13-letter words starting with V

13-letter words starting with V number 226; ventriloquize leads the scoring list at 34 points.

226 wordsTop pick VULNERABILITYHighest score VENTRILOQUIZE 34

2 of 226 are everyday words (1%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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P starts the most 13-letter words (1,597); Y starts the fewest (10). V ranks #19 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 226 · most-used first

VULNERABILITY₂₁
VISUALIZATION₂₅
VETERINARIANS₁₆
VICTIMIZATION₂₉
VALEDICTORIAN₁₉
VEGETARIANISM₁₉
VISUALISATION₁₆
VENTRILOQUIST₂₅
VOCALIZATIONS₂₇
VICTIMISATION₂₀
VERIFICATIONS₂₁
VIDEOGRAPHERS₂₃
VENTRILOQUISM₂₇
VIDEOCASSETTE₁₉
VITRIFICATION₂₁
VULCANIZATION₂₇
VERSIFICATION₂₁
VELOCIRAPTORS₂₀
VENTROLATERAL₁₆
VOLCANOLOGIST₁₉
VECTORIZATION₂₇
VERIFIABILITY₂₄
VOCALISATIONS₁₈
VERBALIZATION₂₇
VAUDEVILLIANS₂₀
VOLUNTARINESS₁₆
VITICULTURIST₁₈
VERNALIZATION₂₅
VARIABILITIES₁₈
VERTIGINOUSLY₂₀
VICEROYALTIES₂₁
VACUOLIZATION₂₇
VULGARIZATION₂₆
VOICELESSNESS₁₈
VANDALIZATION₂₆
VILLAGIZATION₂₆
VULCANOLOGIST₁₉
VORACIOUSNESS₁₈
VIVACIOUSNESS₂₁
VULCANISATION₁₈
VICTIMOLOGIES₂₁
VENTRILOQUIAL₂₅
VEGGIEBURGERS₂₁
VENTRILOQUIZE₃₄
VENTRILOQUOUS₂₅
VIOLONCELLIST₁₈
VERBALISATION₁₈
VERMICULATION₂₀

