Words that start with V

Every word in this dictionary that opens with a V is on this page, all 2,710 of them, with the 519 everyday ones marked. V is a rare opener, twentieth of the twenty six letters, but a dependable one: it is famously the letter English never silences, so every entry here begins with the same clean sound. It is also a letter of strict habits, and the sections under the list are built on the strictest of them: what may follow a V, what brings one back, and what may never close a word.

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There are 2,710 words that start with V in this dictionary, and 519 of them are common. V ranks twentieth among opening letters, ahead only of K, J, Q, Y, Z and X. A vowel follows the opening V in all but ten of them, and the exceptions are borrowings like VROOM and VROUW plus VYING.

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VA words 651

vac
vacancies
vacancy
vacant
vacantly
vacantness
vacantnesses
vacate
vacated
vacates
vacating
vacation
vacationed
vacationer
vacationers
vacationing
vacationist
vacationists
vacationland
vacationlands
vacations
vaccina
vaccinal
vaccinas
vaccinate
vaccinated
vaccinates
vaccinating
vaccination
vaccinations
vaccinator
vaccinators
vaccine
vaccinee
vaccinees
vaccines
vaccinia
vaccinial
vaccinias
vacillate
vacillated
vacillates
vacillating
vacillatingly
vacillation
vacillations
vacillator
vacillators
vacs
vacua
vacuities
vacuity
vacuolar
vacuolate
vacuolated
vacuolation
vacuolations
vacuole
vacuoles
vacuous
vacuously
vacuousness
vacuousnesses
vacuum
vacuumed
vacuuming
vacuums
vadose
vagabond
vagabondage
vagabondages
vagabonded
vagabonding
vagabondish
vagabondism
vagabondisms
vagabonds
vagal
vagally
vagaries
vagarious
vagariously
vagary
vagi
vagile
vagilities
vagility
vagina
vaginae
vaginal
vaginally
vaginas
vaginate
vaginismus
vaginismuses
vaginitis
vaginitises
vagotomies
vagotomy
vagotonia
vagotonias
vagotonic
vagrancies
vagrancy
vagrant
vagrantly
vagrants
vagrom
vague
vaguely
vagueness
vaguenesses
vaguer
vaguest
vagus
vahine
vahines
vail
vailed
vailing
vails
vain
vainer
vainest
vainglories
vainglorious
vaingloriously
vainglory
vainly
vainness
vainnesses
vair
vairs
vakeel
vakeels
vakil
vakils
valance
valanced
valances
valancing
vale
valediction
valedictions
valedictorian
valedictorians
valedictories
valedictory
valence
valences
valencia
valencias
valencies
valency
valentine
valentines
valerate
valerates
valerian
valerians
valeric
vales
valet
valeted
valeting
valets
valetudinarian
valetudinarians
valetudinaries
valetudinary
valgoid
valgus
valguses
valiance
valiances
valiancies
valiancy
valiant
valiantly
valiantness
valiantnesses
valiants
valid
validate
validated
validates
validating
validation
validations
validities
validity
validly
valine
valines
valise
valises
valkyr
valkyrie
valkyries
valkyrs
vallate
vallecula
valleculae
vallecular
valley
valleys
valonia
valonias
valor
valorise
valorised
valorises
valorising
valorization
valorizations
valorize
valorized
valorizes
valorizing
valorous
valorously
valors
valour
valours
valpolicella
valpolicellas
valse
valses
valuable
valuableness
valuablenesses
valuables
valuably
valuate
valuated
valuates
valuating
valuation
valuational
valuationally
valuations
valuator
valuators
value
valued
valueless
valuelessness
valuelessnesses
valuer
valuers
values
valuing
valuta
valutas
valval
valvar
valvate
valve
valved
valveless
valvelet
valvelets
valves
valving
valvula
valvulae
valvular
valvule
valvules
valvulites
valvulitides
valvulitis
valvulitises
vambrace
vambraces
vamoose
vamoosed
vamooses
vamoosing
vamose
vamosed
vamoses
vamosing
vamp
vamped
vamper
vampers
vamping
vampire
vampires
vampiric
vampirish
vampirism
vampirisms
vampish
vamps
van
vanadate
vanadates
vanadic
vanadium
vanadiums
vanadous
vanaspati
vanaspatis
vanda
vandal
vandalic
vandalise
vandalised
vandalises
vandalising
vandalism
vandalisms
vandalistic
vandalization
vandalizations
vandalize
vandalized
vandalizes
vandalizing
vandals
vandas
vandyke
vandyked
vandykes
vane
vaned
vanes
vang
vangs
vanguard
vanguardism
vanguardisms
vanguardist
vanguardists
vanguards
vanilla
vanillas
vanillic
vanillin
vanillins
vanish
vanished
vanisher
vanishers
vanishes
vanishing
vanishingly
vanitied
vanities
vanitories
vanitory
vanity
vanman
vanmen
vanned
vanner
vanners
vanning
vanpool
vanpooling
vanpoolings
vanpools
vanquish
vanquishable
vanquished
vanquisher
vanquishers
vanquishes
vanquishing
vans
vantage
vantages
vanward
vapid
vapidities
vapidity
vapidly
vapidness
vapidnesses
vapor
vapored
vaporer
vaporers
vaporetti
vaporetto
vaporettos
vaporing
vaporings
vaporise
vaporised
vaporises
vaporish
vaporishness
vaporishnesses
vaporising
vaporizable
vaporization
vaporizations
vaporize
vaporized
vaporizer
vaporizers
vaporizes
vaporizing
vaporous
vaporously
vaporousness
vaporousnesses
vapors
vaporware
vaporwares
vapory
vapour
vapoured
vapourer
vapourers
vapouring
vapours
vapoury
vaquero
vaqueros
var
vara
varactor
varactors
varas
varia
variabilities
variability
variable
variableness
variablenesses
variables
variably
variance
variances
variant
variants
variate
variated
variates
variating
variation
variational
variationally
variations
varicella
varicellas
varices
varicocele
varicoceles
varicolored
varicose
varicosed
varicosities
varicosity
varied
variedly
variegate
variegated
variegates
variegating
variegation
variegations
variegator
variegators
varier
variers
varies
varietal
varietals
varieties
variety
variform
variola
variolar
variolas
variole
varioles
variometer
variometers
variorum
variorums
various
variously
variousness
variousnesses
varisized
varistor
varistors
varix
varlet
varletries
varletry
varlets
varment
varments
varmint
varmints
varna
varnas
varnish
varnished
varnisher
varnishers
varnishes
varnishing
varnishy
varoom
varoomed
varooming
varooms
vars
varsities
varsity
varus
varuses
varve
varved
varves
vary
varying
varyingly
vas
vasa
vasal
vascula
vascular
vascularities
vascularity
vascularization
vasculature
vasculatures
vasculitides
vasculitis
vasculum
vasculums
vase
vasectomies
vasectomize
vasectomized
vasectomizes
vasectomizing
vasectomy
vaselike
vases
vasiform
vasoactive
vasoactivities
vasoactivity
vasoconstrictor
vasodilatation
vasodilatations
vasodilation
vasodilations
vasodilator
vasodilators
vasomotor
vasopressin
vasopressins
vasopressor
vasopressors
vasospasm
vasospasms
vasospastic
vasotocin
vasotocins
vasotomies
vasotomy
vasovagal
vassal
vassalage
vassalages
vassals
vast
vaster
vastest
vastier
vastiest
vastities
vastitude
vastitudes
vastity
vastly
vastness
vastnesses
vasts
vasty
vat
vatful
vatfuls
vatic
vatical
vaticide
vaticides
vaticinal
vaticinate
vaticinated
vaticinates
vaticinating
vaticination
vaticinations
vaticinator
vaticinators
vats
vatted
vatting
vatu
vatus
vau
vaudeville
vaudevilles
vaudevillian
vaudevillians
vault
vaulted
vaulter
vaulters
vaultier
vaultiest
vaulting
vaultingly
vaultings
vaults
vaulty
vaunt
vaunted
vaunter
vaunters
vauntful
vauntie
vaunting
vauntingly
vaunts
vaunty
vaus
vav
vavasor
vavasors
vavasour
vavasours
vavassor
vavassors
vavs
vaw
vaward
vawards
vawntie
vaws

