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Words with V

There are 14,803 words that contain the letter V in our word list. The most common are HAVE, NEVER and OVER. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is ZYZZYVAS (44 points).

Words
14,803
Top Scrabble word
ZYZZYVAS, 44 pts
Top Words With Friends word
KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIDES, 49 pts
Lengths
3 to 24 letters
Filters: starts with, ends with, length, leave out

Common words that contain the letter V

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

The 1,000 most common of 14,803 words that contain the letter V

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points. Use the search box above to filter the full list.

3-letter words 11

  • ava6/7
  • ave6/7
  • eve6/7
  • ivy9/9
  • rev6/7
  • van6/8
  • vat6/7
  • vet6/7
  • via6/7
  • vie6/7
  • vow9/10

4-letter words 52

  • cave9/11
  • cove9/11
  • davy11/11
  • diva8/9
  • dive8/9
  • dove8/9
  • envy10/11
  • even7/9
  • ever7/8
  • evil7/9
  • five10/11
  • gave8/10
  • give8/10
  • have10/10
  • java14/17
  • jive14/17
  • lava7/9
  • levy10/11
  • live7/9
  • love7/9
  • move9/11
  • navy10/11
  • nova7/9
  • oval7/9
  • oven7/9
  • over7/8
  • rave7/8
  • save7/8
  • vail7/9
  • vain7/9
  • vale7/9
  • vase7/8
  • vast7/8
  • veal7/9
  • veil7/9
  • vein7/9
  • vent7/9
  • vera7/8
  • very10/10
  • vest7/8
  • vibe9/11
  • vice9/11
  • view10/11
  • vile7/9
  • vine7/9
  • visa7/8
  • viva10/12
  • void8/9
  • vole7/9
  • vote7/8
  • vows10/11
  • wave10/11

5-letter words 110

  • above10/12
  • alive8/10
  • avoid9/10
  • brave10/12
  • bravo10/12
  • carve10/12
  • caves10/12
  • chevy16/16
  • civic12/15
  • civil10/13
  • cover10/12
  • crave10/12
  • curve10/13
  • devil9/11
  • devon9/11
  • diver9/10
  • drive9/10
  • drove9/10
  • elves8/10
  • event8/10
  • every11/11
  • evils8/10
  • favor11/12
  • fever11/12
  • fives11/12
  • given9/12
  • gives9/11
  • glove9/12
  • grave9/11
  • gravy12/13
  • grove9/11
  • haven11/12
  • havoc13/14
  • heave11/11
  • heavy14/13
  • ivory11/11
  • leave8/10
  • level8/11
  • lever8/10
  • lived9/11
  • liver8/10
  • lives8/10
  • loved9/11
  • lover8/10
  • loves8/10
  • mavis10/12
  • moved11/13
  • moves10/12
  • movie10/12
  • naive8/10
  • naval8/11
  • nerve8/10
  • never8/10
  • novel8/11
  • olive8/10
  • privy13/14
  • prove10/12
  • raven8/10
  • rival8/10
  • river8/9
  • rover8/9
  • saved9/10
  • saves8/9
  • serve8/9
  • seven8/10
  • sever8/9
  • shave11/11
  • shove11/11
  • slave8/10
  • solve8/10
  • stove8/9
  • vague9/12
  • valet8/10
  • valid9/11
  • value8/11
  • valve11/14
  • vault8/11
  • veins8/10
  • venom10/13
  • vents8/10
  • venue8/11
  • verge9/11
  • verse8/9
  • vicar10/12
  • video9/10
  • views11/12
  • villa8/11
  • vines8/10
  • viola8/10
  • viper10/12
  • virus8/10
  • visit8/9
  • vista8/9
  • vital8/10
  • vivid12/14
  • vocal10/13
  • vodka13/14
  • vogue9/12
  • voice10/12
  • voila8/10
  • vomit10/12
  • voted9/10
  • votes8/9
  • vouch13/15
  • vowed12/13
  • waive11/12
  • waved12/13
  • waves11/12
  • weave11/12
  • wives11/12