Showing the top 48 of 226 words. See every valid word

All valid words 226

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

VACATIONLANDS₁₉
VACILLATINGLY₂₂
VACUOLISATION₁₈
VACUOLIZATION₂₇
VACUOUSNESSES₁₈
VAGABONDISING₂₁
VAGABONDIZING₃₀
VAGINECTOMIES₂₁
VAGRANTNESSES₁₇
VALEDICTORIAN₁₉
VALEDICTORIES₁₉
VALIANTNESSES₁₆
VALORISATIONS₁₆
VALORIZATIONS₂₅
VALPOLICELLAS₂₀
VALUATIONALLY₁₉
VALUELESSNESS₁₆
VANDALISATION₁₇
VANDALIZATION₂₆
VANQUISHMENTS₃₀
VAPORESCENCES₂₂
VAPORISATIONS₁₈
VAPORIZATIONS₂₇
VAPOURABILITY₂₃
VAPOURISHNESS₂₁
VARIABILITIES₁₈
VARIATIONALLY₁₉
VARIATIONISTS₁₆
VARIOLISATION₁₆
VARIOLIZATION₂₅
VARIOUSNESSES₁₆
VASCULARISING₁₉
VASCULARITIES₁₈
VASCULARIZING₂₈
VASECTOMISING₂₁
VASECTOMIZING₃₀
VASODILATIONS₁₇
VASOINHIBITOR₂₁
VATICINATIONS₁₈
VAUDEVILLEANS₂₀
VAUDEVILLIANS₂₀
VAUDEVILLISTS₂₀
VECTORISATION₁₈
VECTORIZATION₂₇
VEGETARIANISM₁₉
VEGGIEBURGERS₂₁
VELARISATIONS₁₆
VELARIZATIONS₂₅
VELOCIMETRIES₂₀
VELOCIPEDEANS₂₁
VELOCIPEDIANS₂₁
VELOCIPEDISTS₂₁
VELOCIRAPTORS₂₀
VELVETINESSES₁₉
VENDIBILITIES₁₉
VENEFICIOUSLY₂₄
VENEPUNCTURES₂₀
VENERABLENESS₁₈
VENEREOLOGIES₁₇
VENEREOLOGIST₁₇
VENIPUNCTURES₂₀
VENOGRAPHICAL₂₄
VENOSCLEROSES₁₈
VENOSCLEROSIS₁₈
VENTRILOQUIAL₂₅
VENTRILOQUIES₂₅
VENTRILOQUISE₂₅
VENTRILOQUISM₂₇
VENTRILOQUIST₂₅
VENTRILOQUIZE₃₄
VENTRILOQUOUS₂₅
VENTROLATERAL₁₆
VENTURESOMELY₂₁
VENTUROUSNESS₁₆
VERACIOUSNESS₁₈
VERBALISATION₁₈
VERBALIZATION₂₇
VERBIFICATION₂₃
VERBIGERATING₂₀
VERBIGERATION₁₉
VERBOSENESSES₁₈
VERIFIABILITY₂₄
VERIFICATIONS₂₁
VERISIMILARLY₂₁
VERITABLENESS₁₈
VERMICOMPOSTS₂₄
VERMICULATING₂₁
VERMICULATION₂₀
VERMICULTURES₂₀
VERMINOUSNESS₁₈
VERNACULARISE₁₈
VERNACULARISM₂₀
VERNACULARIST₁₈
VERNACULARITY₂₁
VERNACULARIZE₂₇
VERNALISATION₁₆
VERNALIZATION₂₅
VERRUCOSITIES₁₈
VERSABILITIES₁₈
VERSATILENESS₁₆
VERSATILITIES₁₆
VERSICOLOURED₁₉
VERSIFICATION₂₁
VERSIFICATORS₂₁
VERSLIBRISTES₁₈
VERTEBRATIONS₁₈
VERTICALITIES₁₈
VERTICILLATED₁₉
VERTICILLIUMS₂₀
VERTIGINOUSLY₂₀
VERUMONTANUMS₂₀
VESICULATIONS₁₈
VETERINARIANS₁₆
VEXATIOUSNESS₂₃
VEXILLOLOGIES₂₄
VEXILLOLOGIST₂₄
VIBRACULARIUM₂₂
VIBRAHARPISTS₂₃
VIBRAPHONISTS₂₃
VIBRATILITIES₁₈
VIBRATIONLESS₁₈
VIBRATIUNCLES₂₀
VICARIOUSNESS₁₈
VICEGERENCIES₂₁
VICEROYALTIES₂₁
VICIOUSNESSES₁₈
VICTIMISATION₂₀
VICTIMIZATION₂₉
VICTIMOLOGIES₂₁
VICTIMOLOGIST₂₁
VIDEOCASSETTE₁₉
VIDEOGRAPHERS₂₃
VIDEOGRAPHIES₂₃
VIGINTILLIONS₁₇
VILIFICATIONS₂₁
VILLAGISATION₁₇
VILLAGIZATION₂₆
VILLEGGIATURA₁₈
VINCIBILITIES₂₀
VINDICABILITY₂₄
VINDICATORILY₂₂
VINEGARRETTES₁₇
VINICULTURIST₁₈
VINIFICATIONS₂₁
VINYLCYANIDES₂₅
VIOLABILITIES₁₈
VIOLONCELLIST₁₈
VIRIDESCENCES₂₁
VIRILESCENCES₂₀
VIRILISATIONS₁₆
VIRILIZATIONS₂₅
VIROLOGICALLY₂₂
VIRTUOSOSHIPS₂₁
VISCEROPTOSES₂₀
VISCEROPTOSIS₂₀
VISCEROTONIAS₁₈
VISCOMETRICAL₂₂
VISCOSIMETERS₂₀
VISCOSIMETRIC₂₂
VISCOUNTESSES₁₈
VISCOUNTSHIPS₂₃
VISCOUSNESSES₁₈
VISIBLENESSES₁₈
VISIONARINESS₁₆
VISUALISATION₁₆
VISUALIZATION₂₅
VITALISATIONS₁₆
VITALIZATIONS₂₅
VITELLIGENOUS₁₇
VITELLOGENINS₁₇
VITICULTURERS₁₈
VITICULTURIST₁₈
VITILITIGATED₁₈
VITILITIGATES₁₇
VITRIFACTIONS₂₁
VITRIFACTURES₂₁
VITRIFICATION₂₁
VITRIOLATIONS₁₆
VITUPERATIONS₁₈
VIVACIOUSNESS₂₁
VIVIFICATIONS₂₄
VIVISECTIONAL₂₁
VIVISECTORIUM₂₃
VIVISEPULTURE₂₁
VOCABULARIANS₂₀
VOCALISATIONS₁₈
VOCALIZATIONS₂₇
VOCATIONALISE₁₈
VOCATIONALISM₂₀
VOCATIONALIST₁₈
VOCATIONALIZE₂₇
VOCIFERATIONS₂₁
VOGUISHNESSES₂₀
VOICELESSNESS₁₈
VOLATILISABLE₁₈
VOLATILIZABLE₂₇
VOLCANICITIES₂₀
VOLCANISATION₁₈
VOLCANIZATION₂₇
VOLCANOLOGIES₁₉
VOLCANOLOGIST₁₉
VOLTAMMETRIES₂₀
VOLUBLENESSES₁₈
VOLUMENOMETER₂₀
VOLUNTARINESS₁₆
VOLUNTARISTIC₁₈
VOLUNTARYISMS₂₁
VOLUNTARYISTS₁₉
VOLUNTEERINGS₁₇
VOLUNTEERISMS₁₈
VOLUNTOURISMS₁₈
VOLUNTOURISTS₁₆
VOMITURITIONS₁₈
VORACIOUSNESS₁₈
VOUCHSAFEMENT₂₆
VOWELISATIONS₁₉
VOWELIZATIONS₂₈
VRAISEMBLANCE₂₂
VULCANICITIES₂₀
VULCANISATION₁₈
VULCANIZATION₂₇
VULCANOLOGIES₁₉
VULCANOLOGIST₁₉
VULGARISATION₁₇
VULGARIZATION₂₆
VULNERABILITY₂₁

