8-Letter Words Starting With PEN

There are 48 8-letter words that start with PEN. 20 are common words, such as PENALIZE and PENANCES. A rarer one is PENUCKLE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (28 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 48

Common words

penalizepenancespenchantpenciledpendantspendentspendulumpenguinspenitentpenknifepenlightpenlites
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About this list

Words
48 (20 common words)
Common example
penalize
Rare example
penuckle
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
19
Most frequent letter
E (28)

Questions

How many 8-letter words starting with pen are there?

48. 20 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PENALIZE is among the common words in this set.