VE words 744

veal
vealed
vealer
vealers
vealier
vealiest
vealing
veals
vealy
vector
vectored
vectorial
vectorially
vectoring
vectors
vedalia
vedalias
vedette
vedettes
vee
veejay
veejays
veena
veenas
veep
veepee
veepees
veeps
veer
veered
veeries
veering
veeringly
veers
veery
vees
veg
vegan
veganism
veganisms
vegans
vegetable
vegetables
vegetably
vegetal
vegetant
vegetarian
vegetarianism
vegetarianisms
vegetarians
vegetate
vegetated
vegetates
vegetating
vegetation
vegetational
vegetations
vegetative
vegetatively
vegetativeness
vegete
vegetist
vegetists
vegetive
veggie
veggies
vegie
vegies
vehemence
vehemences
vehement
vehemently
vehicle
vehicles
vehicular
veil
veiled
veiledly
veiler
veilers
veiling
veilings
veillike
veils
vein
veinal
veined
veiner
veiners
veinier
veiniest
veining
veinings
veinless
veinlet
veinlets
veinlike
veins
veinule
veinules
veinulet
veinulets
veiny
vela
velamen
velamina
velar
velaria
velarium
velarization
velarizations
velarize
velarized
velarizes
velarizing
velars
velate
veld
velds
veldt
veldts
veliger
veligers
velites
velleities
velleity
vellum
vellums
veloce
velocimeter
velocimeters
velocipede
velocipedes
velocities
velocity
velodrome
velodromes
velour
velours
veloute
veloutes
velum
velure
velured
velures
veluring
velveret
velverets
velvet
velveted
velveteen
velveteens
velvetlike
velvets
velvety
vena
venae
venal
venalities
venality
venally
venatic
venation
venations
vend
vendable
vendables
vendace
vendaces
vended
vendee
vendees
vender
venders
vendetta
vendettas
vendeuse
vendeuses
vendibilities
vendibility
vendible
vendibles
vendibly
vending
vendor
vendors
vends
vendue
vendues
veneer
veneered
veneerer
veneerers
veneering
veneerings
veneers
venenate
venenated
venenates
venenating
venenose
venerabilities
venerability
venerable
venerableness
venerablenesses
venerably
venerate
venerated
venerates
venerating
veneration
venerations
venerator
venerators
venereal
veneries
venery
venesection
venesections
venetian
venetians
venge
vengeance
vengeances
venged
vengeful
vengefully
vengefulness
vengefulnesses
venges
venging
venial
venially
venialness
venialnesses
venin
venine
venines
venins
venipuncture
venipunctures
venire
venireman
veniremen
venires
venison
venisons
venogram
venograms
venographies
venography
venom
venomed
venomer
venomers
venoming
venomous
venomously
venomousness
venomousnesses
venoms
venose
venosities
venosity
venous
venously
vent
ventage
ventages
ventail
ventails
vented
venter
venters
ventifact
ventifacts
ventilate
ventilated
ventilates
ventilating
ventilation
ventilations
ventilator
ventilators
ventilatory
venting
ventless
ventral
ventrally
ventrals
ventricle
ventricles
ventricose
ventricular
ventriculi
ventriculus
ventriloquial
ventriloquially
ventriloquies
ventriloquism
ventriloquisms
ventriloquist
ventriloquistic
ventriloquists
ventriloquize
ventriloquized
ventriloquizes
ventriloquizing
ventriloquy
ventrolateral
ventromedial
vents
venture
ventured
venturer
venturers
ventures
venturesome
venturesomely
venturesomeness
venturi
venturing
venturis
venturous
venturously
venturousness
venturousnesses
venue
venues
venular
venule
venules
venulose
venulous
vera
veracious
veraciously
veraciousness
veraciousnesses
veracities
veracity
veranda
verandaed
verandah
verandahed
verandahs
verandas
verapamil
verapamils
veratria
veratrias
veratridine
veratridines
veratrin
veratrine
veratrines
veratrins
veratrum
veratrums
verb
verbal
verbalism
verbalisms
verbalist
verbalistic
verbalists
verbalization
verbalizations
verbalize
verbalized
verbalizer
verbalizers
verbalizes
verbalizing