6-letter words 156

  • active11/13
  • advice12/14
  • advise10/11
  • arrive9/10
  • avenge10/13
  • avenue9/12
  • beaver11/13
  • behave14/15
  • calves11/14
  • canvas11/14
  • carved12/14
  • carver11/13
  • caviar11/13
  • cavity14/15
  • clever11/14
  • clover11/14
  • convey14/16
  • convoy14/16
  • covers11/13
  • covert11/13
  • cravat11/13
  • curves11/14
  • davies10/11
  • device12/14
  • devils10/12
  • devote10/11
  • divers10/11
  • divert10/11
  • divide11/12
  • divine10/12
  • diving11/14
  • driven10/12
  • driver10/11
  • drives10/11
  • eleven9/12
  • events9/11
  • evolve12/15
  • favors12/13
  • favour12/14
  • flavor12/14
  • geneva10/13
  • giving11/15
  • glover10/13
  • gloves10/13
  • gravel10/13
  • graves10/12
  • grieve10/12
  • groove10/12
  • groovy13/14
  • having13/15
  • heaven12/13
  • invade10/12
  • invent9/12
  • invest9/11
  • invite9/11
  • kelvin13/16
  • knives13/15
  • leaves9/11
  • levels9/12
  • lively12/14
  • living10/14
  • lovely12/14
  • lovers9/11
  • loving10/14
  • marvel11/14
  • motive11/13
  • movies11/13
  • moving12/16
  • native9/11
  • nerves9/11
  • novels9/12
  • olives9/11
  • overdo10/11
  • overly12/13
  • pelvic13/17
  • pelvis11/14
  • proved12/14
  • proven11/14
  • proves11/13
  • ravens9/11
  • ravine9/11
  • raving10/13
  • reeves9/10
  • relive9/11
  • remove11/13
  • reveal9/11
  • review12/13
  • revive12/14
  • revolt9/11
  • rivers9/10
  • saliva9/11
  • savage10/12
  • saving10/13
  • savior9/10
  • served10/11
  • server9/10
  • serves9/10
  • severe9/10
  • shaved13/13
  • shiver12/12
  • shoved13/13
  • shovel12/13
  • silver9/11
  • slaves9/11
  • sleeve9/11
  • solved10/12
  • solves9/11
  • soviet9/10
  • starve9/10
  • strive9/10
  • survey12/13
  • tavern9/11
  • thrive12/12
  • travel9/11
  • twelve12/14
  • vacant11/14
  • vacuum13/18
  • valley12/14
  • valued10/13
  • values9/12
  • valves12/15
  • vanish12/13
  • vanity12/13
  • vector11/13
  • velvet12/15
  • verbal11/14
  • verify15/15
  • vermin11/14
  • versus9/11
  • vessel9/11
  • vested10/11
  • viable11/14
  • victim13/16
  • victor11/13
  • videos10/11
  • viewer12/13
  • viking14/17
  • violet9/11
  • violin9/12
  • virgin10/13
  • virtue9/11
  • vision9/11
  • visits9/10
  • visual9/12
  • vitals9/11
  • voices11/13
  • volume11/15
  • voodoo10/11
  • vortex16/17
  • voters9/10
  • voting10/13
  • voyage13/14
  • vulgar10/14
  • waving13/16
  • weaver12/13
  • wolves12/14

7-letter words 168

  • abusive12/15
  • achieve15/16
  • advance13/16
  • advised12/13
  • advisor11/12
  • approve14/17
  • archive15/16
  • arrival10/12
  • arrived11/12
  • arrives10/11
  • avenger11/14
  • average11/13
  • avoided12/13
  • behaved16/17
  • believe12/15
  • beloved13/16
  • bravely15/17
  • bravery15/16
  • bravest12/14
  • captive14/17
  • caravan12/15
  • carving13/17
  • cavalry15/17
  • caveman14/18
  • cleaver12/15
  • convent12/16
  • convert12/15
  • convict14/18
  • covered13/15
  • craving13/17
  • deceive13/15
  • deliver11/13
  • deprive13/15
  • deserve11/12
  • develop13/16
  • devices13/15
  • devious11/13
  • devised12/13
  • devoted12/13
  • divided13/14
  • divorce13/15
  • drivers11/12
  • driving12/15
  • elusive10/13
  • evasive13/15
  • evening11/15
  • evicted13/15
  • evident11/13
  • evolved14/17
  • favours13/15
  • festive13/14
  • forever13/14
  • forgave14/16
  • forgive14/16
  • gravity14/15
  • harvest13/13
  • heavens13/14
  • heavier13/13
  • heavily16/16
  • however16/16
  • improve14/17
  • invaded12/14
  • invalid11/14
  • invited11/13
  • invites10/12
  • involve13/17
  • leaving11/15
  • lovable12/16
  • massive12/14
  • minivan12/16
  • mitzvah24/25
  • motives12/14
  • natives10/12
  • nervous10/13
  • novelty13/15
  • observe12/14
  • obvious12/15
  • oeuvres10/12
  • overall10/13
  • overdue11/13
  • overrun10/13
  • oversee10/11
  • passive12/14
  • pervert12/14
  • poverty15/16
  • prevail12/15
  • prevent12/15
  • preview15/17
  • privacy17/19
  • private12/14
  • provide13/15
  • proving13/17
  • provoke16/18
  • receive12/14
  • recover12/14
  • relieve10/12
  • removal12/15
  • removed13/15
  • reserve10/11
  • resolve10/12
  • reveals10/12
  • revenge11/14
  • revenue10/13
  • reverse10/11
  • reviews13/14
  • riviera10/11
  • salvage11/14
  • savages11/13
  • savings11/14
  • servant10/12
  • servers10/11
  • service12/14
  • serving11/14
  • seventh13/14
  • seventy13/14
  • several10/12
  • severed11/12
  • shaving14/16
  • shelves13/14
  • shoving14/16
  • slavery13/14
  • sleeves10/12
  • solving11/15
  • soviets10/11
  • starved11/12
  • survive13/16
  • thieves13/13
  • travels10/12
  • trivial10/12
  • uncover12/16
  • vaccine14/18
  • vaguely14/17
  • valiant10/13
  • vampire14/17
  • vanilla10/14
  • variety13/13
  • various10/12
  • varsity13/13
  • vehicle15/17
  • vending12/16
  • venture10/13
  • verdict13/15
  • version10/12
  • vessels10/12
  • veteran10/12
  • vicious12/15
  • victims14/17
  • victory15/16
  • viewers13/14
  • viewing14/17
  • village11/15
  • villain10/14
  • vinegar11/14
  • vintage11/14
  • violate10/12
  • violent10/13
  • virgins11/14
  • virtual10/13
  • virtues10/12
  • visible12/15
  • visions10/12
  • visited11/12
  • visitor10/11
  • vitamin12/15
  • volcano12/16
  • voltage11/14
  • vulture10/14
  • whoever16/16

