4 Letter Words Ending with P
4-letter words ending with P: 179 valid plays. P carries a modest 3-point value. The top scorer is JIMP (15 points). For context, the typical letter in this position gives you around 236 words, so P comes in below that.
Why P at the End Matters
💡 Tile Value
P's 3 points are a reasonable chunk of a 4-letter word's total score without being so rare that plays are hard to find.
Because P lands last, 4-letter words ending with P are naturally suited to hooking: adding P onto a shorter word already on the board to build a new one on your turn.
Notable Words
Highest scorer: JIMP is worth 15 points — P's 3 points plus the rest of the tiles in the word. It's the play to look for if you're building toward a big turn.
Worth memorising first: CHIP (11 points) is one of the lower scorers here, which usually means it's a more familiar word — a safer one to keep in your working vocabulary than the obscure high scorers.
How many options: 179 valid 4-letter words ending with P exist in SOWPODS — fewer than the ~236 typical for this slot, so it's realistic to learn most of the useful ones.
Try This on the Board
🧩 Worked Example
JIMP works as a hook too: if JIM is already on the board, adding the final P to reach JIMP lets you play across an existing word rather than starting fresh.
4-Letter Words Ending with P — Real Data
179
Valid Words
15
Highest Score
12
Avg (Top 20)
| Word | Length | Score |
|---|---|---|
| JIMP | 4 | 15 |
| JUMP | 4 | 15 |
| QUEP | 4 | 15 |
| QUIP | 4 | 15 |
| QUOP | 4 | 15 |
| JAAP | 4 | 13 |
| JARP | 4 | 13 |
| JASP | 4 | 13 |
| JAUP | 4 | 13 |
| JEEP | 4 | 13 |
| GYMP | 4 | 12 |
| KEMP | 4 | 12 |
| KIPP | 4 | 12 |
| WHAP | 4 | 12 |
| WHIP | 4 | 12 |
| WHOP | 4 | 12 |
| WHUP | 4 | 12 |
| YAWP | 4 | 12 |
| CHAP | 4 | 11 |
| CHIP | 4 | 11 |
📚 Dig Deeper
Quick Reference
✓ Do this
Try JIMP (15 pts) next time you draw a trailing P — it's the strongest play on this list.
✗ Avoid this
Don't fixate on JIMP alone — with 179 valid options, there's usually a better fit for the board state than forcing the highest scorer.
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