verbally
verbals
verbatim
verbena
verbenas
verbiage
verbiages
verbicide
verbicides
verbid
verbids
verbified
verbifies
verbify
verbifying
verbigeration
verbigerations
verbile
verbiles
verbless
verbose
verbosely
verboseness
verbosenesses
verbosities
verbosity
verboten
verbs
verdancies
verdancy
verdant
verdantly
verderer
verderers
verderor
verderors
verdict
verdicts
verdigris
verdigrises
verdin
verdins
verditer
verditers
verdure
verdured
verdures
verdurous
verecund
verge
verged
vergence
vergences
verger
vergers
verges
verging
verglas
verglases
veridic
veridical
veridicalities
veridicality
veridically
verier
veriest
verifiabilities
verifiability
verifiable
verifiableness
verification
verifications
verified
verifier
verifiers
verifies
verify
verifying
verily
verisimilar
verisimilarly
verisimilitude
verisimilitudes
verism
verismo
verismos
verisms
verist
veristic
verists
veritable
veritableness
veritablenesses
veritably
veritas
veritates
verite
verites
verities
verity
verjuice
verjuices
vermeil
vermeils
vermes
vermian
vermicelli
vermicellis
vermicide
vermicides
vermicular
vermiculate
vermiculated
vermiculation
vermiculations
vermiculite
vermiculites
vermiform
vermifuge
vermifuges
vermilion
vermilions
vermillion
vermillions
vermin
verminous
vermis
vermoulu
vermouth
vermouths
vermuth
vermuths
vernacle
vernacles
vernacular
vernacularism
vernacularisms
vernacularly
vernaculars
vernal
vernalization
vernalizations
vernalize
vernalized
vernalizes
vernalizing
vernally
vernation
vernations
vernicle
vernicles
vernier
verniers
vernissage
vernissages
vernix
vernixes
veronica
veronicas
verruca
verrucae
verrucose
versal
versant
versants
versatile
versatilely
versatileness
versatilenesses
versatilities
versatility
verse
versed
verseman
versemen
verser
versers
verses
verset
versets
versicle
versicles
versicular
versification
versifications
versified
versifier
versifiers
versifies
versify
versifying
versine
versines
versing
version
versional
versions
verso
versos
verst
verste
verstes
versts
versus
vert
vertebra
vertebrae
vertebral
vertebras
vertebrate
vertebrates
vertex
vertexes
vertical
verticalities
verticality
vertically
verticalness
verticalnesses
verticals
vertices
verticil
verticillate
verticils
vertigines
vertiginous
vertiginously
vertigo
vertigoes
vertigos
verts
vertu
vertus
vervain
vervains
verve
verves
vervet
vervets
very
vesica
vesicae
vesical
vesicant
vesicants
vesicate
vesicated
vesicates
vesicating
vesicle
vesicles
vesicula
vesiculae
vesicular
vesicularities
vesicularity
vesiculate
vesiculated
vesiculates
vesiculating
vesiculation
vesiculations
vesper
vesperal
vesperals
vespers
vespertilian
vespertine
vespiaries
vespiary
vespid
vespids
vespine
vessel
vesseled
vessels
vest
vesta
vestal
vestally
vestals
vestas
vested
vestee
vestees
vestiaries
vestiary
vestibular
vestibule
vestibuled
vestibules
vestige
vestiges
vestigia
vestigial
vestigially
vestigium
vesting
vestings
vestless
vestlike
vestment
vestmental
vestments
vestral
vestries
vestry
vestryman
vestrymen
vests
vestural
vesture
vestured
vestures
vesturing
vesuvian
vesuvianite
vesuvianites
vesuvians
vet
vetch
vetches
vetchling
vetchlings
veteran
veterans
veterinarian
veterinarians
veterinaries
veterinary
vetiver
vetivers
vetivert
vetiverts
veto
vetoed
vetoer
vetoers
vetoes
vetoing
vets
vetted
vetting
vex
vexation
vexations
vexatious
vexatiously
vexatiousness
vexatiousnesses
vexed
vexedly
vexer
vexers
vexes
vexil
vexilla
vexillar
vexillologic
vexillological
vexillologies
vexillologist
vexillologists
vexillology
vexillum
vexils
vexing
vexingly
vext