8-letter words 171

  • achieved17/18
  • activate13/15
  • activity16/17
  • advanced15/18
  • advances14/17
  • advising13/16
  • advocate14/16
  • approval15/19
  • approved16/19
  • archives16/17
  • arriving12/15
  • aversion11/13
  • aviation11/13
  • avoiding13/16
  • behaving17/20
  • behavior16/17
  • believed14/17
  • believer13/16
  • believes13/16
  • beverage14/17
  • carnival13/17
  • civilian13/17
  • cleavage14/18
  • conceive15/19
  • converse13/16
  • convince15/20
  • corvette13/15
  • covenant13/17
  • coverage14/17
  • covering14/18
  • creative13/15
  • deceived15/17
  • decisive14/16
  • delivers12/14
  • delivery15/16
  • deprived15/17
  • deserved13/14
  • deserves12/13
  • devotion12/14
  • discover14/16
  • dissolve12/14
  • division12/14
  • divorced15/17
  • driveway18/18
  • elevated12/14
  • elevator11/13
  • endeavor12/14
  • engraved13/16
  • envelope13/17
  • evacuate13/16
  • evaluate11/14
  • evenings12/16
  • everyday18/17
  • everyone14/15
  • evidence14/17
  • favorite14/15
  • festival14/16
  • forgiven15/18
  • fugitive15/18
  • governor12/15
  • grieving13/17
  • hangover15/17
  • heavenly17/18
  • hovering15/17
  • improved16/19
  • invaders12/14
  • invading13/17
  • invasion11/14
  • invented12/15
  • inventor11/14
  • invested12/14
  • inviting12/16
  • involved15/19
  • involves14/18
  • juvenile18/24
  • lavender12/15
  • leverage12/15
  • makeover17/19
  • maneuver13/17
  • maverick19/22
  • medieval14/17
  • movement15/19
  • navigate12/15
  • negative12/15
  • oblivion13/17
  • observed14/16
  • observer13/15
  • overcoat13/15
  • overcome15/18
  • overdose12/13
  • overhead15/15
  • overload12/14
  • overlook15/17
  • override12/13
  • overseas11/12
  • overtime13/15
  • pavement15/19
  • perceive15/18
  • perverse13/15
  • perverts13/15
  • positive13/15
  • preserve13/15
  • prevents13/16
  • previous13/16
  • provided15/17
  • provider14/16
  • provides14/16
  • province15/19
  • provoked18/20
  • received14/16
  • receiver13/15
  • receives13/15
  • recovery16/17
  • relative11/13
  • relevant11/14
  • relieved12/14
  • removing14/18
  • reserved12/13
  • reserves11/12
  • resolved12/14
  • retrieve11/12
  • revealed12/14
  • reverend12/14
  • reversed12/13
  • reviewed15/16
  • revolver14/17
  • savannah14/16
  • sedative12/13
  • servants11/13
  • services13/15
  • severely14/15
  • souvenir11/14
  • starving12/15
  • survival14/18
  • survived15/18
  • survives14/17
  • survivor14/17
  • takeover15/16
  • thieving15/17
  • traveled12/14
  • traveler11/13
  • universe11/14
  • unsolved12/16
  • vacation13/16
  • valuable13/18
  • vampires15/18
  • vanished15/16
  • vanquish23/25
  • vascular13/17
  • vehicles16/18
  • velocity16/18
  • verified15/16
  • veronica13/16
  • vertical13/16
  • veterans11/13
  • vicinity16/18
  • victoria13/15
  • villages12/16
  • villains11/15
  • vineyard15/16
  • violated12/14
  • violence13/17
  • virtuous11/14
  • visiting12/15
  • visitors11/12
  • vitamins13/16
  • vomiting14/18
  • vultures11/15
  • whatever17/17
  • whenever17/18
  • wherever17/17

