Nine-letter words ending in P
64 nine-letter words end with the letter P. Here is the full list, grouped by first letter — handy when a crossword gives you the last square and nothing else.
Most common nine-letter words ending in P
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- ownership
- bootstrap
- microchip
- spaceship
- filmstrip
- courtship
- shortstop
- buttercup
- ridership
- steamship
- clerkship
- fingertip
- sweatshop
- mousetrap
- lightship
- redevelop
- semigroup
- eavesdrop
- quickstep
- turboprop
- jockstrap
- multistep
- judgeship
- deathtrap
Highest-scoring nine-letter words ending in P
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- quickstep 26
- jockstrap 24
- judgeship 23
- queenship 23
- chiefship 22
- clerkship 20
- horsewhip 20
- microchip 20
- flashlamp 19
- vibraharp 19
- vicarship 19
- cystocarp 18
- housekeep 18
- lightship 18
- scrapheap 18
- spaceship 18
- upmanship 18
- arhatship 17
- cadetship 17
- cardsharp 17
- codevelop 17
- handclasp 17
- ownership 17
- superpimp 17
All 64 nine-letter words ending in P
A 3
- afterclap
- antisleep
- arhatship
B 2
- bootstrap
- buttercup
C 10
- cadetship
- cantaloup
- cardsharp
- carrottop
- chiefship
- clerkship
- codevelop
- courtship
- coverslip
- cystocarp
D 1
- deathtrap
E 2
- eavesdrop
- eldership
F 3
- filmstrip
- fingertip
- flashlamp
G 1
- guildship
H 3
- handclasp
- horsewhip
- housekeep
I 1
- intercrop
J 2
- jockstrap
- judgeship
L 1
- lightship
M 3
- microchip
- mousetrap
- multistep
O 4
- octothorp
- oversleep
- overtrump
- ownership
P 2
- paratroop
- priorship
Q 2
- queenship
- quickstep
R 3
- redevelop
- ridership
- rulership
S 13
- saintship
- scrapheap
- semigroup
- sharecrop
- shortstop
- spaceship
- sporocarp
- steamship
- stonecrop
- storeship
- superpimp
- sweatshop
- sweetshop
T 5
- thaneship
- transship
- troopship
- turboprop
- tutorship
U 1
- upmanship
V 2
- vibraharp
- vicarship
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Common questions
How many nine-letter words end in P?
There are 64 nine-letter words ending in P, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common nine-letter words ending in P?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: ownership, bootstrap, microchip, spaceship, filmstrip, courtship, shortstop, buttercup. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word ending in P in Scrabble?
quickstep scores 26 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.