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6-letter words starting with AP

52 words are exactly 6 letters long and starting with ap, about 0.2% of every six-letter word.

Length 6 Letters AP

6-letter words starting with AP

52 of 52 shown

For example: apache, aphids, aplite, apollo, appayd, apport.

apache6
apathy6
apedom6
apeman6
apemen6
apepsy6
apercu6
apexes6
aphids6
aphony6
aphtha6
apiary6
apical6
apices6
apiece6
apiols6
apisms6
aplite6
aplomb6
apneal6
apneas6
apneic6
apnoea6
apodal6
apodes6
apogee6
apollo6
apolog6
aporia6
apozem6
appaid6
appair6
appall6
appals6
appayd6
appays6
appeal6
appear6
appels6
append6
apples6
applet6
appley6
apport6
appose6
appros6
appuis6
appuys6
aprons6
aptest6
apting6
aptote6

About 6-letter words starting with AP

Every word here is exactly 6 letters with ap locked into the first slot. Ranked 127 of 145, "ap" is an unusual opening. A short list like this is close to an answer on its own.

A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone. Inside this set, the letter sitting immediately next to the fixed pair is most often P (18), O (7), E (6).

People search this one both ways round, as six letter words starting with ap and as ap words 6 letters. Both mean the same thing, and this is the list. If the length is wrong, the sibling lengths are below.

Same opening, other lengths

Other openings at 6 letters

Quick answers

How many 6-letter words starting with ap are there?

52 of them, out of 22,418 six-letter words, or about 0.2% of the length. Ranked 127 of 145, "ap" is an unusual opening. A short list like this is close to an answer on its own.

Why does this page only cover 6-letter words?

Because a length and an opening together are what you usually know. If you need a different size, the list below moves "ap" to the other lengths that have enough words to be worth a page. Dropping the length entirely gives you every word starting with A instead.

What usually comes next in these words?

The letter just inside the fixed pair is most often P (18), O (7), E (6). A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone.

Do you have a page for every two-letter opening?

No, and deliberately so. A pair only gets a page when at least 35 six-letter words share it. Below that the list is too short to be worth a visit, so we send you to the single-letter list instead.

Are proper nouns or abbreviations included?

No. Only standard dictionary words appear, which matches what Wordle, Scrabble, and crossword grids accept. A missing word is almost always a name, a hyphenation, or an abbreviation.

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