VI words 856

via
viabilities
viability
viable
viably
viaduct
viaducts
vial
vialed
vialing
vialled
vialling
vials
viand
viands
viatic
viatica
viatical
viaticum
viaticums
viator
viatores
viators
vibe
vibes
vibist
vibists
vibraharp
vibraharpist
vibraharpists
vibraharps
vibrance
vibrances
vibrancies
vibrancy
vibrant
vibrantly
vibrants
vibraphone
vibraphones
vibraphonist
vibraphonists
vibrate
vibrated
vibrates
vibratile
vibrating
vibration
vibrational
vibrationless
vibrations
vibrato
vibratoless
vibrator
vibrators
vibratory
vibratos
vibrio
vibrioid
vibrion
vibrionic
vibrions
vibrios
vibrioses
vibriosis
vibrissa
vibrissae
vibronic
viburnum
viburnums
vicar
vicarage
vicarages
vicarate
vicarates
vicarial
vicariance
vicariances
vicariant
vicariants
vicariate
vicariates
vicarious
vicariously
vicariousness
vicariousnesses
vicarly
vicars
vicarship
vicarships
vice
viced
vicegerencies
vicegerency
vicegerent
vicegerents
viceless
vicenary
vicennial
viceregal
viceregally
vicereine
vicereines
viceroy
viceroyalties
viceroyalty
viceroys
viceroyship
viceroyships
vices
vichies
vichy
vichyssoise
vichyssoises
vicinage
vicinages
vicinal
vicing
vicinities
vicinity
vicious
viciously
viciousness
viciousnesses
vicissitude
vicissitudes
vicissitudinous
vicomte
vicomtes
victim
victimhood
victimhoods
victimise
victimised
victimises
victimising
victimization
victimizations
victimize
victimized
victimizer
victimizers
victimizes
victimizing
victimless
victimologies
victimologist
victimologists
victimology
victims
victor
victoria
victorias
victories
victorious
victoriously
victoriousness
victors
victory
victress
victresses
victual
victualed
victualer
victualers
victualing
victualled
victualler
victuallers
victualling
victuals
vicugna
vicugnas
vicuna
vicunas
vide
videlicet
video
videocassette
videocassettes
videoconference
videodisc
videodiscs
videodisk
videodisks
videographer
videographers
videographies
videography
videoland
videolands
videophile
videophiles
videophone
videophones
videos
videotape
videotaped
videotapes
videotaping
videotex
videotexes
videotext
videotexts
vidette
videttes
vidicon
vidicons
viduities
viduity
vie
vied
vier
viers
vies
view
viewable
viewdata
viewdatas
viewed
viewer
viewers
viewership
viewerships
viewfinder
viewfinders
viewier
viewiest
viewing
viewings
viewless
viewlessly
viewpoint
viewpoints
views
viewy
vig
viga
vigas
vigesimal
vigil
vigilance
vigilances
vigilant
vigilante
vigilantes
vigilantism
vigilantisms
vigilantly
vigils
vigintillion
vigintillions
vigneron
vignerons
vignette
vignetted
vignetter
vignetters
vignettes
vignetting
vignettist
vignettists
vigor
vigorish
vigorishes
vigoroso
vigorous
vigorously
vigorousness
vigorousnesses
vigors
vigour
vigours
vigs
viking
vikings
vilayet
vilayets
vile
vilely
vileness
vilenesses
viler
vilest
vilification
vilifications
vilified
vilifier
vilifiers
vilifies
vilify
vilifying
vilipend
vilipended
vilipending
vilipends
vill
villa
villadom
villadoms
villae
village
villager
villageries
villagers
villagery
villages
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villainess
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villainously
villainousness
villains
villainy
villanella
villanelle
villanelles
villas
villatic
villein
villeins
villenage
villenages
villi
villiform
villose
villosities
villosity
villous
vills
villus
vim
vimen
vimina
viminal
vims
vina
vinaceous
vinaigrette
vinaigrettes
vinal
vinals
vinas
vinasse
vinasses
vinblastine
vinblastines
vinca
vincas
vincible
vincibly
vincristine
vincristines
vincula
vinculum
vinculums
vindaloo
vindaloos
vindicable
vindicate
vindicated
vindicates
vindicating
vindication
vindications
vindicative
vindicator
vindicators
vindicatory
vindictive
vindictively
vindictiveness
vine
vineal
vined
vinedresser
vinedressers
vinegar
vinegared
vinegarish
vinegars
vinegary
vineries
vinery
vines
vineyard
vineyardist
vineyardists
vineyards
vinic
viniculture
vinicultures
vinier
viniest
vinifera
viniferas
vinification
vinifications
vinified
vinifies
vinify
vinifying
vining
vino
vinos
vinosities
vinosity
vinous
vinously
vintage
vintager
vintagers
vintages
vintner
vintners
viny
vinyl
vinylic
vinylidene
vinylidenes
vinyls
viol
viola
violabilities
