7-letter words starting with PE
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PE. This section showcases how PE 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 PE, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| perfect | 14 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | a perfect idiot |
| perhaps | 14 | by chance | perhaps she will call tomorrow |
| percent | 11 | a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) | - |
| perform | 14 | carry out or perform an action | - |
| pervert | 12 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | - |
| perfume | 14 | apply perfume to | She perfumes herself every day |
| penalty | 12 | the act of punishing | - |
| pension | 9 | grant a pension to | - |
| peoples | 11 | the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group | the indigenous peoples of Australia |
| peanuts | 9 | an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount | her salary is peanuts compared to his |
| peasant | 9 | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | - |
| penguin | 10 | short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | - |
| pending | 11 | awaiting conclusion or confirmation | business still pending |
| pennies | 9 | - | - |
| peacock | 17 | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot | - |
| pegasus | 10 | a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces | - |
| penance | 11 | remorse for your past conduct | - |
| perkins | 13 | - | - |
| pelican | 11 | large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish | - |
| pendant | 10 | branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | - |
| persona | 9 | (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world | - |
| peeling | 10 | loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | - |
| persist | 9 | be persistent, refuse to stop | he persisted to call me every night |
| perjury | 19 | criminal offense of making false statements under oath | - |
| pereira | 9 | - | - |
| petting | 10 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| peddler | 11 | someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | - |
| pensive | 12 | deeply or seriously thoughtful | - |
| penning | 10 | the act of creating written works | - |
| permian | 11 | from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles | - |
| petunia | 9 | annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America | - |
| peckish | 18 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| pennant | 9 | a long flag; often tapering | - |
| peopled | 12 | furnished with people | sparsely peopled arctic regions |
| pelting | 10 | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | a pelting of insults |
| peccary | 16 | nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America | - |
| pertain | 9 | be relevant to | My remark pertained to your earlier comments |
| peevish | 15 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| peptide | 12 | amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein | - |
| perigee | 10 | periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth | - |
| peerage | 10 | the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | - |
| pealing | 10 | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | - |
| perilla | 9 | small genus of Asiatic herbs | - |
| pergola | 10 | a framework that supports climbing plants | - |
| perjure | 16 | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | - |
| perused | 10 | - | - |
| pervade | 13 | spread or diffuse through | - |
| pendent | 10 | branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | - |
| perturb | 11 | throw into great confusion or disorder | Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order |
| pennine | 9 | - | - |
| peppery | 16 | having the piquant burning taste of peppers | corn chips with peppery salsa |
| pepping | 14 | - | - |
| perfidy | 16 | an act of deliberate betrayal | - |
| perkier | 13 | - | - |
| perplex | 18 | be a mystery or bewildering to | - |
| perspex | 18 | a transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin | - |
| perusal | 9 | reading carefully with intent to remember | - |
| pelagic | 12 | relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean | pelagic organisms |
| pelotas | 9 | - | - |
| peppier | 13 | - | - |
| percale | 11 | a fine closely woven cotton fabric | - |
| perches | 14 | - | - |
| periwig | 13 | a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries | - |
| peached | 15 | - | - |
| peacher | 14 | - | - |
| peaches | 14 | - | - |
| peacing | 12 | - | - |
| peacoat | 11 | a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket | - |
| peacods | 12 | - | - |
| peafowl | 15 | very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird | - |
| peahens | 12 | - | - |
| peakier | 13 | - | - |
| peaking | 14 | - | - |
| peakish | 16 | - | - |
| pealike | 13 | - | - |
| peaning | 10 | - | - |
| peapods | 12 | - | - |
| pearced | 12 | - | - |
| pearces | 11 | - | - |
| pearled | 10 | - | - |
| pearler | 9 | a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls | - |
| pearlin | 9 | - | - |
| pearter | 9 | - | - |
| peartly | 12 | - | - |
| peascod | 12 | - | - |
| peasing | 10 | - | - |
| peatary | 12 | - | - |
| peatery | 12 | - | - |
| peatier | 9 | - | - |
| peatman | 11 | - | - |
| peatmen | 11 | - | - |
| peaveys | 15 | - | - |
| peavies | 12 | - | - |
| peazing | 19 | - | - |
| pebbled | 14 | - | - |
| pebbles | 13 | - | - |
| pebrine | 11 | - | - |
| peccant | 13 | liable to sin | - |
| peccavi | 16 | - | - |
| pechans | 14 | - | - |
| peching | 15 | - | - |
| peckers | 15 | - | - |
| peckier | 15 | - | - |
| pecking | 16 | - | - |
| pectase | 11 | - | - |
| pectate | 11 | - | - |
| pectens | 11 | - | - |
| pectins | 11 | - | - |
| pectise | 11 | - | - |
| pectize | 20 | - | - |
| pectose | 11 | - | - |
| peculia | 11 | - | - |
| pedagog | 12 | someone who educates young people | - |
| pedaled | 11 | - | - |
| pedaler | 10 | a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) | - |
| pedalos | 10 | - | - |
| pedants | 10 | - | - |
| pedders | 11 | - | - |
| peddled | 12 | - | - |
| peddles | 11 | - | - |
| pedeses | 10 | - | - |
| pedesis | 10 | the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | - |
| pedetic | 12 | - | - |
| pedicab | 14 | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire | boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
| pedicel | 12 | a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle | - |
| pedicle | 12 | a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle | - |
| pedlars | 10 | - | - |
| pedlary | 13 | - | - |
| pedlers | 10 | - | - |
| pedlery | 13 | - | - |
| pedocal | 12 | - | - |
| pedrail | 10 | - | - |
| pedrero | 10 | - | - |
| pedways | 16 | - | - |
| peebeen | 11 | - | - |
| peekabo | 15 | - | - |
| peeking | 14 | - | - |
| peelers | 9 | - | - |
| peenged | 11 | - | - |
| peenges | 10 | - | - |
| peening | 10 | - | - |
| peepbos | 13 | - | - |
| peepers | 11 | - | - |
| peeping | 12 | - | - |
| peeptoe | 11 | - | - |
| peepuls | 11 | - | - |
| peeress | 9 | a woman of the peerage in Britain | - |
| peerier | 9 | - | - |
| peeries | 9 | - | - |
| peering | 10 | - | - |
| peevers | 12 | - | - |
| peeving | 13 | - | - |
| peewees | 12 | - | - |
| peewits | 12 | - | - |
| peggier | 11 | - | - |
| peggies | 11 | - | - |
| pegging | 12 | - | - |
| peghing | 14 | - | - |
| pegless | 10 | - | - |
| peglike | 14 | - | - |
| pegtops | 12 | - | - |
| peincts | 11 | - | - |
| peining | 10 | - | - |
| peishwa | 15 | - | - |
| peising | 10 | - | - |
| peizing | 19 | - | - |
| pekepoo | 15 | - | - |
| pelages | 10 | - | - |
| pelhams | 14 | - | - |
| pelisse | 9 | a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur | - |
| pelites | 9 | - | - |
| pelitic | 11 | - | - |
| pellach | 14 | - | - |
| pellack | 15 | - | - |
| pellets | 9 | - | - |
| pelling | 10 | - | - |
| pellock | 15 | - | - |
| pellums | 11 | - | - |
| pelmets | 11 | - | - |
| peloids | 10 | - | - |
| peloria | 9 | - | - |
| peloric | 11 | - | - |
| pelorus | 9 | - | - |
| peloton | 9 | - | - |
| peltast | 9 | - | - |
| peltate | 9 | (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example) | - |
| pelters | 9 | - | - |
| pelvics | 14 | - | - |
| pembina | 13 | - | - |
| pemican | 13 | lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians | - |
| pemphix | 23 | - | - |
| penally | 12 | in a punishing manner | - |
| penangs | 10 | - | - |
| penates | 9 | - | - |
| pencels | 11 | - | - |
| pencils | 11 | - | - |
| pendule | 10 | - | - |
| penfold | 13 | - | - |
| penfuls | 12 | - | - |
| penicil | 11 | - | - |
| penises | 9 | - | - |
| penlike | 13 | - | - |
| penlite | 9 | - | - |
| pennals | 9 | - | - |
| penname | 11 | - | - |
| pennate | 9 | having feathered wings | - |
| penners | 9 | - | - |
| pennied | 10 | - | - |
| pennill | 9 | - | - |
| pennons | 9 | - | - |
| penoche | 14 | fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | - |
| pensees | 9 | - | - |
| pensels | 9 | - | - |
| pensile | 9 | - | - |
| pensils | 9 | - | - |
| penster | 9 | - | - |
| pensums | 11 | - | - |
| pentact | 11 | - | - |
| pentads | 10 | - | - |
| pentane | 9 | - | - |
| pentels | 9 | - | - |
| pentene | 9 | - | - |
| penthia | 12 | - | - |
| pentice | 11 | - | - |
| pentise | 9 | - | - |
| pentiti | 9 | - | - |
| pentito | 9 | - | - |
| pentode | 10 | a thermionic tube having five electrodes | - |
| pentose | 9 | any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
