Words With V

There are 21,951 words containing V in our game dictionary, 4,452 starting with it and 41 ending with it. V is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

2-letter V words

None — V has no two-letter words.

Top scorer (≤ 8 letters)
ZYZZYVAS 44

How many words contain V, by length

Length3456789101112131415
Words502246541,2711,9252,9163,3643,1612,7792,1871,5791,108733

Highest-scoring words with V up to 8 letters, Scrabble points

  • zyzzyvas44
  • zyzzyva43
  • sovkhozy30
  • vizzied29
  • kuvaszok28
  • vizzies28
  • jarovize27
  • vizcacha27
  • vizzie27
  • sovkhoz26
  • mitzvahs25
  • mitzvoth25
  • vehmique25
  • equivoke24
  • mitzvah24
  • zelkovas24
  • avyzing23
  • convexly23
  • shvartze23
  • vanquish23
  • vizying23
  • vowelize23
  • vuvuzela23
  • zelkova23

Words with two heavy letters of the same kind (two Zs, two Qs) need a blank in standard Scrabble, so the blank scores 0 and the real total is lower.

3-letter words with V 50

  • ava6
  • ave6
  • avo6
  • dev7
  • div7
  • eve6
  • evo6
  • gov7
  • guv7
  • ivy9
  • lav6
  • lev6
  • luv6
  • ova6
  • pav8
  • rav6
  • rev6
  • sav6
  • sov6
  • tav6
  • uva6
  • vac8
  • vae6
  • vag7
  • van6
  • var6
  • vas6
  • vat6
  • vau6
  • vav9
  • vaw9
  • vee6
  • veg7
  • vet6
  • vex13
  • via6
  • vid7
  • vie6
  • vig7
  • vim8
  • vin6
  • vis6
  • vly9
  • voe6
  • vol6
  • vor6
  • vow9
  • vox13
  • vug7
  • vum8

4-letter words with V 224

  • arvo7
  • aval7
  • avas7
  • avel7
  • aver7
  • aves7
  • avid8
  • avos7
  • avow10
  • bevy12
  • cava9
  • cave9
  • cavy12
  • chav12
  • chiv12
  • cive9
  • cove9
  • davy11
  • deev8
  • derv8
  • deva8
  • devs8
  • diva8
  • dive8
  • divi8
  • divo8
  • divs8
  • dove8
  • eave7
  • eevn7
  • envy10
  • erev7
  • eruv7
  • even7
  • ever7
  • eves7
  • evet7
  • evil7
  • evoe7
  • evos7
  • fava10
  • fave10
  • five10
  • gave8
  • give8
  • govs8
  • grav8
  • guvs8
  • gyve11
  • have10
  • hive10
  • hove10
  • java14
  • jive14
  • jivy17
  • juve14
  • kava11
  • kiev11
  • kiva11
  • kvas11
  • lava7
  • lave7
  • lavs7
  • leva7
  • leve7
  • levo7
  • levy10
  • live7
  • love7
  • luvs7
  • meve9
  • mirv9
  • move9
  • nave7
  • navy10
  • neve7
  • nevi7
  • nova7
  • omov9
  • oval7
  • ovel7
  • oven7
  • over7
  • ovum9
  • pave9
  • pavs9
  • perv9
  • rave7
  • ravs7
  • revs7
  • riva7
  • rive7
  • rivo7
  • rove7
  • save7
  • savs7
  • shiv10
  • sovs7
  • spiv9
  • tava7
  • tavs7
  • tivy10
  • ulva7
  • urva7
  • uvae7
  • uvas7
  • uvea7
  • vacs9
  • vade8
  • vaes7
  • vagi8
  • vags8
  • vail7
  • vain7
  • vair7
  • vale7
  • vali7
  • vamp11
  • vane7
  • vang8
  • vans7
  • vant7
  • vara7
  • vare7
  • vars7
  • vary10
  • vasa7
  • vase7
  • vast7
  • vats7
  • vatu7
  • vaus7
  • vaut7
  • vavs10
  • vaws10
  • veal7
  • veep9
  • veer7
  • vees7
  • vega8
  • vego8
  • vehm12
  • veil7
  • vein7
  • vela7
  • veld8
  • vele7
  • vell7
  • vena7
  • vend8
  • vent7
  • vera7
  • verb9
  • verd8
  • vers7
  • vert7
  • very10
  • vest7
  • veto7
  • vets7
  • vext14
  • viae7
  • vial7
  • vias7
  • vibe9
  • vibs9
  • vice9
  • vide8
  • vids8
  • vied8
  • vier7
  • vies7
  • view10
  • viga8
  • vigs8
  • vild8
  • vile7
  • vill7
  • vims9
  • vina7
  • vine7
  • vino7
  • vins7
  • vint7
  • viny10
  • viol7
  • vire7
  • virl7
  • visa7
  • vise7
  • vita7
  • vite7
  • viva10
  • vive10
  • vivo10
  • vizy19
  • vlei7
  • vlog8
  • voar7
  • voes7
  • void8
  • voip9
  • vola7
  • vole7
  • volk11
  • vols7
  • volt7
  • vors7
  • vote7
  • vows10
  • vril7
  • vrot7
  • vrou7
  • vrow10
  • vugg9
  • vugh11
  • vugs8
  • vuln7
  • vums9
  • wave10
  • wavy13
  • wive10
  • wove10
  • yeve10

