There are 16 words that start with 'persi'.
| persist | persists |
| persimmon | persisted |
| persister | persiflage |
| persimmons | persistent |
| persisters | persisting |
| persiflages | persistence |
| persistency | persistences |
| persistently | persistencies |
Note: These 16 words that start with 'persi' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.