| pentyls | 12 | - | - |
| penuche | 14 | fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | - |
| penuchi | 14 | - | - |
| penults | 9 | - | - |
| peonage | 10 | the condition of a peon | - |
| peonies | 9 | - | - |
| peonism | 11 | - | - |
| peopler | 11 | - | - |
| pepinos | 11 | - | - |
| pepitas | 11 | - | - |
| peplums | 13 | - | - |
| peppers | 13 | - | - |
| peppily | 16 | - | - |
| pepsine | 11 | - | - |
| pepsins | 11 | - | - |
| peptalk | 15 | - | - |
| peptics | 13 | - | - |
| peptids | 12 | - | - |
| peptise | 11 | disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | - |
| peptize | 20 | disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | - |
| peptone | 11 | any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids | - |
| peracid | 12 | - | - |
| peraeon | 9 | - | - |
| percase | 11 | - | - |
| percept | 13 | the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept | - |
| perched | 15 | - | - |
| percher | 14 | a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists | - |
| percids | 12 | - | - |
| percine | 11 | - | - |
| percing | 12 | - | - |
| percoct | 13 | - | - |
| percoid | 12 | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | - |
| percuss | 11 | strike or tap firmly | the doctor percussed his chest and back |
| perdues | 10 | - | - |
| perdure | 10 | - | - |
| peregal | 10 | - | - |
| pereion | 9 | - | - |
| perenty | 12 | - | - |
| pereons | 9 | - | - |
| perfing | 13 | - | - |
| perfins | 12 | - | - |
| perfumy | 17 | - | - |
| perfuse | 12 | cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | - |
| periapt | 11 | - | - |
| pericon | 11 | - | - |
| peridia | 10 | - | - |
| peridot | 10 | a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone | - |
| perigon | 10 | an angle of 360 degrees | - |
| periled | 10 | - | - |
| perinea | 9 | - | - |
| periods | 10 | - | - |
| periost | 9 | - | - |
| perique | 18 | - | - |
| peritus | 9 | - | - |
| perjink | 20 | - | - |
| perkily | 16 | in a perky manner | stuck perkily, like a bustle on a woman's skirt |
| perking | 14 | - | - |
| perkish | 16 | - | - |
| perlite | 9 | - | - |
| perlous | 9 | - | - |
| permies | 11 | - | - |
| perming | 12 | - | - |
| permits | 11 | - | - |
| permute | 11 | change the order or arrangement of | - |
| perning | 10 | - | - |
| pernods | 10 | - | - |
| perogen | 10 | - | - |
| perogie | 10 | - | - |
| perogis | 10 | - | - |
| peronei | 9 | - | - |
| perones | 9 | - | - |
| peroral | 9 | - | - |
| peroxid | 17 | - | - |
| perpend | 12 | - | - |
| perpent | 11 | - | - |
| perrier | 9 | - | - |
| perries | 9 | - | - |
| perrons | 9 | - | - |
| persalt | 9 | - | - |
| persant | 9 | - | - |
| persico | 11 | - | - |
| persing | 10 | - | - |
| persons | 9 | - | - |
| persued | 10 | - | - |
| persues | 9 | - | - |
| pertake | 13 | - | - |
| pertest | 9 | - | - |
| pertook | 13 | - | - |
| pertuse | 9 | - | - |
| peruked | 14 | wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries | - |
| perukes | 13 | - | - |
| peruser | 9 | - | - |
| peruses | 9 | - | - |
| pervier | 12 | - | - |
| perving | 13 | - | - |
| pesades | 10 | - | - |
| pesante | 9 | - | - |
| pesants | 9 | - | - |
| pesaunt | 9 | - | - |
| pesetas | 9 | - | - |
| pesewas | 12 | - | - |
| peshwas | 15 | - | - |
| peskier | 13 | - | - |
| peskily | 16 | - | - |
| pessary | 12 | a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | - |
| pessima | 11 | - | - |
| pesters | 9 | - | - |
| pestful | 12 | - | - |
| pestier | 9 | - | - |
| pestled | 10 | - | - |
| pestles | 9 | - | - |
| petaled | 10 | (of flowers) having petals | - |
| petaras | 9 | - | - |
| petards | 10 | - | - |
| petasos | 9 | - | - |
| petasus | 9 | - | - |
| petcock | 17 | regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining | - |
| petered | 10 | - | - |
| pethers | 12 | - | - |
| petiole | 9 | the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | - |
| petites | 9 | - | - |
| petitio | 9 | the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question | - |
| petnaps | 11 | - | - |
| petrale | 9 | - | - |
| petrary | 12 | - | - |
| petrels | 9 | - | - |
| petrify | 15 | change into stone | - |
| petrols | 9 | - | - |
| petrous | 9 | (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness | - |
| petsais | 9 | - | - |
| petters | 9 | - | - |
| pettier | 9 | - | - |
| petties | 9 | - | - |
| pettily | 12 | in a petty way | - |
| pettish | 12 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| pettled | 10 | - | - |
| pettles | 9 | - | - |
| pewters | 12 | - | - |
| pewtery | 15 | - | - |
| peyotes | 12 | - | - |
| peyotls | 12 | - | - |
| peysing | 13 | - | - |
| peytral | 12 | - | - |
| peytrel | 12 | - | - |
| pezants | 18 | - | - |