Everyday 5-letter words with V 190

  • above
  • alive
  • anvil
  • avail
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avows
  • brave
  • bravo
  • calve
  • carve
  • caved
  • caves
  • civic
  • civil
  • clove
  • cover
  • coves
  • covet
  • crave
  • curve
  • delve
  • devil
  • dived
  • diver
  • dives
  • doves
  • drive
  • drove
  • duvet
  • eaves
  • elves
  • envoy
  • evade
  • evens
  • event
  • every
  • evict
  • evils
  • evoke
  • fever
  • fiver
  • fives
  • gavel
  • given
  • gives
  • glove
  • grave
  • gravy
  • grove
  • halve
  • haven
  • haves
  • havoc
  • heave
  • heavy
  • hived
  • hives
  • hovel
  • hover
  • ivies
  • ivory
  • larva
  • leave
  • levee
  • level
  • lever
  • lived
  • liven
  • liver
  • lives
  • livid
  • loved
  • lover
  • loves
  • mauve
  • moved
  • mover
  • moves
  • movie
  • naive
  • naval
  • navel
  • nerve
  • never
  • novel
  • olive
  • ovals
  • ovary
  • ovens
  • overs
  • overt
  • paved
  • paves
  • peeve
  • pivot
  • privy
  • prove
  • raved
  • ravel
  • raven
  • raves
  • revel
  • revue
  • rival
  • river
  • rivet
  • salve
  • saved
  • saver
  • saves
  • savvy
  • serve
  • seven
  • sever
  • shave
  • shove
  • sieve
  • slave
  • solve
  • stave
  • stove
  • suave
  • vague
  • valet
  • valid
  • value
  • valve
  • vanes
  • vases
  • vasts
  • vault
  • veers
  • veils
  • veins
  • vends
  • venom
  • vents
  • venue
  • verbs
  • verge
  • verse
  • verve
  • vests
  • vexed
  • vexes
  • vials
  • vicar
  • viced
  • vices
  • video
  • views
  • vigil
  • viler
  • villa
  • vines
  • vinyl
  • viola
  • viper
  • viral
  • virus
  • visas
  • vised
  • vises
  • visit
  • visor
  • vista
  • vital
  • vivid
  • vocal
  • vodka
  • vogue
  • voice
  • voids
  • volts
  • vomit
  • voted
  • voter
  • votes
  • vouch
  • vowed
  • vowel
  • vying
  • waive
  • waved
  • waver
  • waves
  • weave
  • wives
  • woven

