6 letter words with V

891 words, all 6 letters. Highest score JARVEY (22 points).

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jarvey₂₂
jayvee₂₂
kuvasz₂₂
veejay₂₂
volvox₂₂
jiving₂₁
skivvy₂₁
chivvy₂₀
jovial₂₀
qiviut₂₀
quaver₂₀
quiver₂₀

Words by first letter

A40
B17
C61
D41
E32
F15
G31
H21
I9
J6
K11
L42
M14
N15
O21
P27
Q3
R52
S104
T14
U13
V277
W24
X
Y
Z1

Starting with A 40

aboves
abvolt
active
advect
advent
adverb
advert
advice
advise
agaves
aivers
ajivas
alcove
alevin
alvine
anvils
arrive
atavic
avails
avatar
avaunt
avenge
avenue
averse
averts
avians
aviary
aviate
avidin
avidly
avions
avisos
avocet
avoids
avoset
avouch
avowal
avowed
avower
avulse

Starting with B 17

beaver
beeves
behave
behove
belive
bevels
bevies
bevors
bovids
bovine
bravas
braved
braver
braves
bravos
breves
brevet

Starting with C 61

calved
calves
canvas
carved
carvel
carven
carver
carves
casava
caveat
cavern
cavers
caviar
cavies
cavils
caving
cavity
cavort
cervid
cervix
chevre
chives
chivvy
civets
civics
civies
civism
claver
claves
clavus
cleave
clever
clevis
clivia
cloven
clover
cloves
coeval
convex
convey

21 more starting with C — open them in the finder

Starting with D 41

dative
davens
davies
davits
deaved
deaves
delved
delver
delves
derive
devein
devels
devest
device
devils
devise
devoid
devoir
devons
devote
devour
devout
divans
divers
divert
divest
divide
divine
diving
divots
dovens
dovish
drivel
driven
driver
drives
droved
drover
droves
duvets

1 more starting with D — open them in the finder

Starting with E 32

eleven
elevon
eluvia
elvers
elvish
endive
envied
envier
envies
envois
envoys
ervils
evaded
evader
evades
evened
evener
evenly
events
everts
evicts
eviler
evilly
evince
evited
evites
evoked
evoker
evokes
evolve
evzone
exuvia

Starting with F 15

fauves
favela
favism
favors
favour
fervid
fervor
fevers
fivers
flavin
flavor
foveae
foveal
foveas
frivol

Starting with G 31

ganevs
garvey
gavage
gavels
gavial
gavots
geneva
givens
givers
giving
glaive
gloved
glover
gloves
govern
graved
gravel
graven
graver
graves
gravid
greave
grieve
grivet
groove
groovy
groved
grovel
groves
guavas
gyving

Starting with H 21

halvah
halvas
halved
halves
havens
havers
having
havior
havocs
heaved
heaven
heaver
heaves
helved
helves
hiving
hooved
hooves
hovels
hovers
humvee

Starting with I 9

improv
invade
invars
invent
invert
invest
invite
invoke
inwove

Starting with J 6

jarvey
jayvee
jivers
jivier
jiving
jovial

Starting with K 11

kavass
keeves
kelvin
kevels
kevils
kidvid
knaves
knives
kuvasz
kvases
kvetch

Starting with L 42

larvae
larval
larvas
lavabo
lavage
laveer
lavers
laving
lavish
leaved
leaven
leaver
leaves
lekvar
levant
leveed
levees
levels
levers
levied
levier
levies
levins
levity
liever
lively
livens
livers
livery
livest
livier
living
livres
livyer
loaves
louver
louvre
lovage
lovats
lovely

2 more starting with L — open them in the finder

Starting with M 14

maglev
marvel
mauves
mavens
mavies
mavins
mayvin
mikvah
mikveh
moshav
motive
movers
movies
moving

Starting with N 15

naevus
naiver
naives
native
navaid
navars
navels
navies
nerved
nerves
nevoid
nieves
novels
novena
novice

Starting with O 21

obvert
octave
octavo
oeuvre
ogival
ogives
olives
ottava
outvie
ovally
overdo
overed
overly
ovibos
ovines
ovisac
ovoids
ovolos
ovonic
ovular
ovules

