5-Letter Words with V in Them
V is uncommon enough to be a strong clue and common enough to appear regularly — words like vivid, cover and novel keep it in play. A confirmed V slashes the possibility space dramatically.
This page holds every 5-letter word containing V, computed from our dictionary, with the exact count.
391exact word count
Vmost common start (136 words)
Smost common end (95 words)
2.1avg vowels per word
The full list — 391 words
Letter frequency by position
| Position 1 | V 136 C 29 S 27 |
|---|---|
| Position 2 | A 94 I 82 E 68 |
| Position 3 | V 145 I 34 A 31 |
| Position 4 | E 125 V 84 I 38 |
| Position 5 | S 95 E 81 R 40 |
Computed from the 192 words on this page. Use the most frequent letters for high-information guesses.
- above
- agave
- alive
- anvil
- arvos
- ative
- avail
- avast
- avens
- avers
- avert
- avian
- avion
- avoid
- avows
- bevel
- bevvy
- bovid
- brave
- bravo
- breve
- calve
- carve
- caved
- caver
- caves
- cavie
- cavil
- chavs
- chevy
- chive
- chivy
- civet
- civic
- civil
- clave
- clavi
- clove
- clvii
- clxiv
- clxvi
- coven
- cover
- coves
- covet
- covey
- covin
- crave
- curve
- curvy
- davit
- delve
- devas
- devil
- divan
- divas
- dived
- diver
- dives
- divot
- divvy
- doves
- drive
- drove
- duvet
- eaves
- elver
- elves
- envoi
- envoy
- equiv
- evade
- evens
- event
- evert
- every
- evict
- evils
- evite
- evoke
- fauve
- favas
- faves
- favor
- favus
- fever
- fiver
- fives
- fovea
- gavel
- given
- giver
- gives
- glove
- grave
- gravy
- grove
- guava
- gyved
- gyves
- halve
- haven
- haver
- haves
- havoc
- heave
- heavy
- helve
- hived
- hives
- hovel
- hover
- ivied
- ivies
- ivory
- jived
- jiver
- jives
- jivey
- kavas
- kevel
- kivas
- knave
- kvass
- larva
- lavas
- laved
- laver
- laves
- leave
- levee
- level
- lever
- levin
- levis
- lived
- liven
- liver
- lives
- livid
- livre
- loved
- lover
- loves
- lovey
- lxvii
- mauve
- maven
- mavis
- mikva
- moved
- mover
- moves
- movie
- naevi
- naive
- naval
- navar
- navel
- naves
- navvy
- nerve
- nervy
- never
- nevus
- nival
- novae
- novas
- novel
- ogive
- olive
- ovals
- ovary
- ovate
- ovens
- overs
- overt
- ovine
- ovoid
- ovoli
- ovolo
- ovule
- parve
- pavan
- paved
- paver
- paves
- pavid
- pavis
- peeve
- pervs
- pivot
- privy
- prove
- raved
- ravel
- raven
- raver
- raves
- ravin
- reave
- reeve
- reive
- revel
- revet
- revue
- rival
- rived
- riven
- river
- rives
- rivet
- roved
- rover
- roves
- salve
- salvo
- saved
- saver
- saves
- savor
- savoy
- savvy
- serve
- servo
- seven
- sever
- shave
- shiva
- shive
- shivs
- shove
- sieve
- silva
- skive
- slave
- soave
- solve
- spivs
- stave
- stove
- suave
- trave
- trove
- uveas
- uvula
- vagal
- vague
- vagus
- vails
- vairs
- vales
- valet
- valid
- valor
- valse
- value
- valve
- vamps
- vampy
- vanda
- vanes
- vangs
- vaped
- vapes
- vapid
- vapor
- varas
- varia
- varix
- varus
- varve
- vases
- vasts
- vasty
- vatic
- vatus
- vault
- vaunt
- vedic
- veeps
- veers
- veery
- vegan
- veges
- veils
- veins
- veiny
- velar
- velds
- velum
- venae
- venal
- vends
- venge
- venin
- venom
- vents
- venue
- verbs
- verge
- versa
- verse
- verso
- verst
- verts
- vertu
- verve
- vesta
- vests
- vetch
- veter
- vexed
- vexes
- vials
- viand
- vibes
- vicar
- viced
- vices
- video
- viers
- views
- viewy
- vigil
- vigor
- viler
- villa
- villi
- vimen
- vinas
- vines
- vinic
- vinyl
- viola
- viols
- viper
- viral
- vireo
- virga
- virtu
- virus
- visas
- vised
- vises
- visit
- visor
- vista
- vitae
- vital
- vitta
- vivas
- vivid
- vixen
- vizir
- vlogs
- vocab
- vocal
- vodka
- vogue
- voice
- voids
- voila
- voile
- volar
- voles
- volts
- volva
- vomer
- vomit
- voted
- voter
- votes
- vouch
- vouge
- vowed
- vowel
- vower
- voxel
- vroom
- vulva
- vying
- waive
- waved
- waver
- waves
- weave
- wived
- wives
- woven
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How this list was made. Every word above was computed from the SCOWL
en_US-large word list (123,247 English words) using the exact filter for this page — no
hand-picking, no padding, no guessing. Counts are exact. The list includes some uncommon
and Scrabble-style words because the source dictionary is comprehensive; that is by design.