED
POKER
POKES
POKEY
POKIE
POLED
POLER
POLES
POLEY
POLJE

POMBE
POMES
PONCE
PONES
PONEY
POOED
POOVE
POPES
PORAE
PORED

PORER
PORES
PORGE
POSED
POSER
POSES
POSEY
POSSE
POTAE
POTED

POTES
POUKE
POULE
POUPE
POWER
POWRE
POXED
POXES
POYSE
PRASE

PRATE
PREDY
PREED
PREEN
PREES
PREIF
PREMS
PREMY
PRENT
PREON

PREOP
PREPS
PRESA
PRESE
PRESS
PREST
PREVE
PREXY
PREYS
PRICE

PRIDE
PRIED
PRIEF
PRIER
PRIES
PRIME
PRISE
PRIZE
PROBE
PROEM

PROKE
PROLE
PRONE
PRORE
PROSE
PROVE
PRUDE
PRUNE
PRYER
PRYSE

PSEUD
PSOAE
PUBES
PUCER
PUCES
PUDGE
PUERS
PUKED
PUKER
PUKES

PUKEY
PULED
PULER
PULES
PULSE
PUMIE
PUNCE
PUPAE
PURED
PUREE

PURER
PURES
PURGE
PURSE
PUSES
PUSLE
PUZEL
PWNED
PYETS
PYNED
PYNES
PYRES
PYREX
PYXED
PYXES
PYXIE

The first thing you should do now is cross out all the words from the list that do not fit your exact criteria for today’s challenge, to make sure you don’t repeat letters or placements that won’t add any new information. That includes all words containing letters that came out gray to you in a previous guess, as well as all the words in which the “E” is not in the correct position. If you don’t know what the correct position is yet, you know at least one position that is definitely incorrect, which is the one that gave you the yellow box. Start from that one.

Then, to find out which letters fill in the blanks, it is important to try as many new letters as you can at once, including the most common consonants and maybe a few vowels. The exact letters that are most likely to appear will depend on the words that fit your current criteria, but “A,” “L,” “O,” “R,” and “T” are usually safe bets. When nothing seems to be working and one of the boxes is still blank, keep in mind that the missing letter might be a repetition of a letter you already found.

If you’re still unsure and don’t want to wait until Wordle resets at midnight local time, you can always look up the answer to today’s puzzle (which we update around 12am CT).

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Author

Jéssica Gubert

Contributing Writer

Jéssica is a writer, editor, and translator working at GAMURS since 2019, but with a lifelong experience in word games and TV shows. She can also be found at concerts or babbling about board games anywhere.