Starting with P 27

pareve
parvis
parvos
pavane
pavans
paveed
pavers
paving
pavins
pavior
pavise
peavey
peeved
peeves
pelves
pelvic
pelvis
pivots
plover
pooves
prevue
privet
proved
proven
prover
proves
purvey

Starting with Q 3

qiviut
quaver
quiver

Starting with R 52

ravage
ravels
ravens
ravers
ravine
raving
ravins
ravish
reaved
reaver
reaves
reavow
reeved
reeves
regave
regive
reived
reiver
reives
releve
relive
remove
renvoi
repave
revamp
reveal
revels
reverb
revere
revers
revert
revery
revest
revets
review
revile
revise
revive
revoke
revolt

12 more starting with R — open them in the finder

Starting with S 104

saliva
salved
salver
salves
salvia
salvor
salvos
savage
savant
savate
savers
savine
saving
savins
savior
savors
savory
savour
savoys
schavs
scrive
scurvy
selvas
selves
serval
served
server
serves
servos
sevens
severe
severs
shaved
shaven
shaver
shaves
shavie
sheave
sheeve
shelve

64 more starting with S — open them in the finder

Starting with T 14

tavern
thieve
thrave
thrive
throve
travel
traves
trevet
trivet
trivia
trover
troves
turves
twelve

Starting with U 13

uneven
unlive
unrove
unveil
unvext
unwove
updive
updove
uphove
uveous
uvulae
uvular
uvulas

Starting with V 277

vacant
vacate
vacuum
vadose
vagary
vagile
vagina
vagrom
vaguer
vahine
vailed
vainer
vainly
vakeel
vakils
valets
valgus
valine
valise
valkyr
valley
valors
valour
valses
valued
valuer
values
valuta
valval
valvar
valved
valves
vamose
vamped
vamper
vandal
vandas
vanish
vanity
vanman

237 more starting with V — open them in the finder

Starting with W 24

waived
waiver
waives
wavers
wavery
waveys
wavier
wavies
wavily
waving
weaved
weaver
weaves
weever
weevil
wharve
wherve
wivern
wivers
wiving
wolver
wolves
wovens
wyvern

Starting with Z 1

zouave

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What is in this list

This list holds 891 words, 0.5% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. Every word here has 6 letters, and they average 6 letters by construction — so the interesting differences are in which letters they use. Of the 16 lists in this group it is the second largest: “6 letter words with A” leads with 6,569 and “4 letter words with Q” has the fewest, 16.

Points and vowels

Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 12.5 points (median 12); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 11, so this list runs 1.4 points richer. The top scorers are JARVEY (22), JAYVEE (22), KUVASZ (22), VEEJAY (22). Point for point, JARVEY earns the most per letter: 22 points over 6 letters, 3.7 each. V itself is worth 5 points here.

Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 40.1% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 12 words are more than half vowels. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is E: 16.6% of the letters, against 11.5% overall.

How the words are built

V opens 277 words (31.1%), closes 3 and sits inside the other 611. 26 words use it more than once, such as CHIVVY, EVOLVE, REVIVE and REVVED. 59 words have a doubled letter (6.6%); the most common doubles are EE (28), OO (9), LL (8). The most common three-letter openings are VER- (31, as in VERBAL), VEN- (20, as in VENDED), REV- (19, as in REVAMP). The most common endings are -VES (66, as in ABOVES), -VER (44, as in BEAVER), -VED (37, as in BRAVED). 31.5% end in a single S — mostly plurals and verb forms of shorter words.

Word play in this list

The biggest anagram family here is LAVERS, RAVELS, SALVER, SERVAL, SLAVER, VELARS and VERSAL — 7 words from the same 6 letters. Altogether 126 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 302 words. 4 words turn into another real word when spelled backwards — EVILER becomes RELIVE, LEVINS becomes SNIVEL, RELIVE becomes EVILER, SNIVEL becomes LEVINS. AVATAR is the longest word here that uses only one kind of vowel, ahead of BEEVES.

41.1% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word (ABVOLT, ACTIVE and ADVECT among them); after S, the most useful end letter is D, which extends 62 words. At the front, S turns 17 words into new ones (CARVES → SCARVES); A turns 11 words into new ones (LEVINS → ALEVINS); C turns 10 words into new ones (LAVERS → CLAVERS).

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