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Only nine words place P second and P third, and two of them do nearly all the work.
Both are entirely ordinary and both run APPL before splitting at the last box. Between them they account for almost every real use this pattern gets.
APPAL is a variant of appall, APPEL is a stamp of the foot in fencing, APPRO is British shorthand for approval and APPUI is a term from horsemanship. APPAY, meaning to satisfy, is archaic.
UPPED and UPPER are the two that break the A opening. A takes seven of the nine and U takes two, and there is nothing else.
Nine of the nine carry a repeated letter, because the pattern puts two P letters side by side. A repeat is normally a strong clue and on this page it is worthless.
What is worth testing instead is the fourth box, where five letters appear across nine words. That is where the real separation happens.
Only the last letter separates them. A guess that tests E or Y in the final box settles it, and nothing earlier in the word will.
On approval, in British commercial usage. Goods sent on appro can be returned if they are not wanted.
Both are accepted, with APPAL the British single L form. Only the shorter of the two fits here.
A sharp stamp of the front foot in fencing, used to provoke a reaction. The word is French and unchanged in English.