Letters by positionIn 58% of these words the 13th letter is S.

2nd letter

E33%
I30%
A19%

6th letter

I24%
L11%
C9%

7th letter

I25%
O15%
A9%

11th letter

I43%
O14%
S13%

12th letter

E24%
N19%
S15%

13th letter

S58%
N13%
Y6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 18 in Scrabble; VENTRILOQUIZE tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

1616 points: 20 words
17 points: 13 words
1818 points: 52 words
19 points: 19 words
2020 points: 29 words
21 points: 33 words
2222 points: 8 words
23 points: 9 words
2424 points: 8 words
25 points: 13 words
2626 points: 4 words
27 points: 11 words
2828 points: 2 words
29 points: 1 words
3030 points: 3 words
31 points: 0 words
3232 points: 0 words
33 points: 0 words
3434 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
VENTRILOQUIZE	34	38	All three
VASECTOMIZING	30	35	All three
VAGABONDIZING	30	36	Collins only
VANQUISHMENTS	30	34	Collins only
VICTIMIZATION	29	33	All three
VASCULARIZING	28	34	Collins · NWL
VOWELIZATIONS	28	31	Collins only
VOCALIZATIONS	27	31	All three
VENTRILOQUISM	27	32	All three
VULCANIZATION	27	33	All three
VECTORIZATION	27	30	Collins only
VERBALIZATION	27	31	All three

Only 2 of these 226 words rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect plenty of specialist vocabulary. The long forms include familiar ideas such as vulnerability and veterinarians, alongside terms like ventrolateral. For word games, the striking feature is the scoring: several V words pack high-value letters into a full-length play.

V words at a glance

The 226 entries include just 2 words among the 25,000 most frequent English words.
A total of 132 end in S; N is the next most common final letter, at 30.
Ventriloquize scores 34, the highest score among these entries.
Collins includes 218 entries, compared with 138 in NWL2023 and 112 in ENABLE.
The average score is 20.4, while the vocabulary itself is mostly uncommon.

Which 13-letter V words score highest?

Ventriloquize leads at 34 points, with vasectomizing, vagabondizing and vanquishments tied at 30. Victimization follows at 29, while vascularizing and vowelizations each score 28. Those Q and Z tiles give the top choices their punch; length alone does not explain the gap.

For a long play, check the board before committing to a high-value letter. Ventriloquism and vulcanization each score 27, so they are strong alternatives when ventriloquize will not fit. The raw scores describe the words’ tile values; a premium square can change the final result.

13-letter words starting with V: endings and game limits

The S ending dominates: 132 words finish that way, more than four times the 30 ending in N. That pattern is easy to spot in plural forms such as veterinarians and vocalizations. If your clue fixes the final letter, start with S before testing less common endings.

Dictionary coverage is not uniform. Collins lists 218 of these words, but NWL2023 has 138 and ENABLE has 112, so a playable answer in one game may fail in another. Check your game's word list when an unfamiliar long entry decides the play.

The main limitation is familiarity: only 2 entries are common by the frequency measure, despite 164 having definitions. Learn a few practical anchors, such as vulnerability, visualization and veterinarians, rather than trying to memorize every specialist form.

Questions people ask

How many 13-letter words start with V?

There are 226 13-letter words starting with V in the tournament-dictionary lists. Their endings are uneven: 132 finish in S, while 30 finish in N. The list also includes both familiar words such as vulnerability and less common technical terms.

What is the highest-scoring 13-letter word starting with V?

Ventriloquize is the top scorer at 34 points. Vasectomizing, vagabondizing and vanquishments each score 30, with victimization next at 29. These are tile-value scores, so the board’s bonus squares can affect the score in an actual game.

Are all 13-letter V words accepted in every word game?

No. Collins lists 218 entries, while NWL2023 lists 138 and ENABLE lists 112. The differences mean an entry accepted in one word game may not be allowed in another, so check the dictionary your game uses before playing an unfamiliar word.

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