5 Letter Words Starting with V

Common five-letter words that start with V

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• voice 10/12 the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
• visit 8/9 go to see a place, as for entertainment
• video 9/10 the visible part of a television transmission
• value 8/11 a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
• virus 8/10 (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
• vault 8/11 a burial chamber (usually underground)
• vodka 13/14 unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
• votes 8/9 (form of vote) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• vital 8/10 urgently needed
• voted 9/10 (form of vote) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• veins 8/10 (form of vein) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
• vomit 10/12 eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
• valet 8/10 a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
• valve 11/14 a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
• verse 8/9 literature in metrical form
• vague 9/12 not clearly expressed or understood
• villa 8/11 Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
• views 11/12 (form of view) a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• verge 9/11 a region marking a boundary
• valid 9/11 well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
• vocal 10/13 relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
• viola 8/10 any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
• vista 8/9 the visual percept of a region
• voila 8/10
• viper 10/12 venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
• vouch 13/15 give personal assurance
• venom 10/13 toxin secreted by animals
• vogue 9/12 the popular taste at a given time
• vivid 12/14 evoking lifelike images within the mind
• vents 8/10 (form of vent) a hole for the escape of gas or air
• vowed 12/13 (form of vow) make a vow
• vines 8/10 (form of vine) a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
• vicar 10/12 a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
• venue 8/11 the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• vials 8/10 (form of vial) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
• volts 8/10 (form of volt) a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1…
• valor 8/10 the qualities of a hero or heroine
• vinyl 11/13 a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
• vests 8/9 (form of vest) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
• vibes 10/12 a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that…
• vixen 15/17 a malicious woman with a fierce temper
• viral 8/10 relating to or caused by a virus
• vigil 9/12 a period of sleeplessness
• vroom 10/12 the roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed
• voter 8/9 a citizen who has a legal right to vote
• vowel 11/13 a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
• vichy 16/16 a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs
• verbs 10/12 (form of verb) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
• vegan 9/12 a strict vegetarian
• visas 8/9 (form of visa) an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

All 160 five-letter words that start with V

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.