Five-Letter Words With V

There are 604 five-letter words with V in our word list, 5.3% of all five-letter words. V appears most often in the first or middle position and almost never last. It is usually followed by a vowel, and it can double in words like SAVVY and VIVID.

Quick facts

Where the V usually falls:: position 1 (219), position 3 (205), position 4 (125), position 2 (50)
Most common other letters:: e, a, i, s, r
Words with a repeated letter:: 189 (31%)

Common five-letter words with V

The 195 everyday words from the full list below. Start here if you’re solving a daily puzzle, since those answers are usually familiar words.

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
favor
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
savor
savvy
serve
seven
sever
shave
shove
sieve
slave
solve
stave
stove
suave
vague
valet
valid
valor
value
valve
vanes
vapor
vases
vasts
vault
veers
veils
veins
vends
venom
vents
venue
verbs
verge
verse
verve
vests
vexed
vexes
vials
vicar
viced
vices
video
views
vigil
vigor
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

All five-letter words with V

Grouped by the position of V; a word with more than one V appears in each group that applies. The list includes plurals and less common words, so check a game’s own rules before playing an unfamiliar one.

V as the first letter (219 words)

vacua
vadas
vagal
vague
vagus
vails
vairs
vairy
vakil
vales
valet
valid
valis
valla
valor
valse
value
valve
vamps
vampy
vanda
vaned
vanes
vangs
vaped
vapes
vapid
vapor
varan
varas
vardy
varec
vares
varia
varix
varna
varus
varve
vasal
vases
vasts
vasty
vatic
vatus
vault
vaunt
veals
vealy
vedic
veena
veeps
veers
veery
vegan
vegas
veges
vegie
veils
veily
veins
veiny
velar
velds
veldt
vells
velum
venae
venal
vends
veney
venge
venin
venom
vents
venue
venus
verbs
verey
verge
verry
versa
verse
verso
verst
verts
vertu
verve
vespa
vesta
vests
vetch
veter
vexed
vexer
vexes
vexil
vezir
vials
viand
vibes
vibex
vicar
viced
vices
vichy
video
viers
views
viewy
vifda
vigas
vigia
vigil
vigor
viler
villa
villi
vills
vimen
vinal
vinas
vinca
vined
viner
vines
vinew
vinic
vinos
vints
vinyl
viola
viols
viper
viral
vired
vireo
vires
virga
virge
virid
virls
virtu
virus
visas
vised
vises
visie
visit
visna
visne
vison
visor
vista
visto
vitae
vital
vitex
vitta
vivas
vivat
vivax
vivda
viver
vives
vivid
vivre
vixen
vizir
vizor
vleis
vlies
voars
vocal
voces
vodka
vodou
vodun
vogie
vogue
voice
voids
voila
voile
volae
volar
volas
voled
voles
volet
volks
volta
volte
volti
volts
volva
vomer
vomit
voops
voted
voter
votes
vouch
vouge
voulu
vowed
vowel
vower
vozhd
vraic
vroom
vrouw
vrows
vuggs
vuggy
vughs
vulgo
vulns
vulva
vying

V as the second letter (50 words)

avail
avale
avant
avast
avens
avers
avert
avgas
avian
avine
avion
avise
aviso
avize
avoid
avows
evade
evens
event
evert
every
evets
evhoe
evict
evils
evite
evoes
evohe
evoke
ivied
ivies
ivory
kvass
kvell
mvule
ovals
ovary
ovate
ovens
overs
overt
ovine
ovist
ovoid
ovoli
ovolo
ovule
uveal
uveas
uvula

V as the third letter (213 words)

advew
aiver
anvil
arval
arvos
bavin
bevel
bever
bevor
bevue
bevvy
bivvy
bovid
caved
cavel
caver
caves
cavie
cavil
cives
civet
civic
civie
civil
civvy
coved
coven
cover
coves
covet
covey
covin
daven
davit
devas
devel
devil
devon
divan
divas
dived
diver
dives
divot
divvy
doved
doven
dover
doves
duvet
eaved
eaves
elvan
elver
elves
envoi
envoy
erven
ervil
favas
favel
faves
favor
favus
fever
fiver
fives
fovea
gavel
gavot
givee
given
giver
gives
gyved
gyves
haven
haver
haves
havoc
hevea
hived
hiver
hives
hovel
hoven
hover
invar
javas
javel
jived
jiver
jives
jivey
juves
juvie
kavas
kavya
kevel
kevil
kivas
lavas
laved
laver
laves
lavra
levee
level
lever
levin
lived
liven
liver
lives
livid
livor
livre
lovat
loved
lover
loves
lovey
luvvy
maven
mavie
mavin
mavis
moved
mover
moves
movie
naval
navar
navel
naves
navew
navvy
nevel
never
neves
nevus
nival
novae
novas
novel
novum
oaves
pavan
paved
paven
paver
paves
pavid
pavin
pavis
pivot
raved
ravel
raven
raver
raves
ravin
revel
revet
revie
revue
rival
rivas
rived
rivel
riven
river
rives
rivet
rivos
roved
roven
rover
roves
saved
saver
saves
savey
savin
savor
savoy
savvy
seven
sever
siver
syver
tavah
tavas
taver
ulvas
urvas
vivas
vivat
vivax
vivda
viver
vives
vivid
vivre
waved
waver
waves
wavey
wived
wiver
wives
woven
yeven

V as the fourth letter (137 words)

above
agave
ajiva
alive
amove
awave
bevvy
bivvy
brava
brave
bravi
bravo
breve
calve
carve
carvy
chevy
chive
chivs
chivy
civvy
clave
clavi
cleve
clove
convo
crave
curve
curvy
daeva
deave
deevs
delve
divvy
drave
drive
drove
eruvs
fauve
glove
grave
gravs
gravy
greve
grove
guava
halva
halve
heave
heavy
helve
hoove
keeve
kerve
kieve
knave
knive
laevo
larva
leave
leavy
lieve
loave
luvvy
malva
marvy
mauve
mikva
mikve
mirvs
murva
naeve
naevi
naive
navvy
neive
nerve
nervy
nieve
ogive
olive
parve
parvo
peavy
peeve
perve
pervs
poove
poovy
preve
privy
prove
provo
reave
reeve
reive
rieve
salve
salvo
savvy
selva
serve
servo
shave
sheva
shiva
shive
shivs
shove
sieve
silva
skive
skivy
slave
slive
slove
soave
solve
spivs
stave
stive
stivy
stove
suave
swive
sylva
trave
trove
valve
varve
verve
volva
vulva
waive
weave
wolve
yrivd

V as the fifth letter (5 words)

ganev
kiruv
ollav
parev
schav