10-letter words starting with V

10-letter words starting with V number 582, from familiar choices like volunteers and vegetables to high-scoring plays such as victimized.

582 wordsTop pick VOLUNTEERSHighest score VICTIMIZED 27

25 of 582 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S starts the most 10-letter words (4,235); Y starts the fewest (50). V ranks #20 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 25 · most-used first

VOLUNTEERS₁₃
VULNERABLE₁₅
VEGETABLES₁₆
VARIATIONS₁₃
VIOLATIONS₁₃
VOLLEYBALL₁₈
VOCABULARY₂₀
VEGETARIAN₁₄
VISIBILITY₁₈
VEGETATION₁₄
VETERINARY₁₆
VALIDATION₁₄
VOCATIONAL₁₅
VICTORIOUS₁₅
VOLATILITY₁₆
VERTICALLY₁₈
VIBRATIONS₁₅
VIGOROUSLY₁₇
VISITATION₁₃
VACCINATED₁₈
VIEWPOINTS₁₈
VERNACULAR₁₅
VEHEMENTLY₂₁
VALUATIONS₁₃
VIEWERSHIP₂₁

All valid words 582

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

VACANTNESS₁₅
VACATIONED₁₆
VACATIONER₁₅
VACCINATED₁₈
VACCINATES₁₇
VACCINATOR₁₇
VACCINIUMS₁₉
VACILLATED₁₆
VACILLATES₁₅
VACILLATOR₁₅
VACUATIONS₁₅
VACUOLATED₁₆
VAGABONDED₁₈
VAGILITIES₁₄
VAGINISMUS₁₆
VAGOTOMIES₁₆
VAGOTONIAS₁₄
VAGOTROPIC₁₈
VAGRANCIES₁₆
VAINNESSES₁₃
VALENTINES₁₃
VALIANCIES₁₅
VALIDATING₁₅
VALIDATION₁₄
VALIDATORS₁₄
VALIDATORY₁₇
VALIDITIES₁₄
VALLATIONS₁₃
VALLECULAE₁₅
VALLECULAR₁₅
VALLECULAS₁₅
VALORISING₁₄
VALORIZING₂₃
VALOROUSLY₁₆
VALPROATES₁₅
VALUATIONS₁₃
VALVASSORS₁₆
VALVULITES₁₆
VALVULITIS₁₆
VAMPIRISED₁₈
VAMPIRISES₁₇
VAMPIRISMS₁₉
VAMPIRIZED₂₇
VAMPIRIZES₂₆
VANADIATES₁₄
VANADINITE₁₄
VANASPATIS₁₅
VANCOMYCIN₂₂
VANDALISED₁₅
VANDALISES₁₄
VANDALISMS₁₆
VANDALIZED₂₄
VANDALIZES₂₃
VANISHINGS₁₇
VANISHMENT₁₈
VANITORIES₁₃
VANPOOLING₁₆
VANQUISHED₂₆
VANQUISHER₂₅
VANQUISHES₂₅
VANTBRACES₁₇
VAPIDITIES₁₆
VAPORETTOS₁₅
VAPORIFORM₂₀
VAPORISERS₁₅
VAPORISING₁₆
VAPORIZERS₂₄
VAPORIZING₂₅
VAPOROSITY₁₈
VAPOROUSLY₁₈
VAPORWARES₁₈
VAPOURABLE₁₇
VAPOURINGS₁₆
VAPOURLESS₁₅
VAPOURWARE₁₈
VAPULATING₁₆
VAPULATION₁₅
VARIATIONS₁₃
VARICELLAR₁₅
VARICELLAS₁₅
VARICOCELE₁₇
VARICOSITY₁₈
VARICOTOMY₂₀
VARIEDNESS₁₄
VARIEGATED₁₅
VARIEGATES₁₄
VARIEGATOR₁₄
VARIETALLY₁₆
VARIFOCALS₁₈
VARIFORMLY₂₁
VARIOLATED₁₄
VARIOLATES₁₃
VARIOLATOR₁₃
VARIOLITES₁₃
VARIOLITIC₁₅
VARIOLOIDS₁₄
