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Words ending in P are moderately common in English. Anglo-Saxon monosyllables dominate: TOP, HOP, CUP, SHIP, KEEP, LEAP. Specialised scientific and technical -OP endings also contribute (GALLOP, DEVELOP, ENVELOPE — though that’s -PE).
In Scrabble, P-ending words are useful because P is 3 points. Short P-enders: OP, UP, ALP, AMP, APE (not P-ending — that’s E), APP, HOP, CAP.
The distinctive -SHIP suffix (FRIENDSHIP, RELATIONSHIP, CHAMPIONSHIP) anchors many English abstract nouns; this generates a large set of long P-ending words. In crosswords, P-endings are relatively less common than more frequent final consonants like E, S, D, R.
1,545 words finish with P in this list — 0.4% of our dictionary. The tile itself is worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The top-scoring P-ending word is JOCKEYSHIP at 31 points (standard TWL letter values, before premium squares). Ending a word on a premium square while forming a second word along the perpendicular axis can easily double or triple this score.
At 2 letters, OP is the minimum we have ending in P. Compact P-final words like this are how you extend board plays cheaply in Scrabble.