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.
None — V has no two-letter words.
How many words contain V, by length
| Length | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words | 50 | 224 | 654 | 1,271 | 1,925 | 2,916 | 3,364 | 3,161 | 2,779 | 2,187 | 1,579 | 1,108 | 733 |
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
- civility
- cleavage
- cleavers
- cleaving
- cleverer
- cleverly
- conceive
- conserve
- contrive
- convened
- convenes
- convents
- converge
- converse
- converts
- conveyed
- convicts
- convince
- convoyed
- convulse
- covenant
- coverage
- covering
- covertly
- coveting
- covetous
- cravings
- creative
- crevasse
- crevices
- deceived
- deceives
- decisive
- delivers
- delivery
- depraved
- depraves
- deprived
- deprives
- deriving
- deserved
- deserves
- develops
- deviated
- deviates
- devising
- devolved
- devolves
- devotees
- devoting
- devotion
- devoured
- devouter
- devoutly
- disavows
- discover
- disprove
- dissolve
- diverged
- diverges
- diverted
- divested
- dividend
- dividing
- divinest
- divining
- divinity
- division
- divisive
- divisors
- divorced
- divorces
- divulged
- divulges
- driveway
- effusive
- elective
- elevated
- elevates
- elevator
- eleventh
- engraved
- engraver
- engraves
- enlivens
- enslaved
- enslaves
- envelope
- envelops
- enviable
- environs
- envisage
- evacuate
- evaluate
- evasions
- evenings
- evenness
- eventful
- eventual
- evermore
- everyday
- everyone
- evicting
- eviction
- evidence
- evolving
- excavate
- festival
- feverish
- flyovers
- forgiven
- forgives
- fugitive
- governed
- governor
- grieving
- grievous
- groovier
- grooving
- hangover
- harvests
- heavenly
- heaviest
- hovering
- improved
- improves
- inactive
- incisive
- interval
- invaders
- invading
- invalids
- invasion
- invented
- inventor
- inverses
- inverted
- invested
- investor
- inviting
- invoiced
- invoices
- invoking
- involved
- involves
- javelins
- jovially
- juvenile
- lavatory
- lavender
- lavished
- lavisher
- lavishes
- laxative
- leverage
- levering
- livelier
- livening
- lovelier
- lovelies
- lovingly
- mangrove
- maverick
- medieval
- midwives
- missives
- moreover
- motivate
- movables
- movement
- nativity
- navigate
- negative
- novelist
- oblivion
- observed
- observer
- observes
- outlived
- outlives
- ovations
- overalls
- overbear
- overbore
- overcame
- overcast
- overcoat
- overcome
- overdoes
- overdone
- overdose
- overdraw
- overdrew
- overeats
- overflow
- overgrew
- overgrow
- overhand
- overhang
- overhaul
- overhead
- overhear
- overheat
- overhung
- overkill
- overlaid
- overlain
- overland
- overlaps
- overlays
- overlies
- overload
- overlong
- overlook
- overpass
- overrate
- override
- overrode
- overrule
- overruns
- overseas
- overseen
- overseer
- oversees
- overshot
- overstep
- overtake
- overtime
- overtone
- overtook
- overture
- overturn
- overused
- overuses
- overview
- overwork
- passives
- pavement
- pavilion
- pelvises
- perceive
- pervaded
- pervades
- perverse
- perverts
- pivoting
- positive
- preserve
- prevails
- prevents
- previews
- previous
- primeval
- privater
- privates
- priviest
- provable
- provably
- proverbs
- provided
- provider
- provides
- province
- provisos
- provoked
- provokes
- pullover
- punitive
- purveyor
- pushover
- putative
- quavered
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- relative
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- reserved
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- retrieve
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- revolver
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- riveting
- salivate
- salvaged
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- savagely
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- savvying
- sedative
- servants
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- sevenths
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- shivered
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- solvents
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- starving
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- striving
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- surveyed
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- survival
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- takeover
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- unevenly
- universe
- unnerved
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- unproven
- unravels
- unsolved
- unveiled
- upheaval
- vacating
- vacation
- vaccines
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- vagabond
- vagaries
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- valeting
- validate
- validity
- valuable
- vampires
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- vanillas
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- vanities
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- variable
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- vastness
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- vehicles
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- veneered
- venerate
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- veracity
- verbally
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- vicinity
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- villager
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- vineyard
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- violence
- virility
- virtuoso
- virtuous
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- visiting
- visitors
- visually
- vitality
- vitamins
- vivacity
- vividest
- vocalist
- vocation
- volatile
- volcanic
- volition
- volleyed
- voltages
- vomiting
- voodooed
- vortexes
- vouchers
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- 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:
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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.