Everyday 6-letter words with V 346

  • active
  • advent
  • adverb
  • advert
  • advice
  • advise
  • alcove
  • anvils
  • arrive
  • avails
  • avenge
  • avenue
  • averse
  • averts
  • avoids
  • avowal
  • avowed
  • beaver
  • beeves
  • behave
  • bovine
  • braved
  • braver
  • braves
  • bravos
  • calves
  • canvas
  • carved
  • carves
  • caveat
  • cavern
  • caviar
  • caving
  • cavity
  • cavort
  • civics
  • cleave
  • clever
  • cloven
  • clover
  • cloves
  • convex
  • convey
  • convoy
  • covers
  • covert
  • covets
  • craved
  • craves
  • curved
  • curves
  • deaves
  • delved
  • delves
  • derive
  • device
  • devils
  • devise
  • devoid
  • devote
  • devour
  • devout
  • divers
  • divert
  • divest
  • divide
  • divine
  • diving
  • drivel
  • driven
  • driver
  • drives
  • droves
  • eleven
  • endive
  • envied
  • envies
  • envoys
  • evaded
  • evades
  • evened
  • evener
  • evenly
  • events
  • evicts
  • evoked
  • evokes
  • evolve
  • fevers
  • gavels
  • givens
  • giving
  • gloved
  • gloves
  • govern
  • graved
  • gravel
  • graven
  • graver
  • graves
  • grieve
  • groove
  • groovy
  • grovel
  • groves
  • halved
  • halves
  • havens
  • having
  • heaved
  • heaven
  • heaves
  • hiving
  • hooves
  • hovels
  • hovers
  • invade
  • invent
  • invert
  • invest
  • invite
  • invoke
  • jovial
  • knives
  • larvae
  • lavish
  • leaved
  • leaves
  • levees
  • levels
  • levers
  • levied
  • levies
  • levity
  • lively
  • livens
  • livers
  • livest
  • living
  • loaves
  • lovely
  • lovers
  • loving
  • marvel
  • motive
  • movers
  • movies
  • moving
  • naiver
  • native
  • navels
  • navies
  • nerved
  • nerves
  • novels
  • novice
  • octave
  • olives
  • overdo
  • overly
  • paving
  • peeved
  • peeves
  • pelvic
  • pelvis
  • pivots
  • proved
  • proven
  • proves
  • quaver
  • quiver
  • ravage
  • ravels
  • ravens
  • ravine
  • raving
  • ravish
  • relive
  • remove
  • revamp
  • reveal
  • revels
  • revere
  • revert
  • review
  • revile
  • revise
  • revive
  • revoke
  • revolt
  • revues
  • revved
  • rivals
  • rivers
  • rivets
  • saliva
  • salved
  • salves
  • savage
  • saving
  • selves
  • served
  • server
  • serves
  • sevens
  • severe
  • severs
  • shaved
  • shaven
  • shaver
  • shaves
  • sheave
  • shelve
  • shiver
  • shoved
  • shovel
  • shoves
  • sieved
  • sieves
  • silver
  • slaved
  • slaves
  • sleeve
  • sliver
  • solved
  • solves
  • starve
  • staved
  • staves
  • stoves
  • strive
  • strove
  • suaver
  • survey
  • swerve
  • swivel
  • tavern
  • thieve
  • thrive
  • travel
  • trivia
  • twelve
  • uneven
  • unveil
  • vacant
  • vacate
  • vacuum
  • vagary
  • vaguer
  • vainer
  • valets
  • valise
  • valley
  • valued
  • values
  • valved
  • valves
  • vandal
  • vanish
  • vanity
  • vanned
  • varied
  • varies
  • vaster
  • vastly
  • vatted
  • vaults
  • vector
  • veered
  • veiled
  • veined
  • velour
  • velvet
  • vended
  • vendor
  • veneer
  • vented
  • venues
  • verbal
  • verged
  • verges
  • verier
  • verify
  • vermin
  • versed
  • verses
  • versus
  • vessel
  • vested
  • vetoed
  • vetoes
  • vetted
  • vexing
  • viable
  • vicars
  • vicing
  • victim
  • victor
  • videos
  • viewed
  • viewer
  • vigils
  • vilest
  • vilify
  • villas
  • vinyls
  • violas
  • violet
  • violin
  • vipers
  • virgin
  • virile
  • virtue
  • visaed
  • vising
  • vision
  • visits
  • visors
  • vistas
  • visual
  • vocals
  • vogues
  • voiced
  • voices
  • voided
  • volley
  • volume
  • vomits
  • voodoo
  • vortex
  • voters
  • voting
  • vowels
  • vowing
  • voyage
  • vulgar
  • waived
  • waiver
  • waives
  • wavers
  • wavier
  • waving
  • weaved
  • weaver
  • weaves
  • wolves

