5 letter words starting with V
V starts 161 five letter words. It is the consonant English is least comfortable with: barely a word in the whole dictionary ends in one, so a V almost always sits at the front or in the middle.
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What five letter words start with V?
There are 161, led by VAULT, VIRUS, VIPER, VERVE and VOUCH. V is a high value tile that is hard to place, so this is one of the pages genuinely worth reading before a game rather than during one.
The full list
Alphabetical, grouped by second letter, which is usually the fastest way to find what you want.
VA words 35
- vacua
- vagal
- vague
- vagus
- vails
- vairs
- vakil
- vales
- valet
- valid
- valor
- valse
- value
- valve
- vamps
- vanda
- vaned
- vanes
- vangs
- vapid
- vapor
- varas
- varia
- varix
- varna
- varus
- varve
- vasal
- vases
- vasts
- vasty
- vatic
- vatus
- vault
- vaunt
VE words 38
- veals
- vealy
- veena
- veeps
- veers
- veery
- vegan
- vegie
- veils
- veins
- veiny
- velar
- velds
- veldt
- velum
- venae
- venal
- vends
- venge
- venin
- venom
- vents
- venue
- verbs
- verge
- verse
- verso
- verst
- verts
- vertu
- verve
- vesta
- vests
- vetch
- vexed
- vexer
- vexes
- vexil
VI words 52
- vials
- viand
- vibes
- vicar
- viced
- vices
- vichy
- video
- viers
- views
- viewy
- vigas
- vigil
- vigor
- viler
- villa
- villi
- vills
- vimen
- vinal
- vinas
- vinca
- vined
- vines
- vinic
- vinos
- vinyl
- viola
- viols
- viper
- viral
- vireo
- vires
- virga
- virid
- virls
- virtu
- virus
- visas
- vised
- vises
- visit
- visor
- vista
- vitae
- vital
- vitta
- vivas
- vivid
- vixen
- vizir
- vizor
VO words 27
- vocal
- voces
- vodka
- vodun
- vogie
- vogue
- voice
- voids
- voila
- voile
- volar
- voled
- voles
- volta
- volte
- volti
- volts
- volva
- vomer
- vomit
- voted
- voter
- votes
- vouch
- vowed
- vowel
- vower
VR words 3
- vroom
- vrouw
- vrows
VU words 5
- vuggs
- vuggy
- vughs
- vulgo
- vulva
VY words 1
- vying
67 of these are common enough to be in everyday use. Turn on the filter above to hide the rest.
Almost every word here takes a vowel immediately after the V, and A, E and I take nearly all of it. That regularity is useful: if a puzzle has confirmed a V in the opening position, the second letter is a vowel with near certainty.
67 of the 161 words are common vocabulary. The rest, VEERY, VENAE, VIRGA, VARIX, VINIC, are the sort of entry that turns a stuck rack into a play, and they are all legal.
Other word lengths
The same complete list treatment for every length from 2 to 15 letters.
Five letter words by starting letter
Each letter has its own page with the full list and notes on how that letter behaves at five letters.