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

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).