Words Starting With PAN
100 wordsPAN- words carry the Greek legacy of 'all' or 'every' into modern English. From panoramas to pandemics, this prefix creates words that encompass totality. Here you'll find everything from quick three-letter plays to medical terminology that spans fifteen letters.
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3Pattern Guide
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The PAN- prefix opens doors to both everyday vocabulary and specialized terminology that can transform your word game strategy.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
The Greek prefix 'pan-' meaning 'all' generates many words in this group—pandemic (all people), panorama (all views), panacea (all-healing). Beyond the prefix, PAN words include practical terms like PANG and PANT that derive from entirely different roots. This creates a vocabulary set split between Greek compound words and native English terms.
Total Words
179
0.1% of dictionary
Avg Length
8.8 letters
3.3 syllables
Top Scrabble
PANEGYRIZING
28 points
Longest Word
PANTHEISTICALLY
15 letters
Parts of Speech
With 78% nouns dominating this pattern, PAN- words lean heavily toward naming things rather than describing actions. The average length of 8.8 letters reflects the pattern's preference for Greek-derived compound words over short native terms.
Ancient Greek and Latin share dominance here, which makes sense given 'pan-' is a Greek prefix that entered English through both direct borrowing and Latin intermediaries. The word PANACHE traces an interesting path: French borrowed it from Italian 'pennacchio,' which came from Late Latin 'pinnāculum'—a diminutive meaning 'small feather.' PANICUM shows the typical scholarly route through New Latin back to Proto-Indo-European roots.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
an armored vehicle or tank
Long (8+)
surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
an armored vehicle or tank
Long (8+)
surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
PANCHAX scores 21 in Scrabble but climbs to 23 in WWF—a modest difference. The real strategic value lies in PANZER (17/19 points), which uses common tiles for solid returns in both games. For high-stakes plays, PANEGYRIZING delivers 28 points in Scrabble and 32 in WWF, making it more valuable on the WWF board if you can build it.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
(used in the plural) underpants worn by women
Common Words (likely answers)
(used in the plural) underpants worn by women
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
select from a list
large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
PANTS makes a solid Wordle opener, testing two common vowels (A) and frequent consonants (N, T, S) in a single guess.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
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Short PAN words like PANG and PANE are native English survivors, while longer terms like PANCREATECTOMY reflect Greek's habit of building compound words by stacking meaningful parts together.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
of or relating to all the Greeks
a complete and impressive array
extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
PANOPLY means a complete and impressive array—originally referring to a full suit of armor. It's surprisingly useful in word games, using common letters without any high-value tiles that might get stuck on your rack. The word has evolved from describing literal armor to any grand display or collection.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.