6-letter words starting with PA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PA. This section showcases how PA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| passed | 9 | - | - |
| papers | 10 | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | - |
| paying | 12 | yielding a fair profit | - |
| pardon | 9 | accept an excuse for | - |
| palace | 10 | a large and stately mansion | - |
| passes | 8 | - | - |
| packed | 15 | extremely crowed or filled to capacity | stands jam-packed with fans |
| patrol | 8 | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | - |
| parent | 8 | look after a child until it is an adult | - |
| parker | 12 | United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967) | - |
| parked | 13 | that have been left | there were four parked cars across the street |
| parade | 9 | march in a procession | the veterans paraded down the street |
| pastor | 8 | a person authorized to conduct religious worship | - |
| parole | 8 | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | - |
| parish | 11 | a local church community | - |
| packet | 14 | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | - |
| palmer | 10 | United States golfer (born in 1929) | - |
| parrot | 8 | a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated | - |
| parlor | 8 | reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | - |
| patron | 8 | a regular customer | - |
| paddle | 10 | a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat | - |
| partly | 11 | to some extent; in some degree; not wholly | I felt partly to blame |
| parted | 9 | having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes | - |
| panama | 10 | a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | - |
| parcel | 10 | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | - |
| pastry | 11 | a dough of flour and water and shortening | - |
| patent | 8 | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | patent advantages |
| papaya | 13 | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | - |
| pantry | 11 | a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | - |
| payday | 15 | the day on which you receive pay for your work | - |
| pascal | 10 | French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662) | - |
| palate | 8 | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | - |
| pacing | 11 | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | - |
| parson | 8 | a person authorized to conduct religious worship | - |
| pandit | 9 | - | - |
| pamper | 12 | treat with excessive indulgence | grandparents often pamper the children |
| pagoda | 10 | an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof | - |
| pauper | 10 | a person who is very poor | - |
| payoff | 17 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | - |
| parley | 11 | a negotiation between enemies | - |
| paging | 10 | the system of numbering pages | - |
| paella | 8 | saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken | - |
| paired | 9 | occurring in pairs or as a pair | paired fangs |
| pacify | 16 | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | - |
| paving | 12 | the paved surface of a thoroughfare | - |
| padded | 11 | softened by the addition of cushions or padding | - |
| pajama | 17 | a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries | - |
| parody | 12 | make a parody of | - |
| patter | 8 | make light, rapid and repeated sounds | gently pattering rain |
| pained | 9 | emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | face had a pained and puzzled expression |
| paltry | 11 | contemptibly small in amount | a paltry wage |
| pathos | 11 | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | - |
| parkin | 12 | - | - |
| packer | 14 | a workman employed to pack things into containers | - |
| pasted | 9 | affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste | pieces of pasted paper |
| parton | 8 | - | - |
| passer | 8 | a person who passes by casually or by chance | - |
| pallet | 8 | board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used | - |
| pariah | 11 | a person who is rejected (from society or home) | - |
| pastis | 8 | similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood | - |
| palais | 8 | - | - |
| panzer | 17 | an armored vehicle or tank | - |
| parlay | 11 | stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | - |
| pastel | 8 | any of various pale or light colors | - |
| patted | 9 | - | - |
| panini | 8 | Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC) | - |
| pawpaw | 16 | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | - |
| paunch | 13 | a protruding abdomen | - |
| pander | 9 | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | - |
| pallor | 8 | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | - |
| padang | 10 | - | - |
| pampas | 12 | the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina | - |
| patchy | 16 | irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc. | a patchy essay |
| pallid | 9 | abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress | the pallid face of the invalid |
| papacy | 15 | the government of the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| papist | 10 | of or relating to or supporting Romanism | - |
| parity | 11 | (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error | - |
| pashka | 15 | - | - |
| passel | 8 | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos |
| patios | 8 | - | - |
| patten | 8 | footwear usually with wooden soles | - |
| palmar | 10 | relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot | the palmar muscle |
| paring | 9 | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | - |
| paster | 8 | an adhesive label | - |
| patois | 8 | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | - |
| pawnee | 11 | a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma | - |
| patina | 8 | a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper) | - |
| pavane | 11 | music composed for dancing the pavane | - |
| payola | 11 | a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record | - |
| painty | 11 | - | - |
| papery | 13 | of or like paper | - |
| papyri | 13 | - | - |
| palely | 11 | in a manner lacking interest or vitality | a palely entertaining show |
| paries | 8 | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | - |
| pathic | 13 | - | - |
| pablum | 12 | worthless or oversimplified ideas | - |
| pacers | 10 | - | - |
| pachak | 17 | - | - |
| pachas | 13 | - | - |
| pacier | 10 | - | - |
| packly | 17 | - | - |
| pactum | 12 | - | - |
| paczki | 23 | - | - |
| padauk | 13 | tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | - |
| padder | 10 | a highwayman who robs on foot | - |
| padkos | 13 | - | - |
| padles | 9 | - | - |
| padmas | 11 | - | - |
| padnag | 10 | - | - |
| padouk | 13 | tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | - |
| padres | 9 | - | - |
| padsaw | 12 | - | - |
| paeans | 8 | - | - |
| paedos | 9 | - | - |
| paeons | 8 | - | - |
| paeony | 11 | any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers | - |
| paesan | 8 | - | - |
| pagans | 9 | - | - |
| pagers | 9 | - | - |
| pagles | 9 | - | - |
| pagods | 10 | - | - |
| pagris | 9 | - | - |
| paidle | 9 | - | - |
| paigle | 9 | Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel | - |
| paiked | 13 | - | - |
| painch | 13 | - | - |
| painim | 10 | - | - |
| paints | 8 | - | - |
| paiock | 14 | - | - |
| pairer | 8 | - | - |
| paires | 8 | - | - |
| paisan | 8 | - | - |
| paisas | 8 | - | - |
| pajock | 21 | - | - |
| pakahi | 15 | - | - |
| pakeha | 15 | - | - |
| pakihi | 15 | - | - |
| pakoko | 16 | - | - |
| pakora | 12 | - | - |
| palagi | 9 | - | - |
| palama | 10 | - | - |
| palapa | 10 | - | - |
| palays | 11 | - | - |
| paleae | 8 | - | - |
| paleal | 8 | - | - |
| palest | 8 | - | - |
| palets | 8 | - | - |
| palier | 8 | - | - |
| paling | 9 | a fence made of upright pickets | - |
| palish | 11 | slightly pale | - |
| palkee | 12 | - | - |
| palkis | 12 | - | - |
| pallae | 8 | - | - |
| pallah | 11 | - | - |
| palled | 9 | - | - |
| pallia | 8 | - | - |
| palmed | 11 | - | - |
| palmie | 10 | - | - |
| palolo | 8 | - | - |
| palpal | 10 | - | - |
| palped | 11 | - | - |
| palpus | 10 | - | - |
| palsas | 8 | - | - |
| palter | 8 | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | - |
| panada | 9 | - | - |
| panary | 11 | - | - |
| pances | 10 | - | - |
| pandan | 9 | - | - |
| pandar | 9 | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | - |
| pandas | 9 | - | - |
| paneer | 8 | - | - |
| panels | 8 | - | - |
| panfry | 14 | - | - |
| panful | 11 | - | - |
| pangas | 9 | - | - |
| panged | 10 | - | - |
| pangen | 9 | - | - |