Everyday 7-letter words with V 452

  • absolve
  • abusive
  • achieve
  • actives
  • advance
  • adverbs
  • adverse
  • adverts
  • advised
  • adviser
  • advises
  • alcoves
  • anchovy
  • approve
  • archive
  • arrival
  • arrived
  • arrives
  • availed
  • avarice
  • avenged
  • avenges
  • avenues
  • average
  • averted
  • aviator
  • avocado
  • avoided
  • avowals
  • avowing
  • beavers
  • beehive
  • behaved
  • behaves
  • believe
  • beloved
  • bereave
  • bovines
  • bravado
  • bravely
  • bravery
  • bravest
  • braving
  • brevity
  • canvass
  • captive
  • caravan
  • carving
  • cavalry
  • caveats
  • caverns
  • cavorts
  • cleaved
  • cleaver
  • cleaves
  • clovers
  • concave
  • convene
  • convent
  • convert
  • conveys
  • convict
  • convoys
  • covered
  • coverts
  • coveted
  • craving
  • crevice
  • curving
  • deceive
  • deliver
  • delving
  • deprave
  • deprive
  • derived
  • derives
  • deserve
  • devalue
  • develop
  • deviant
  • deviate
  • devices
  • devious
  • devised
  • devises
  • devolve
  • devoted
  • devotee
  • devotes
  • devours
  • disavow
  • diverge
  • diverse
  • diverts
  • divests
  • divided
  • divides
  • divined
  • diviner
  • divines
  • divisor
  • divorce
  • divulge
  • drivels
  • drivers
  • driving
  • elevate
  • elevens
  • elusive
  • emotive
  • endives
  • engrave
  • enliven
  • enslave
  • envelop
  • envious
  • envying
  • evading
  • evasion
  • evasive
  • evenest
  • evening
  • evicted
  • evident
  • evoking
  • evolved
  • evolves
  • fervent
  • festive
  • flyover
  • forever
  • forgave
  • forgive
  • furtive
  • gloving
  • governs
  • gravels
  • gravely
  • gravest
  • gravies
  • graving
  • gravity
  • grieved
  • grieves
  • grooved
  • grooves
  • grovels
  • halving
  • harvest
  • heavens
  • heavier
  • heavies
  • heavily
  • heaving
  • hovered
  • however
  • improve
  • invaded
  • invader
  • invades
  • invalid
  • invents
  • inverse
  • inverts
  • invests
  • invited
  • invites
  • invoice
  • invoked
  • invokes
  • involve
  • ivories
  • javelin
  • leaving
  • levered
  • levying
  • livened
  • livings
  • lovable
  • marvels
  • massive
  • missive
  • motives
  • movable
  • naively
  • naivest
  • naivety
  • natives
  • nerving
  • nervous
  • novelty
  • novices
  • observe
  • obvious
  • octaves
  • outlive
  • ovaries
  • ovation
  • overall
  • overate
  • overdid
  • overdue
  • overeat
  • overlap
  • overlay
  • overlie
  • overran
  • overrun
  • oversaw
  • oversee
  • overtly
  • overuse
  • passive
  • peeving
  • peevish
  • pensive
  • pervade
  • pervert
  • pivotal
  • pivoted
  • poverty
  • prevail
  • prevent
  • preview
  • privacy
  • private
  • privier
  • privies
  • proverb
  • provide
  • proving
  • proviso
  • provoke
  • quavers
  • quivers
  • ravaged
  • ravages
  • ravened
  • ravines
  • ravings
  • receive
  • recover
  • relieve
  • relived
  • relives
  • removal
  • removed
  • removes
  • reprove
  • reserve
  • resolve
  • restive
  • revamps
  • reveals
  • revelry
  • revenge
  • revenue
  • revered
  • reveres
  • reverie
  • reverse
  • reverts
  • reviews
  • reviled
  • reviles
  • revised
  • revises
  • revisit
  • revival
  • revived
  • revives
  • revoked
  • revokes
  • revolts
  • revolve
  • revving
  • rivalry
  • riveted
  • salvage
  • salving
  • savaged
  • savager
  • savages
  • savings
  • savvied
  • savvier
  • savvies
  • scarves
  • servant
  • servers
  • service
  • servile
  • serving
  • seventh
  • seventy
  • several
  • severed
  • severer
  • shavers
  • shaving
  • sheaves
  • shelved
  • shelves
  • shivers
  • shovels
  • shoving
  • shrivel
  • sieving
  • silvers
  • silvery
  • slavery
  • slaving
  • slavish
  • sleeves
  • slivers
  • solvent
  • solving
  • starved
  • starves
  • staving
  • striven
  • strives
  • suavest
  • subvert
  • surveys
  • survive
  • swerved
  • swerves
  • swivels
  • taverns
  • thieves
  • thrived
  • thrives
  • travels
  • trivial
  • twelves
  • uncover
  • unmoved
  • unnerve
  • unravel
  • unveils
  • vacancy
  • vacated
  • vacates
  • vaccine
  • vacuous
  • vacuums
  • vagrant
  • vaguely
  • vaguest
  • vainest
  • valeted
  • valiant
  • validly
  • valises
  • valleys
  • valuing
  • valving
  • vampire
  • vandals
  • vanilla
  • vanning
  • variant
  • variety
  • various
  • varnish
  • varsity
  • varying
  • vastest
  • vatting
  • vaulted
  • vectors
  • veering
  • vehicle
  • veiling
  • veining
  • velvety
  • vending
  • vendors
  • veneers
  • venison
  • venting
  • venture
  • verbals
  • verbose
  • verdict
  • verging
  • veriest
  • versing
  • version
  • vertigo
  • vessels
  • vestige
  • vesting
  • veteran
  • vetoing
  • vetting
  • viaduct
  • vibrant
  • vibrate
  • vicious
  • victims
  • victors
  • victory
  • viewers
  • viewing
  • village
  • villain
  • vinegar
  • vintage
  • violate
  • violent
  • violets
  • violins
  • virgins
  • virtual
  • virtues
  • viruses
  • visaing
  • visible
  • visibly
  • visions
  • visited
  • visitor
  • visuals
  • vitally
  • vitamin
  • vivider
  • vividly
  • voicing
  • voiding
  • volcano
  • volleys
  • voltage
  • volumes
  • vomited
  • voodoos
  • vouched
  • voucher
  • vouches
  • voyaged
  • voyager
  • voyages
  • vulture
  • waivers
  • waiving
  • wavered
  • waviest
  • weavers
  • weaving
  • wharves
  • whoever

