Words that start with 'p' and contain 'yan'


Keep scrolling to find 54 combinations for any words that start with 'p' and contain 'yan'.

7 letter words

  • palayan
  • panayan
  • papayan
  • pulayan

8 letter words

  • palliyan
  • panayano
  • paraiyan

9 letter words

  • pyocyanin
  • pyongyang
  • polyandry
  • polyantha
  • polyanthi
  • polyanthy
  • pollyanna
  • prevoyant

10 letter words

  • paraguayan
  • pinacyanol
  • pyocyanase
  • polyandria
  • polyandric
  • polyangium
  • polyanthus
  • prevoyance
  • purveyance

11 letter words

  • paraguayans
  • pentacyanic
  • phycocyanin
  • polyandrian
  • polyandries
  • polyandrism
  • polyandrist
  • polyandrium
  • polyandrous
  • polyangular
  • polyanthous
  • polycyanide
  • pollyannish
  • purveyancer

12 letter words

  • paracyanogen
  • phyllocyanic
  • phyllocyanin
  • polyandrious
  • polyanthuses

13 letter words

  • palaeichthyan
  • perthiocyanic
  • phycocyanogen
  • platinocyanic
  • preconveyance

14 letter words

  • perthiocyanate
  • phthalocyanine
  • platinocyanide
  • polyandrianism

15 letter words

  • persulphocyanic

16 letter words

  • persulphocyanate

In total, how many words is it possible to make using this list?
There are 54 words possible for any word that starts with 'p' and includes 'yan'.

What word from this page is the most interesting?
Standing as our favorite strange word on this list is 'pyocyanin'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'pyocyanin' means "A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium (Bacillus pyocyaneus).C13H10N2O".

What is the highest number of points you're able to get in Scrabble from this list of words that start with 'p' and contain 'yan'?
From this combination of letters, you can make 'papayan' for a score of 14 in Scrabble.

Which word on this page contains the largest number of letters?
The largest word that's possible to construct from the combination specified is 'persulphocyanate', which has 16 characters.