| panick | 14 | - | - |
| panics | 10 | - | - |
| panier | 8 | - | - |
| panims | 10 | - | - |
| paning | 9 | - | - |
| panino | 8 | - | - |
| panisc | 10 | - | - |
| panisk | 12 | - | - |
| pankos | 12 | - | - |
| panned | 9 | - | - |
| panner | 8 | - | - |
| pannes | 8 | - | - |
| pannus | 8 | - | - |
| panted | 9 | - | - |
| panter | 8 | - | - |
| pantie | 8 | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) | - |
| panton | 8 | - | - |
| pantos | 8 | - | - |
| pantun | 8 | - | - |
| papain | 10 | a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer | - |
| papaws | 13 | - | - |
| papish | 13 | - | - |
| papism | 12 | offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| papped | 13 | - | - |
| pappus | 12 | calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions | - |
| papula | 10 | - | - |
| papule | 10 | a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) | - |
| parage | 9 | - | - |
| paramo | 10 | - | - |
| parang | 9 | a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia | - |
| paraph | 13 | a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery) | - |
| pardah | 12 | - | - |
| pardal | 9 | - | - |
| parded | 10 | - | - |
| pardee | 9 | - | - |
| pardie | 9 | - | - |
| parens | 8 | - | - |
| pareos | 8 | - | - |
| parera | 8 | - | - |
| parers | 8 | - | - |
| pareus | 8 | - | - |
| pareve | 11 | containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | pareve margarine |
| parged | 10 | - | - |
| parges | 9 | - | - |
| parget | 9 | plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys | - |
| pargos | 9 | - | - |
| parial | 8 | - | - |
| parian | 8 | - | - |
| parkas | 12 | - | - |
| parkee | 12 | - | - |
| parkie | 12 | - | - |
| parkis | 12 | - | - |
| parkly | 15 | - | - |
| parled | 9 | - | - |
| parles | 8 | - | - |
| parmas | 10 | - | - |
| parols | 8 | - | - |
| parore | 8 | - | - |
| parous | 8 | having given birth to one or more viable children | - |
| parped | 11 | - | - |
| parpen | 10 | - | - |
| parral | 8 | - | - |
| parras | 8 | - | - |
| parred | 9 | - | - |
| parrel | 8 | - | - |
| parsec | 10 | a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years | - |
| parsed | 9 | - | - |
| parser | 8 | a computer program that divides code up into functional components | - |
| parses | 8 | - | - |
| partan | 8 | - | - |
| parter | 8 | - | - |
| partim | 10 | - | - |
| partis | 8 | - | - |
| parura | 8 | - | - |
| parure | 8 | - | - |
| parvis | 11 | a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral) | - |
| parvos | 11 | - | - |
| pasear | 8 | - | - |
| pasela | 8 | - | - |
| paseos | 8 | - | - |
| pashas | 11 | - | - |
| pashed | 12 | - | - |
| pashes | 11 | - | - |
| pashim | 13 | - | - |
| pashms | 13 | - | - |
| paskas | 12 | - | - |
| paskha | 15 | - | - |
| passee | 8 | out of fashion | - |
| passim | 10 | used to refer to cited works | - |
| passus | 8 | - | - |
| pastas | 8 | - | - |
| pastes | 8 | - | - |
| pastie | 8 | - | - |
| pastil | 8 | a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | - |
| pataca | 10 | the basic unit of money in Macao | - |
| pataka | 12 | - | - |
| patens | 8 | - | - |
| patera | 8 | - | - |
| paters | 8 | - | - |
| pathed | 12 | - | - |
| patiki | 12 | - | - |
| patine | 8 | - | - |
| patins | 8 | - | - |
| patkas | 12 | - | - |
| patoot | 8 | - | - |
| pattee | 8 | - | - |
| pattes | 8 | - | - |
| pattie | 8 | - | - |
| pattle | 8 | - | - |
| patzer | 17 | a poor chess player | - |
| paucal | 10 | - | - |
| paulin | 8 | - | - |
| paunce | 10 | - | - |
| pausal | 8 | - | - |
| paused | 9 | - | - |
| pauser | 8 | - | - |
| pauses | 8 | - | - |
| pavage | 12 | the act of applying paving materials to an area | - |
| pavans | 11 | - | - |
| paveed | 12 | - | - |
| pavens | 11 | - | - |
| pavers | 11 | - | - |
| pavins | 11 | - | - |
| pavior | 11 | a machine for laying pavement | - |
| pavise | 11 | (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | - |
| pavone | 11 | - | - |
| pawaws | 14 | - | - |
| pawers | 11 | - | - |
| pawing | 12 | - | - |
| pawnce | 13 | - | - |
| pawned | 12 | - | - |
| pawner | 11 | - | - |
| pawnor | 11 | - | - |
| paxwax | 25 | - | - |
| payees | 11 | - | - |
| payers | 11 | - | - |
| payess | 11 | - | - |
| paynim | 13 | a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) | - |
| payors | 11 | - | - |
| payout | 11 | - | - |
| pazazz | 35 | - | - |