VARIOMETER₁₅
VARISCITES₁₅
VARITYPING₁₉
VARITYPIST₁₈
VARLETRIES₁₃
VARNISHERS₁₆
VARNISHING₁₇
VASCULARLY₁₈
VASCULITIS₁₅
VASELINING₁₄
VASOACTIVE₁₈
VASOSPASMS₁₇
VASOTOCINS₁₅
VASOTOMIES₁₅
VASSALAGES₁₄
VASSALISED₁₄
VASSALISES₁₃
VASSALIZED₂₃
VASSALIZES₂₂
VASSALLING₁₄
VASSALRIES₁₃
VASTITUDES₁₄
VASTNESSES₁₃
VATICINATE₁₅
VAUDEVILLE₁₇
VAULTINGLY₁₇
VAUNTERIES₁₃
VAUNTINGLY₁₇
VAVASORIES₁₆
VECTOGRAPH₂₁
VECTORINGS₁₆
VECTORISED₁₆
VECTORISES₁₅
VECTORIZED₂₅
VECTORIZES₂₄
VEGEBURGER₁₇
VEGETABLES₁₆
VEGETARIAN₁₄
VEGETATING₁₅
VEGETATION₁₄
VEGETATIVE₁₇
VEHEMENCES₂₀
VEHEMENTLY₂₁
VEILLEUSES₁₃
VEINSTONES₁₃
VEINSTUFFS₁₉
VELARISING₁₄
VELARIZING₂₃
VELDSCHOEN₁₉
VELDSKOENS₁₈
VELITATION₁₃
VELLEITIES₁₃
VELLENAGES₁₄
VELLICATED₁₆
VELLICATES₁₅
VELOCIPEDE₁₈
VELOCITIES₁₅
VELODROMES₁₆
VELOUTINES₁₃
VELUTINOUS₁₃
VELVETEENS₁₆
VELVETIEST₁₆
VELVETINGS₁₇
VELVETLEAF₁₉
VELVETLIKE₂₀
VENALITIES₁₃
VENATIONAL₁₃
VENATORIAL₁₃
VENDETTIST₁₄
VENDITIONS₁₄
VENEERINGS₁₄
VENEFICOUS₁₈
VENENATING₁₄
VENERABLES₁₅
VENERATING₁₄
VENERATION₁₃
VENERATORS₁₃
VENEREALLY₁₆
VENGEANCES₁₆
VENGEFULLY₂₀
VENGEMENTS₁₆
VENIALNESS₁₃
VENOGRAPHY₂₂
VENOLOGIES₁₄
VENOMOUSLY₁₈
VENOSITIES₁₃
VENOUSNESS₁₃
VENTIDUCTS₁₆
VENTIFACTS₁₈
VENTILABLE₁₅
VENTILATED₁₄
VENTILATES₁₃
VENTILATOR₁₃
VENTRICLES₁₅
VENTRICOSE₁₅
VENTRICOUS₁₅
VENTRICULE₁₅
VENTRICULI₁₅
VENTURINGS₁₄
VERACITIES₁₅
VERANDAHED₁₈
VERAPAMILS₁₇
VERATRINES₁₃
VERBALISED₁₆
VERBALISER₁₅
VERBALISES₁₅
VERBALISMS₁₇
VERBALISTS₁₅
VERBALIZED₂₅
VERBALIZER₂₄
VERBALIZES₂₄
VERBALLING₁₆
VERBARIANS₁₅
VERBASCUMS₁₉
VERBERATED₁₆
VERBERATES₁₅
VERBICIDES₁₈
VERBIFYING₂₂
VERDANCIES₁₆
VERGEBOARD₁₇
VERGENCIES₁₆
VERGERSHIP₁₉
VERIDICOUS₁₆
VERIFIABLE₁₈
VERIFIABLY₂₁
VERJUICING₂₃
VERKRAMPTE₂₁
VERMEILING₁₆
VERMEILLED₁₆
VERMEILLES₁₅
VERMICELLI₁₇
VERMICIDAL₁₈
VERMICIDES₁₈
VERMICULAR₁₇
VERMICULES₁₇
VERMIFUGAL₁₉
VERMIFUGES₁₉
VERMILIONS₁₅
VERMILLING₁₆
VERMILLION₁₅
VERMINATED₁₆
VERMINATES₁₅
VERNACULAR₁₅
VERNALISED₁₄
VERNALISES₁₃
VERNALIZED₂₃
VERNALIZES₂₂
VERNATIONS₁₃
VERNISSAGE₁₄
VERSICOLOR₁₅
VERSICULAR₁₅
VERSIFIERS₁₆
VERSIFYING₂₀
VERSIONERS₁₃
VERSIONING₁₄
VERSIONIST₁₃
VERTEBRATE₁₅
VERTICALLY₁₈
VERTIGINES₁₄
VERTIPORTS₁₅
VESICATING₁₆
VESICATION₁₅