violability
violable
violableness
violablenesses
violably
violaceous
violas
violate
violated
violater
violaters
violates
violating
violation
violations
violative
violator
violators
violence
violences
violent
violently
violet
violets
violin
violinist
violinistic
violinists
violins
violist
violists
violoncelli
violoncellist
violoncellists
violoncello
violoncellos
violone
violones
viols
viomycin
viomycins
viper
viperine
viperish
viperous
viperously
vipers
viraginous
virago
viragoes
viragos
viral
virally
virelai
virelais
virelay
virelays
viremia
viremias
viremic
vireo
vireos
vires
virescence
virescences
virescent
virga
virgas
virgate
virgates
virgin
virginal
virginalist
virginalists
virginally
virginals
virginities
virginity
virgins
virgule
virgules
viricidal
viricide
viricides
virid
viridescent
viridian
viridians
viridities
viridity
virile
virilely
virilism
virilisms
virilities
virility
virion
virions
virl
virls
viroid
viroids
virologic
virological
virologically
virologies
virologist
virologists
virology
viroses
virosis
virtu
virtual
virtualities
virtuality
virtually
virtue
virtueless
virtues
virtuosa
virtuosas
virtuose
virtuosi
virtuosic
virtuosities
virtuosity
virtuoso
virtuosos
virtuous
virtuously
virtuousness
virtuousnesses
virtus
virucidal
virucide
virucides
virulence
virulences
virulencies
virulency
virulent
virulently
viruliferous
virus
viruses
vis
visa
visaed
visage
visaged
visages
visaing
visard
visards
visas
viscacha
viscachas
viscera
visceral
viscerally
viscid
viscidities
viscidity
viscidly
viscoelastic
viscoelasticity
viscoid
viscometer
viscometers
viscometric
viscometries
viscometry
viscose
viscoses
viscosimeter
viscosimeters
viscosimetric
viscosities
viscosity
viscount
viscountcies
viscountcy
viscountess
viscountesses
viscounties
viscounts
viscounty
viscous
viscously
viscousness
viscousnesses
viscus
vise
vised
viseed
viseing
viselike
vises
visibilities
visibility
visible
visibleness
visiblenesses
visibly
vising
vision
visional
visionally
visionaries
visionariness
visionarinesses
visionary
visioned
visioning
visionless
visions
visit
visitable
visitant
visitants
visitation
visitations
visitatorial
visited
visiter
visiters
visiting
visitor
visitors
visits
visive
visor
visored
visoring
visorless
visors
vista
vistaed
vistas
visual
visualise
visualised
visualises
visualising
visualization
visualizations
visualize
visualized
visualizer
visualizers
visualizes
visualizing
visually
visuals
vita
vitae
vital
vitalise
vitalised
vitalises
vitalising
vitalism
vitalisms
vitalist
vitalistic
vitalists
vitalities
vitality
vitalization
vitalizations
vitalize
vitalized
vitalizes
vitalizing
vitally
vitals
vitamer
vitamers
vitamin
vitamine
vitamines
vitamins
vitellin
vitelline
vitellins
vitellogeneses
vitellogenesis
vitellus
vitelluses
vitesse
vitesses
vitiable
vitiate
vitiated
vitiates
vitiating
vitiation
vitiations
vitiator
vitiators
viticultural
viticulturally
viticulture
viticultures
viticulturist
viticulturists
vitiligo
vitiligos
vitrain
vitrains
vitrectomies
vitrectomy
vitreous
vitreouses
vitric
vitrics
vitrifiable
vitrification
vitrifications
vitrified
vitrifies
vitrify
vitrifying
vitrine
vitrines
vitriol
vitrioled
vitriolic
vitrioling
vitriolled
vitriolling
vitriols
vitta
vittae
vittate
vittle
vittled
vittles
vittling
vituline
vituperate
vituperated
vituperates
vituperating
vituperation
vituperations
vituperative
vituperatively
vituperator
vituperators
vituperatory
viva
vivace
vivaces
vivacious
vivaciously
vivaciousness
vivaciousnesses
vivacities
vivacity
vivandiere
vivandieres
vivaria
vivaries
vivarium
vivariums
vivary
vivas
vive
viverrid
viverrids
vivers
vivid
vivider
vividest
vividly
vividness
vividnesses
vivific
vivification
vivifications
vivified
vivifier
vivifiers
vivifies
vivify
vivifying
vivipara
viviparities
viviparity
viviparous
viviparously
vivisect
vivisected
vivisecting
vivisection
vivisectional
vivisectionist
vivisectionists
vivisections
vivisector
vivisectors
vivisects
vixen
vixenish
vixenly
vixens
vizard
vizarded
vizards
vizcacha
vizcachas
vizier
vizierate
vizierates
vizierial
viziers
viziership
vizierships
vizir
vizirate
vizirates
vizirial
vizirs
vizor
vizored
vizoring
vizors
vizsla
vizslas