9-letter words 145

  • activated15/17
  • advancing16/21
  • advantage14/17
  • adventure13/16
  • adversary16/16
  • advertise13/14
  • affidavit19/20
  • attentive12/14
  • available14/18
  • avalanche17/20
  • behaviour17/19
  • believing15/20
  • boulevard15/19
  • civilians14/18
  • civilized24/27
  • conceived17/21
  • converted15/18
  • convicted17/21
  • convinced17/22
  • davenport15/18
  • deceiving16/20
  • defective18/20
  • defensive16/18
  • delivered14/16
  • detective15/17
  • developed16/19
  • directive15/17
  • discovers15/17
  • discovery18/19
  • diversion13/15
  • divisions13/15
  • effective20/22
  • elevators12/14
  • envelopes14/18
  • evacuated15/18
  • everybody21/21
  • evidently16/18
  • evolution12/16
  • excessive21/23
  • exclusive21/25
  • executive21/24
  • expensive21/24
  • explosive21/24
  • extensive19/21
  • favorites15/16
  • forgiving17/21
  • graveyard17/18
  • improving17/22
  • improvise16/19
  • impulsive16/21
  • incentive14/18
  • intensive12/15
  • intervene12/15
  • interview15/17
  • inventing13/18
  • invention12/16
  • inventory15/17
  • investing13/17
  • investors12/14
  • invisible14/18
  • involving16/22
  • leftovers15/17
  • livestock18/21
  • lovebirds15/18
  • loveliest12/15
  • lucrative14/18
  • maneuvers14/18
  • marvelous14/18
  • microwave19/22
  • motivated15/17
  • movements16/20
  • navigator13/16
  • objective23/28
  • observing15/19
  • obsessive14/16
  • obviously17/20
  • offensive18/20
  • operative14/16
  • ourselves12/15
  • overboard15/17
  • overheard16/16
  • overnight16/18
  • overrated13/14
  • overreact14/16
  • overruled13/16
  • oversight16/17
  • overthrow18/18
  • perceived17/20
  • perverted15/17
  • preserved15/17
  • prevented15/18
  • primitive16/19
  • privately17/19
  • privilege15/19
  • providing16/20
  • provolone14/18
  • ravishing16/18
  • receiving15/19
  • recovered15/17
  • relatives12/14
  • relevance14/18
  • repulsive14/18
  • reservoir12/13
  • revealing13/17
  • reverence14/17
  • reviewing16/19
  • revolting13/17
  • riverside13/14
  • salvation12/15
  • secretive14/16
  • sensitive12/14
  • seventeen12/15
  • shivering16/18
  • sleepover14/17
  • souvenirs12/15
  • sovereign13/16
  • supervise14/17
  • surviving16/21
  • survivors15/18
  • travelers12/14
  • traveling13/17
  • travelled13/16
  • uncovered15/19
  • uninvited13/17
  • universal12/16
  • vacations14/17
  • valentine12/16
  • vandalism15/19
  • vegetable15/19
  • vengeance15/20
  • vertebrae14/16
  • vibration14/17
  • videotape15/17
  • vigilante13/17
  • villagers13/17
  • violating13/17
  • violation12/15
  • violently15/18
  • virginity16/18
  • virtually15/18
  • visionary15/16
  • visualize21/24
  • voluntary15/18
  • volunteer12/16
  • whichever23/23