VESICATORY₁₈
VESICULATE₁₅
VESICULOSE₁₅
VESPERTINE₁₅
VESPIARIES₁₅
VESTIARIES₁₃
VESTIBULAR₁₅
VESTIBULED₁₆
VESTIBULES₁₅
VESTIBULUM₁₇
VESTIMENTS₁₅
VESTITURES₁₃
VESTMENTAL₁₅
VESTMENTED₁₆
VETCHLINGS₁₉
VETERINARY₁₆
VEXINGNESS₂₁
VIBRACULAR₁₇
VIBRACULUM₁₉
VIBRAHARPS₂₀
VIBRANCIES₁₇
VIBRAPHONE₂₀
VIBRATIONS₁₅
VIBROGRAPH₂₁
VIBROMETER₁₇
VICARESSES₁₅
VICARIANCE₁₇
VICARIANTS₁₅
VICARIATES₁₅
VICARSHIPS₂₀
VICEGERENT₁₆
VICEREGENT₁₆
VICEREINES₁₅
VICHYSSOIS₂₁
VICINITIES₁₅
VICOMTESSE₁₇
VICTIMHOOD₂₁
VICTIMISED₁₈
VICTIMISER₁₇
VICTIMISES₁₇
VICTIMIZED₂₇
VICTIMIZER₂₆
VICTIMIZES₂₆
VICTIMLESS₁₇
VICTORIANA₁₅
VICTORINES₁₅
VICTORIOUS₁₅
VICTRESSES₁₅
VICTROLLAS₁₅
VICTUALAGE₁₆
VICTUALERS₁₅
VICTUALING₁₆
VICTUALLED₁₆
VICTUALLER₁₅
VIDEODISCS₁₇
VIDEODISKS₁₉
VIDEOGENIC₁₇
VIDEOGRAMS₁₇
VIDEOLANDS₁₅
VIDEOPHILE₁₉
VIDEOPHONE₁₉
VIDEOTAPED₁₇
VIDEOTAPES₁₆
VIDEOTEXES₂₁
VIDEOTEXTS₂₁
VIDSCREENS₁₆
VIEWERSHIP₂₁
VIEWFINDER₂₀
VIEWLESSLY₁₉
VIEWPHONES₂₁
VIEWPOINTS₁₈
VIEWSCREEN₁₈
VIGILANCES₁₆
VIGILANTES₁₄
VIGILANTLY₁₇
VIGNETTERS₁₄
VIGNETTING₁₅
VIGNETTIST₁₄
VIGORISHES₁₇
VIGOROUSLY₁₇
VIKINGISMS₂₀
VILDNESSES₁₄
VILENESSES₁₃
VILIPENDED₁₇
VILIPENDER₁₆
VILLAGIEST₁₄
VILLAGIOES₁₄
VILLAGREES₁₄
VILLAINAGE₁₄
VILLAINESS₁₃
VILLAINIES₁₃
VILLAINIZE₂₂
VILLAINOUS₁₃
VILLANAGES₁₄
VILLANELLA₁₃
VILLANELLE₁₃
VILLEINAGE₁₄
VILLENAGES₁₄
VILLIAGOES₁₄
VINARTERTA₁₃
VINDEMIATE₁₆
VINDICABLE₁₈
VINDICATED₁₇
VINDICATES₁₆
VINDICATOR₁₆
VINDICTIVE₁₉
VINEGARIER₁₄
VINEGARING₁₅
VINEGARISH₁₇
VINIFEROUS₁₆
VINOLOGIES₁₄
VINOLOGIST₁₄
VINOSITIES₁₃
VINTAGINGS₁₅
VINYLIDENE₁₇
VIOLACEOUS₁₅
VIOLATIONS₁₃
VIOLENTING₁₄
VIOLINISTS₁₃
VIOSTEROLS₁₃
VIPASSANAS₁₅
VIPERIFORM₂₀
VIPERISHLY₂₁
VIPEROUSLY₁₈
VIRAGINIAN₁₄
VIRAGINOUS₁₄
VIREONINES₁₃
VIRESCENCE₁₇
VIRGINALLY₁₇
VIRGINHOOD₁₈
VIRGINIUMS₁₆
VIRIDITIES₁₄
VIRILISING₁₄
VIRILITIES₁₃
VIRILIZING₂₃
VIROLOGIES₁₄
VIROLOGIST₁₄
VIRTUALISE₁₃
VIRTUALISM₁₅
VIRTUALIST₁₃
VIRTUALITY₁₆
VIRTUALIZE₂₂
VIRTUELESS₁₃
VIRTUOSITY₁₆
VIRTUOUSLY₁₆
VIRULENCES₁₅
VIRULENTLY₁₆
VISAGISTES₁₄
VISCACHERA₂₀
VISCERALLY₁₈
VISCERATED₁₆
VISCERATES₁₅
VISCIDNESS₁₆
VISCOMETER₁₇
VISCOMETRY₂₀
VISCOUNTCY₂₀
VISIBILITY₁₈
VISIOGENIC₁₆
VISIONALLY₁₆
VISIONINGS₁₄
VISIONISTS₁₃
VISIONLESS₁₃