VO words 362

vocable
vocables
vocably
vocabular
vocabularies
vocabulary
vocal
vocalic
vocalically
vocalics
vocalise
vocalised
vocalises
vocalising
vocalism
vocalisms
vocalist
vocalists
vocalities
vocality
vocalization
vocalizations
vocalize
vocalized
vocalizer
vocalizers
vocalizes
vocalizing
vocally
vocals
vocation
vocational
vocationalism
vocationalisms
vocationalist
vocationalists
vocationally
vocations
vocative
vocatively
vocatives
voces
vociferant
vociferate
vociferated
vociferates
vociferating
vociferation
vociferations
vociferator
vociferators
vociferous
vociferously
vociferousness
vocoder
vocoders
vodka
vodkas
vodoun
vodouns
vodun
voduns
voe
voes
vogie
vogue
vogued
vogueing
voguer
voguers
vogues
voguing
voguish
voguishness
voguishnesses
voice
voiced
voiceful
voicefulness
voicefulnesses
voiceless
voicelessly
voicelessness
voicelessnesses
voiceprint
voiceprints
voicer
voicers
voices
voicing
void
voidable
voidableness
voidablenesses
voidance
voidances
voided
voider
voiders
voiding
voidness
voidnesses
voids
voila
voile
voiles
volant
volante
volar
volatile
volatileness
volatilenesses
volatiles
volatilise
volatilised
volatilises
volatilising
volatilities
volatility
volatilizable
volatilization
volatilizations
volatilize
volatilized
volatilizes
volatilizing
volcanic
volcanically
volcanicities
volcanicity
volcanics
volcanism
volcanisms
volcano
volcanoes
volcanologic
volcanological
volcanologies
volcanologist
volcanologists
volcanology
volcanos
vole
voled
voleries
volery
voles
voling
volitant
volition
volitional
volitions
volitive
volkslied
volkslieder
volley
volleyball
volleyballs
volleyed
volleyer
volleyers
volleying
volleys
volost
volosts
volplane
volplaned
volplanes
volplaning
volt
volta
voltage
voltages
voltaic
voltaism
voltaisms
volte
voltes
volti
voltmeter
voltmeters
volts
volubilities
volubility
voluble
volubleness
volublenesses
volubly
volume
volumed
volumes
volumeter
volumeters
volumetric
volumetrically
voluming
voluminosities
voluminosity
voluminous
voluminously
voluminousness
voluntaries
voluntarily
voluntariness
voluntarinesses
voluntarism
voluntarisms
voluntarist
voluntaristic
voluntarists
voluntary
voluntaryism
voluntaryisms
voluntaryist
voluntaryists
volunteer
volunteered
volunteering
volunteerism
volunteerisms
volunteers
voluptuaries
voluptuary
voluptuous
voluptuously
voluptuousness
volute
voluted
volutes
volutin
volutins
volution
volutions
volva
volvas
volvate
volvox
volvoxes
volvuli
volvulus
volvuluses
vomer
vomerine
vomers
vomica
vomicae
vomit
vomited
vomiter
vomiters
vomiting
vomitive
vomitives
vomito
vomitories
vomitory
vomitos
vomitous
vomits
vomitus
vomituses
voodoo
voodooed
voodooing
voodooism
voodooisms
voodooist
voodooistic
voodooists
voodoos
voracious
voraciously
voraciousness
voraciousnesses
voracities
voracity
vorlage
vorlages
vortex
vortexes
vortical
vortically
vorticella
vorticellae
vorticellas
vortices
vorticism
vorticisms
vorticist
vorticists
vorticities
vorticity
vorticose
votable
votaress
votaresses
votaries
votarist
votarists
votary
vote
voteable
voted
voteless
voter
voters
votes
voting
votive
votively
votiveness
votivenesses
votress
votresses
vouch
vouched
vouchee
vouchees
voucher
vouchered
vouchering
vouchers
vouches
vouching
vouchsafe
vouchsafed
vouchsafement
vouchsafements
vouchsafes
vouchsafing
voussoir
voussoirs
vouvray
vouvrays
vow
vowed
vowel
vowelize
vowelized
vowelizes
vowelizing
vowels
vower
vowers
vowing
vowless
vows
vox
voyage
voyaged
voyager
voyagers
voyages
voyageur
voyageurs
voyaging
voyeur
voyeurism
voyeurisms
voyeuristic
voyeuristically
voyeurs