10-letter words 89

  • activities15/17
  • advantages15/18
  • adventures14/17
  • aggressive15/18
  • attractive15/17
  • behavioral18/20
  • believable17/22
  • collective17/22
  • compulsive19/25
  • convenient15/20
  • convention15/20
  • conversion15/19
  • conviction17/22
  • convincing18/25
  • creativity18/19
  • definitive17/19
  • deliveries14/16
  • delivering15/19
  • detectives16/18
  • devastated15/16
  • developing17/22
  • discovered17/19
  • equivalent22/26
  • evacuation15/19
  • evaluation13/17
  • eventually16/20
  • everything20/21
  • everywhere22/21
  • executives22/25
  • explosives22/25
  • government16/21
  • housewives19/20
  • imperative17/20
  • impressive17/20
  • individual15/19
  • inevitable15/19
  • initiative13/15
  • interviews16/18
  • invaluable15/21
  • inventions13/17
  • investment15/19
  • invincible17/23
  • invitation13/16
  • irrelevant13/16
  • livelihood17/19
  • marvellous15/20
  • motivation15/18
  • navigation14/18
  • objectives24/29
  • overlooked18/20
  • overweight20/21
  • perceptive19/23
  • persuasive15/18
  • positively18/20
  • previously18/21
  • privileged17/21
  • privileges16/20
  • productive18/22
  • protective17/20
  • providence18/22
  • provisions15/18
  • recovering16/20
  • relatively16/18
  • rendezvous23/26
  • revelation13/16
  • revolution13/17
  • silverware16/18
  • starvation13/15
  • supervised16/19
  • supervisor15/18
  • supportive17/21
  • television13/16
  • themselves18/20
  • travelling14/19
  • undercover16/20
  • university16/18
  • vanquished26/28
  • vegetables16/20
  • vegetarian14/17
  • vibrations15/18
  • victorious15/18
  • violations13/16
  • visitation13/15
  • vocabulary20/24
  • volunteers13/17
  • vulnerable15/21
  • werewolves19/21
  • whatsoever19/19
  • yourselves16/18

11-letter words 55

  • achievement21/24
  • advertising16/19
  • affirmative22/24
  • alternative14/17
  • anniversary17/19
  • competitive20/24
  • consecutive18/23
  • controversy19/21
  • convenience18/24
  • conventions16/21
  • convertible18/23
  • convictions18/23
  • cooperative18/21
  • destructive17/20
  • devastating16/19
  • development19/24
  • discovering18/22
  • distinctive17/20
  • effectively25/27
  • environment16/21
  • everlasting15/19
  • exclusively26/30
  • extravagant22/25
  • festivities17/18
  • forgiveness18/21
  • governments17/22
  • heavyweight27/26
  • imaginative17/21
  • improvement20/25
  • individuals16/20
  • insensitive14/17
  • interviewed18/20
  • investigate15/18
  • investments16/20
  • invitations14/17
  • involvement19/25
  • observation16/19
  • overlooking19/23
  • overreacted17/19
  • overwhelmed23/25
  • perspective20/24
  • prerogative17/20
  • progressive17/20
  • prospective20/24
  • provocative21/25
  • radioactive17/19
  • reservation14/16
  • screwdriver20/22
  • sensitivity17/18
  • supervision16/20
  • unavailable16/22
  • vanquishing27/31
  • ventilation14/18
  • voluntarily17/21
  • volunteered15/19

12-letter words 30

  • alternatives15/18
  • civilisation17/21
  • civilization26/30
  • conservative20/24
  • conservatory20/22
  • constructive19/24
  • conveniently20/25
  • conventional17/23
  • conversation17/21
  • developments20/25
  • inconvenient17/23
  • intervention15/19
  • interviewing19/23
  • investigated17/20
  • investigator16/19
  • manipulative19/25
  • nevertheless18/20
  • observations17/20
  • overreacting18/22
  • overwhelming24/28
  • reservations15/17
  • surveillance17/23
  • thanksgiving24/28
  • transvestite15/17
  • unattractive17/21
  • unbelievable19/26
  • unbelievably22/28
  • unforgivable21/27
  • universities15/18
  • volunteering16/22

13-letter words 9

  • controversial18/22
  • conversations18/22
  • environmental18/24
  • inconvenience20/27
  • investigating18/23
  • investigation17/21
  • investigative20/24
  • investigators17/20
  • revolutionary19/22

14-letter words 3

  • administrative20/23
  • investigations18/22
  • representative19/22

15-letter words 1

  • representatives20/23

Longest: OVERINTELLECTUALIZATIONS (24 letters).

Questions people ask

How many words that contain the letter V are there?

Our word list has 14,803 words that contain the letter V.

Which words that contain the letter V score the most points?

In Scrabble it is ZYZZYVAS with 44 points. In Words With Friends it is KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIDES with 49 points. Bonus squares are not counted.

What are common words that contain the letter V?

The most used in everyday English are HAVE, NEVER and OVER.