VISIOPHONE₁₈
VISITATION₁₃
VISITATIVE₁₆
VISITATORS₁₃
VISITORIAL₁₃
VISUALISED₁₄
VISUALISER₁₃
VISUALISES₁₃
VISUALISTS₁₃
VISUALIZED₂₃
VISUALIZER₂₂
VISUALIZES₂₂
VITALISERS₁₃
VITALISING₁₄
VITALISTIC₁₅
VITALITIES₁₃
VITALIZERS₂₂
VITALIZING₂₃
VITAMINISE₁₅
VITAMINIZE₂₄
VITASCOPES₁₇
VITELLICLE₁₅
VITELLINES₁₃
VITELLUSES₁₃
VITIATIONS₁₃
VITICETUMS₁₇
VITICOLOUS₁₅
VITIFEROUS₁₆
VITRAILLED₁₄
VITRECTOMY₂₀
VITREOSITY₁₆
VITREOUSES₁₃
VITREOUSLY₁₆
VITRESCENT₁₅
VITRIFYING₂₀
VITRIOLATE₁₃
VITRIOLING₁₄
VITRIOLISE₁₃
VITRIOLIZE₂₂
VITRIOLLED₁₄
VITUPERATE₁₅
VIVACITIES₁₈
VIVANDIERE₁₇
VIVANDIERS₁₇
VIVERRINES₁₆
VIVIANITES₁₆
VIVIDITIES₁₇
VIVIPARIES₁₈
VIVIPARISM₂₀
VIVIPARITY₂₁
VIVIPAROUS₁₈
VIVISECTED₁₉
VIVISECTOR₁₈
VIXENISHLY₂₆
VIZIERATES₂₂
VIZIERSHIP₂₇
VIZIRSHIPS₂₇
VOCABULARY₂₀
VOCABULIST₁₇
VOCALISERS₁₅
VOCALISING₁₆
VOCALITIES₁₅
VOCALIZERS₂₄
VOCALIZING₂₅
VOCATIONAL₁₅
VOCATIVELY₂₁
VOCIFERANT₁₈
VOCIFERATE₁₈
VOCIFEROUS₁₈
VODCASTING₁₇
VOETGANGER₁₅
VOETSTOETS₁₃
VOETSTOOTS₁₃
VOICEMAILS₁₇
VOICEOVERS₁₈
VOICEPRINT₁₇
VOIDNESSES₁₄
VOISINAGES₁₄
VOITURIERS₁₃
VOLATILISE₁₃
VOLATILITY₁₆
VOLATILIZE₂₂
VOLCANISED₁₆
VOLCANISES₁₅
VOLCANISMS₁₇
VOLCANISTS₁₅
VOLCANIZED₂₅
VOLCANIZES₂₄
VOLITATING₁₄
VOLITATION₁₃
VOLITIONAL₁₃
VOLITORIAL₁₃
VOLKSRAADS₁₈
VOLLEYBALL₁₈
VOLPLANING₁₆
VOLTAMETER₁₅
VOLTIGEURS₁₄
VOLTINISMS₁₅
VOLTMETERS₁₅
VOLUBILITY₁₈
VOLUMETERS₁₅
VOLUMETRIC₁₇
VOLUMINOUS₁₅
VOLUMISING₁₆
VOLUMIZERS₂₄
VOLUMIZING₂₅
VOLUNTEERS₁₃
VOLUPTUARY₁₈
VOLUPTUOUS₁₅
VOLUTATION₁₃
VOLVULUSES₁₆
VOMITORIES₁₅
VOMITORIUM₁₇
VOODOOISMS₁₆
VOODOOISTS₁₄
VOORKAMERS₁₉
VORACITIES₁₅
VORAGINOUS₁₄
VORTICALLY₁₈
VORTICELLA₁₅
VORTICISMS₁₇
VORTICISTS₁₅
VORTICULAR₁₅
VOTARESSES₁₃
VOTIVENESS₁₆
VOUCHERING₁₉
VOUCHSAFED₂₂
VOUCHSAFES₂₁
VOUSSOIRED₁₄
VOUTSAFING₁₇
VOWELISING₁₇
VOWELIZING₂₆
VOYAGEABLE₁₉
VOYEURISMS₁₈
VRAICKINGS₂₀
VULCANISED₁₆
VULCANISER₁₅
VULCANISES₁₅
VULCANISMS₁₇
VULCANISTS₁₅
VULCANITES₁₅
VULCANIZED₂₅
VULCANIZER₂₄
VULCANIZES₂₄
VULGARIANS₁₄
VULGARISED₁₅
VULGARISER₁₄
VULGARISES₁₄
VULGARISMS₁₆
VULGARIZED₂₄
VULGARIZER₂₃
VULGARIZES₂₃
VULNERABLE₁₅
VULNERABLY₁₈
VULNERATED₁₄
VULNERATES₁₃
VULPECULAR₁₇
VULPICIDES₁₈
VULPINISMS₁₇
VULPINITES₁₅
VULTURISMS₁₅
VULVITISES₁₆