Everyday 8-letter words with V 537

  • aardvark
  • abortive
  • abrasive
  • absolved
  • absolves
  • achieved
  • achieves
  • activate
  • actively
  • activist
  • activity
  • adaptive
  • additive
  • adhesive
  • advanced
  • advances
  • adverser
  • advisers
  • advising
  • advisory
  • advocate
  • approval
  • approved
  • approves
  • archived
  • archives
  • arrivals
  • arriving
  • availing
  • avenging
  • averaged
  • averages
  • aversion
  • averting
  • aviation
  • aviators
  • avocados
  • avoiding
  • beavered
  • beehives
  • behalves
  • behaving
  • believed
  • believer
  • believes
  • beloveds
  • bereaved
  • bereaves
  • beverage
  • canvased
  • canvases
  • captives
  • caravans
  • carnival
  • cavalier
  • cavities
  • cavorted
  • cervical
  • chivalry
  • civilian
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  • cleavage
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  • conceive
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  • covenant
  • coverage
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  • creative
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  • deceived
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  • delivery
  • depraved
  • depraves
  • deprived
  • deprives
  • deriving
  • deserved
  • deserves
  • develops
  • deviated
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  • devising
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  • devotees
  • devoting
  • devotion
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  • disavows
  • discover
  • disprove
  • dissolve
  • diverged
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  • dividend
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  • division
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  • driveway
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  • envelope
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  • enviable
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  • envisage
  • evacuate
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  • evenings
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  • eviction
  • evidence
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  • excavate
  • festival
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  • governed
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  • improved
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  • inactive
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  • interval
  • invaders
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  • invasion
  • invented
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  • inverted
  • invested
  • investor
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  • invoiced
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  • invoking
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  • javelins
  • jovially
  • juvenile
  • lavatory
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  • laxative
  • leverage
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  • livelier
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  • lovingly
  • mangrove
  • maverick
  • medieval
  • midwives
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  • moreover
  • motivate
  • movables
  • movement
  • nativity
  • navigate
  • negative
  • novelist
  • oblivion
  • observed
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  • outlived
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  • ovations
  • overalls
  • overbear
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  • overcame
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  • overcoat
  • overcome
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  • overdose
  • overdraw
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  • overeats
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  • overhand
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  • overhaul
  • overhead
  • overhear
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  • overhung
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  • overlaid
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  • overlies
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  • overlook
  • overpass
  • overrate
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  • overrode
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  • overruns
  • overseas
  • overseen
  • overseer
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  • overshot
  • overstep
  • overtake
  • overtime
  • overtone
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  • overture
  • overturn
  • overused
  • overuses
  • overview
  • overwork
  • passives
  • pavement
  • pavilion
  • pelvises
  • perceive
  • pervaded
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  • perverse
  • perverts
  • pivoting
  • positive
  • preserve
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  • previews
  • previous
  • primeval
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  • privates
  • priviest
  • provable
  • provably
  • proverbs
  • provided
  • provider
  • provides
  • province
  • provisos
  • provoked
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  • pullover
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  • purveyor
  • pushover
  • putative
  • quavered
  • quivered
  • ravaging
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  • ravenous
  • ravished
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  • reactive
  • received
  • receiver
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  • recovery
  • relative
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  • reliving
  • removals
  • removing
  • renovate
  • reprieve
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  • reproves
  • reserved
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  • resolved
  • resolver
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  • retrieve
  • revamped
  • revealed
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  • revenues
  • reverent
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  • revering
  • reversal
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  • reviewed
  • reviewer
  • reviling
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  • revision
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  • revivals
  • reviving
  • revoking
  • revolted
  • revolved
  • revolver
  • revolves
  • riveting
  • salivate
  • salvaged
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  • savagely
  • savagery
  • savagest
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  • sedative
  • servants
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  • sevenths
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  • severing
  • severity
  • shelving
  • shivered
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  • slovenly
  • solvents
  • souvenir
  • starving
  • stopover
  • striving
  • subverts
  • surveyed
  • surveyor
  • survival
  • survived
  • survives
  • survivor
  • swerving
  • takeover
  • televise
  • thriving
  • traverse
  • travesty
  • turnover
  • uncovers
  • unevenly
  • universe
  • unnerved
  • unnerves
  • unproven
  • unravels
  • unsolved
  • unveiled
  • upheaval
  • vacating
  • vacation
  • vaccines
  • vacuumed
  • vagabond
  • vagaries
  • vagrants
  • valeting
  • validate
  • validity
  • valuable
  • vampires
  • vanguard
  • vanillas
  • vanished
  • vanishes
  • vanities
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  • variable
  • variance
  • variants
  • vastness
  • vaulting
  • vehement
  • vehicles
  • velocity
  • veneered
  • venerate
  • vengeful
  • venomous
  • ventured
  • ventures
  • veracity
  • verbally
  • verbatim
  • verbiage
  • verdicts
  • verified
  • verifies
  • versions
  • vertebra
  • vertical
  • vertices
  • vestiges
  • vestment
  • veterans
  • vexation
  • viaducts
  • vibrated
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  • vicinity
  • vigilant
  • vigorous
  • vilified
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  • villager
  • villages
  • villains
  • villainy
  • vineyard
  • vintages
  • violated
  • violates
  • violence
  • virility
  • virtuoso
  • virtuous
  • virulent
  • visioned
  • visiting
  • visitors
  • visually
  • vitality
  • vitamins
  • vivacity
  • vividest
  • vocalist
  • vocation
  • volatile
  • volcanic
  • volition
  • volleyed
  • voltages
  • vomiting
  • voodooed
  • vortexes
  • vouchers
  • vouching
  • voyagers
  • voyaging
  • vulgarer
  • vultures
  • waveform
  • wavering
  • whatever
  • whenever
  • wherever