VR words 8

vroom
vroomed
vrooming
vrooms
vrouw
vrouws
vrow
vrows

VU words 87

vug
vugg
vuggier
vuggiest
vuggs
vuggy
vugh
vughs
vugs
vulcanian
vulcanic
vulcanicities
vulcanicity
vulcanisate
vulcanisates
vulcanisation
vulcanisations
vulcanise
vulcanised
vulcanises
vulcanising
vulcanism
vulcanisms
vulcanizate
vulcanizates
vulcanization
vulcanizations
vulcanize
vulcanized
vulcanizer
vulcanizers
vulcanizes
vulcanizing
vulcanologies
vulcanologist
vulcanologists
vulcanology
vulgar
vulgarer
vulgarest
vulgarian
vulgarians
vulgarise
vulgarised
vulgarises
vulgarising
vulgarism
vulgarisms
vulgarities
vulgarity
vulgarization
vulgarizations
vulgarize
vulgarized
vulgarizer
vulgarizers
vulgarizes
vulgarizing
vulgarly
vulgars
vulgate
vulgates
vulgo
vulgus
vulguses
vulnerabilities
vulnerability
vulnerable
vulnerableness
vulnerably
vulneraries
vulnerary
vulpine
vulture
vultures
vulturine
vulturish
vulturous
vulva
vulvae
vulval
vulvar
vulvas
vulvate
vulvitis
vulvitises
vulvovaginitis

VY words 2

vying
vyingly

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The five letter V words for the daily puzzle 161 words

161 words are exactly five letters, the daily puzzle length. VAGUE, VALID, VOICE, VOUCH and VIVID are the ones a player actually types, VENOM, VIRUS and VERSE turn up as answers, and VODKA and VIGIL cover the odd corners. The letter is kind to a guesser, because it is never silent: a green V is information you can trust completely. The same slice has its own page with notes for that length.

Five letter words starting with V, grouped by second letter

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
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
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
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
vroom
vrouw
vrows
vuggs
vuggy
vughs
vulgo
vulva
vying

Words that start with V that spend the letter twice 154 words

154 words use the letter again after the first square: VALVE, VELVET, VERVE, VOTIVE, VIVID. That is a return rate under six per cent, one of the lowest of any letter, because English has no VV and no consonant cluster to carry the letter back cheaply. Most of the returns ride the VIV root or the VE ending, which is why this section overlaps the two below it and says so.

valval
valvar
valvate
valve
valved
valveless
valvelet
valvelets
valves
valving
valvula
valvulae
valvular
valvule
valvules
valvulites
valvulitides
valvulitis
valvulitises
varve
varved
varves
vasoactive
vasoactivities
vasoactivity
vasovagal
vaudeville
vaudevilles
vaudevillian
vaudevillians
vav
vavasor
vavasors
vavasour
vavasours
vavassor
vavassors
vavs
vegetative
vegetatively
vegetativeness
vegetive
velveret
velverets
velvet
velveted
velveteen
velveteens
velvetlike
velvets
velvety
vervain
vervains
verve
verves
vervet
vervets
vesuvian
vesuvianite
vesuvianites
vesuvians
vetiver
vetivers
vetivert
vetiverts
vindicative
vindictive
vindictively
vindictiveness
violative
visive
vituperative
vituperatively
viva
vivace
vivaces
vivacious
vivaciously
vivaciousness
vivaciousnesses
vivacities
vivacity
vivandiere
vivandieres
vivaria
vivaries
vivarium
vivariums
vivary
vivas
vive
viverrid
viverrids
vivers
vivid
vivider
vividest
vividly
vividness
vividnesses
vivific
vivification
vivifications
vivified
vivifier
vivifiers
vivifies
vivify
vivifying
vivipara
viviparities
viviparity
viviparous
viviparously
vivisect
vivisected
vivisecting
vivisection
vivisectional
vivisectionist
vivisectionists
vivisections
vivisector
vivisectors
vivisects
vocative
vocatively
vocatives
volitive
volva
volvas
volvate
volvox
volvoxes
volvuli
volvulus
volvuluses
vomitive
vomitives
votive
votively
votiveness
votivenesses
vouvray
vouvrays
vulva
vulvae
vulval
vulvar
vulvas
vulvate
vulvitis
vulvitises
vulvovaginitis

Words that start with V built on VIV 52 words

52 words carry VIV, the Latin root for life, and the family tree is visible at a glance: VIVID, VIVA, VIVACIOUS, VIVARIUM, VIVISECTION. English kept borrowing the same three letters for centuries and the loans stack up here. REVIVE and SURVIVE carry the root as well, but they open elsewhere and so belong to other pages of this family rather than padding this one.

viva
vivace
vivaces
vivacious
vivaciously
vivaciousness
vivaciousnesses
vivacities
vivacity
vivandiere
vivandieres
vivaria
vivaries
vivarium
vivariums
vivary
vivas
vive
viverrid
viverrids
vivers
vivid
vivider
vividest
vividly
vividness
vividnesses
vivific
vivification
vivifications
vivified
vivifier
vivifiers
vivifies
vivify
vivifying
vivipara
viviparities
viviparity
viviparous
viviparously
vivisect
vivisected
vivisecting
vivisection
vivisectional
vivisectionist
vivisectionists
vivisections
vivisector
vivisectors
vivisects

Words that start with V and end in VE 16 words

Sixteen words open on the letter and close on its sound: VALVE, VERVE, VOTIVE, VOCATIVE, VEGETATIVE, VINDICTIVE. The final E is a prop rather than a vowel anyone says, because English spelling refuses to leave a bare V at the end of a word. The lone exception on this page is VAV, and the whole dictionary allows only 17 such endings, all of them borrowed.

valve
varve
vasoactive
vegetative
vegetive
verve
vindicative
vindictive
violative
visive
vituperative
vive
vocative
volitive
vomitive
votive

