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Words starting with PIR

There are 43 words starting with PIR in the standard word-game list. The most common are pirate, piracy, piranha, pirouette, piragua, pirana.

Most common, with meanings

Word	Meaning	Points
pirate	someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were their own	8
piracy	hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who…	13
piranha	someone who attacks in search of booty	12
pirouette	(ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)	11
piragua	A Puerto Rican frozen dessert, shaped like a pyramid, made of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored…	10
pirana	small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals	8
pirarucu	A fish, the arapaima (Arapaima gigas).	12
piratical	characteristic of pirates	13
piratically	in a piratical manner	18
pirn	A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.	6
pirog	A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe.	8
pirogi	small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried	9
pirogue	a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log	10
piroplasm	minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals	15
piroplasma	Babesia, a genus of hematozoa that invades the red blood cells of humans and domesticated animals such as…	16
piroshki	small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried	17
pirouetting	The act of turning a pirouette.	14
pirozhki	small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried	26
pirozhok	Singular of pirozhki - Russian пирожки́	26

All 43 words