Longer and rarer V words: use the search above (it covers all 21,951).

Playing the V well

  • V is worth 4 points in Scrabble (5 in Words With Friends) and cannot be played as a two-letter word, so aim to play it in three-letter words like VAN, VEX, VIA, VOW or LUV.
  • Avoid keeping two Vs: dump one quickly, or exchange it if the rack has few vowels.
  • The -IVE, -AVE and -OVE endings give plenty of five- and six-letter plays.

Got a full rack? The Scrabble word finder ranks every play by points, and the word checker settles a challenge.

Other heavy letters

The letters that win and lose games:

Browse by length: 2-letter words, 3-letter words, 5-letter words.

Word counts come from PuzzleWhiz's 269,870-word list (based on the open Letterpress list). Official Scrabble dictionaries differ slightly, so counts on other sites vary.

Questions players ask

How many words contain the letter V?

21,951 words up to 15 letters contain V in our 269,870-word game dictionary. 4,452 of them start with V and 41 end with it. 3,101 are everyday English words.

What are the two-letter words with V?

V is the only letter with no two-letter words in our word-game dictionary (and in the official Scrabble lists), which is why it is awkward to hold.

What is the highest-scoring word with V?

Among words of up to 8 letters (the most you can play from a rack plus one board letter), ZYZZYVAS scores 44 points with standard Scrabble tile values, before premium squares and bonuses. Many top scorers use two Zs or other doubled heavy letters and need a blank, because a standard set has one Z, one Q, one X and one J.

How many points is V worth?

V is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

Can I find words with V plus other letters?

Yes. Use the search box on this page, or the PuzzleWhiz word finder: put V in "Must include" along with your other letters, and set a length if you need one. For a full rack, the Scrabble word finder ranks every playable word by score.