5-Letter Words With V as the Fourth Letter
Looking for five-letter words with V as the fourth letter? There are 97 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like ABOVE, DRIVE, LEAVE, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- above10
- drive9
- leave8
- heavy14
- serve8
- alive8
- prove10
- grove9
- solve8
- valve11
- curve10
- slave8
- olive8
- grave9
- nerve8
- chevy16
- drove9
- brave10
- glove9
- stove8
All 97 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- savvy 14
- silva 8
- bravo 10
- shave 11
- weave 11
- naive 8
- waive 11
- servo 8
- gravy 12
- verve 11
- crave 10
- shiva 11
- carve 10
- sieve 8
- shove 11
- reeve 8
- privy 13
- brava 10
- trove 8
- clove 10
- delve 9
- mauve 10
- larva 8
- salvo 8
- salve 8
- selva 8
- stave 8
- curvy 13
- suave 8
- agave 9
- heave 11
- clave 10
- breve 10
- guava 9
- halve 11
- peeve 10
- sylva 11
- knave 12
- trave 8
- shive 11
- chive 13
- nieve 8
- peavy 13
- lieve 8
- parvo 10
- calve 10
- soave 8
- marvy 13
- drave 9
- leavy 11
- skive 12
- pervs 10
- nervy 11
- divvy 15
- halva 11
- fauve 11
- parve 10
- navvy 14
- ajiva 15
- bravi 10
- chivy 16
- civvy 16
- clavi 10
- deave 9
- helve 11
- keeve 12
- laevo 8
- naevi 8
- ogive 9
- poove 10
- reave 8
- reive 8
- shivs 11
- spivs 10
- swive 11
- varve 11
- volva 11
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with V as the fourth letter?
There are 97 five-letter words with V as the fourth letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are ABOVE, DRIVE, LEAVE.
What are common five-letter words with V as the fourth letter?
ABOVE, DRIVE, LEAVE, HEAVY, SERVE are the most frequently used. The full list of 97 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.