5 Letter Words Containing V

How to find a five-letter word with a V in Wordle

Looking for 5 letter words that contain V to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has V in "Must contain". If you know its spot, use a green box instead.

A real example from our word list: the answer is NERVE, and all you know is that it has a V in it, which leaves 122 common words. Open with VALOR, the guess that splits this set most evenly.

Guess 1: VALOR V and R are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 8 possible answers.

Guess 2: SERVE E, R, V and E are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.

Guess 3: NERVE All five letters are green. Solved in 3.

Where V appears in the word

In common words with V, the letter sits most often in the third spot (35%) and least often in the fifth (0%). If you've had V come back yellow, try it in the third or first spot next.

3 of them use V twice, like valve, vivid and savvy.

The letters that appear most often alongside V are E (in 70%), R (in 40%) and A (in 40%).

About 5 letter words with V

V is never doubled in standard English except in a few words like savvy. It's almost always followed by a vowel, as in never, cover and river, which is why so many V words end in -VE or -VER. V is worth 4 points in Scrabble. In Wordle, if V is yellow, try it in the third spot, followed by E.

V is one of the least common letters for 5 letter words, ranking 22 out of 26.

Where V fits in a word

V is almost always followed by a vowel, which is why so many V words end in -VE or -VER: drive, leave, prove, serve and fever. At the start, V words include value, video and voice. V never ends a common five letter word, and it's almost never doubled. A yellow V in Wordle is often best tried third or fourth with E after it. For V at the start, see 5 letter words starting with V, or use the 5 letter word finder to try both spots.

Vowels in 5 letter words with V

E is the most common vowel here, appearing in 70% of the common words, followed by A (40%) and O (37%). The least common is U (8%).

5% have just one vowel, like vinyl, savvy, chevy and gravy. At the other end, video, leave and above have three or more.

Nouns, verbs and adjectives

By main meaning (WordNet), there are 67 nouns, 27 verbs, 24 adjectives and 2 adverbs.

Nouns include video, level and event. Verbs include leave, drive and cover. Adjectives include every, given and moved. Adverbs include never and above.

Best Wordle guesses with V

Top guesses, with the average number of the 122 common words each leaves: VALOR (4.3), LOVER (5.3), RIVAL (5.3), SAVER (5.7) and VIRAL (5.7).

29% repeat a letter, and 2 have a double letter, like villa and savvy.

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with V in Scrabble

Top common words: chevy (16), heavy (14) and savvy (14). All valid words: vozhd (21), avyze (20) and cezve (19). 35 words reach 15 points or more.