Letters by positionIn 48% of these words the 10th letter is S.

2nd letter

I35%
E26%
A21%

3rd letter

R20%
L20%
N12%

7th letter

I24%
A12%
T10%

8th letter

I25%
S13%
T10%

9th letter

E36%
N13%
L8%

10th letter

S48%
E9%
D9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 15 in Scrabble; VICTIMIZED tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

1313 points: 80 words
14 points: 75 words
1515 points: 115 words
16 points: 84 words
1717 points: 63 words
18 points: 51 words
1919 points: 21 words
20 points: 20 words
2121 points: 17 words
22 points: 14 words
2323 points: 11 words
24 points: 12 words
2525 points: 9 words
26 points: 6 words
2727 points: 4 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
VICTIMIZED	27	30	All three
VIZIERSHIP	27	28	All three
VAMPIRIZED	27	30	Collins only
VIZIRSHIPS	27	28	Collins only
VANQUISHED	26	28	All three
VICTIMIZES	26	29	All three
VICTIMIZER	26	29	All three
VOWELIZING	26	30	All three
VAMPIRIZES	26	29	Collins only
VIXENISHLY	26	27	Collins only
VAPORIZING	25	29	All three
VOCALIZING	25	30	All three

V gives you a sizeable pool of long words, but the entries are not all equally familiar: just 25 rank among the most common English words. The list ranges from volleyball and vocabulary to specialist or inflected forms. For a letter rack or a crossword pattern, start with words you recognize, then favor the familiar examples when recall matters.

The V list at a glance

There are 582 tournament-dictionary entries, and 25 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
Volunteers, vulnerable, vegetables, and variations are among the familiar examples.
The ending S leads with 278 words; E is next with 53.
Collins includes 566 entries, compared with 383 in NWL2023 and 316 in ENABLE.

How many 10-letter words start with V?

There are 582. That is a modest count beside the 4,235 words starting with S and 3,455 starting with C, but it is far above the 54 that begin with X. V sits between crowded initials and genuinely scarce ones, so you have options without an overwhelming search.

Length changes the picture, too: 721 nine-letter V words and 702 eight-letter V words precede this count, while the eleven-letter set drops to 432. If your pattern allows one extra or one fewer tile, those neighboring lists are worth checking before you abandon a candidate.

10-letter words starting with V for word games

For Scrabble, victimized, viziership, vampirized, and vizirships each score 27 before board bonuses. Vanquished scores 26. These entries are less familiar than vocabulary or volleyball, so verify an unusual spelling before playing.

Use the final letter as a filter when your rack or puzzle fixes the ending. S accounts for 278 entries, while E, D, and Y have 53, 52, and 47 respectively. That makes S a particularly productive target, but a fixed E or D still cuts the search to a much smaller group.

Questions people ask

What are common 10-letter words that start with V?

Volunteers, vulnerable, vegetables, variations, and violations are recognizable examples. Only 25 words in the full set rank within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many valid entries are less familiar or specialized. Frequency does not guarantee acceptance in every game's dictionary.

Which 10-letter V word scores the most in Scrabble?

Victimized, viziership, vampirized, and vizirships tie at 27 points before board bonuses. Vanquished and several other entries score 26. The totals are tile scores before board premiums, so a word's placement can change its final score.

How many 10-letter V words end in S?

There are 278 entries ending in S, making it the most common final letter in this set. E comes next with 53, followed by D with 52 and Y with 47. An S ending is a strong filter when your pattern leaves the last tile uncertain.

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