The V words that pay in a tile game 199 words

199 words pair the letter with a J, a Q, an X or a Z, the tiles worth eight or ten points: VEX, VIXEN, VIZIER, VORTEX, VANQUISH, VAPORIZE. VEX is the pick of them, thirteen points across three tiles and short enough to fit anywhere. The letter itself pays four, so these are the words where a V rack finally scores like it means it.

valorization
valorizations
valorize
valorized
valorizes
valorizing
vandalization
vandalizations
vandalize
vandalized
vandalizes
vandalizing
vanquish
vanquishable
vanquished
vanquisher
vanquishers
vanquishes
vanquishing
vaporizable
vaporization
vaporizations
vaporize
vaporized
vaporizer
vaporizers
vaporizes
vaporizing
vaquero
vaqueros
varisized
varix
vascularization
vasectomize
vasectomized
vasectomizes
vasectomizing
veejay
veejays
velarization
velarizations
velarize
velarized
velarizes
velarizing
ventriloquial
ventriloquially
ventriloquies
ventriloquism
ventriloquisms
ventriloquist
ventriloquistic
ventriloquists
ventriloquize
ventriloquized
ventriloquizes
ventriloquizing
ventriloquy
verbalization
verbalizations
verbalize
verbalized
verbalizer
verbalizers
verbalizes
verbalizing
verjuice
verjuices
vernalization
vernalizations
vernalize
vernalized
vernalizes
vernalizing
vernix
vernixes
vertex
vertexes
vex
vexation
vexations
vexatious
vexatiously
vexatiousness
vexatiousnesses
vexed
vexedly
vexer
vexers
vexes
vexil
vexilla
vexillar
vexillologic
vexillological
vexillologies
vexillologist
vexillologists
vexillology
vexillum
vexils
vexing
vexingly
vext
victimization
victimizations
victimize
victimized
victimizer
victimizers
victimizes
victimizing
videotex
videotexes
videotext
videotexts
visualization
visualizations
visualize
visualized
visualizer
visualizers
visualizes
visualizing
vitalization
vitalizations
vitalize
vitalized
vitalizes
vitalizing
vixen
vixenish
vixenly
vixens
vizard
vizarded
vizards
vizcacha
vizcachas
vizier
vizierate
vizierates
vizierial
viziers
viziership
vizierships
vizir
vizirate
vizirates
vizirial
vizirs
vizor
vizored
vizoring
vizors
vizsla
vizslas
vocalization
vocalizations
vocalize
vocalized
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volatilization
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volatilize
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volatilizing
volvox
volvoxes
vortex
vortexes
vowelize
vowelized
vowelizes
vowelizing
vox
vulcanizate
vulcanizates
vulcanization
vulcanizations
vulcanize
vulcanized
vulcanizer
vulcanizers
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VI is the biggest opening at 856 words, VE follows with 744, VA with 651, VO with 362 and VU with 87. Then the door closes: apart from ten borrowings and VYING, nothing but a vowel is allowed to stand second, because English cannot cluster a V against another consonant the way it does with an S or a B. That is why the list above is grouped by second letter, and why the groups are so few. The far end of the word is stricter still. Exactly one entry here, VAV, the name of a Hebrew letter, finishes on a V, and the entire dictionary holds just 17 words that do, every one of them an import like REV, SPIV or MAGLEV.

The rule behind that gap: when a word wants to end on the sound, English props an E behind the letter, which is why LOVE, GIVE and HAVE look the way they do, and sixteen words on this page do the same. The letter will not double either: no word here spells a VV, and the whole dictionary manages only 26 that do, none of them opening on it. In Scrabble the tile is worth four points and the bag holds two, but V is one of only four letters with no legal two letter word at all, beside C, Q and Z, so it is a tile to spend mid word rather than hoard for a hook. If you are holding the letters but not the word, the box at the top reads the rack as a set and returns everything it can spell. For the neighbours in this family, the B list is the letter that rarely uses itself twice, the E list explains the silent E so many V words borrow and the A list is the busiest vowel at the front of a word.

Every word by its first letter

The whole dictionary sorted by the letter a word opens with, any length, with the short cuts and the game slices broken out underneath each list.

Words that start with A 10,210 words Words that start with S 18,680 words Words that start with T 8,584 words Words that start with I 6,426 words Words that start with C 15,741 words Words that start with E 6,850 words Words that start with B 9,224 words Words that start with D 9,860 words Words that start with H 6,128 words Words that start with F 6,711 words Words that start with G 5,538 words Words that start with L 5,017 words

Words with a rare letter

Every word carrying one hard letter, at any position and any length, split into the lists people actually look for: the ones without a U, the short ones, and the ones that start, hide or end with it.

Words with Q 2,471 words

Other word lengths

The same complete list treatment for every length from 2 to 15 letters.

2 letter words 96 words 3 letter words 972 words 4 letter words 3,903 words 5 letter words 8,636 words 6 letter words 15,232 words 7 letter words 23,109 words 8 letter words 28,420 words 9 letter words 24,873 words 10 letter words 20,302 words 11 letter words 15,504 words 12 letter words 11,358 words 13 letter words 7,827 words 14 letter words 5,127 words 15 letter words 3,192 words

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.