14-letter words starting with V

143 14-letter words starting with V appear in tournament dictionaries, led by visualizations and the 36-point ventriloquized.

143 wordsTop pick VISUALIZATIONSHighest score VENTRILOQUIZED 36

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P starts the most 14-letter words (1,095); Y starts the fewest (6). 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 143 · most-used first

VISUALIZATIONS₂₆
VERISIMILITUDE₂₀
VINDICTIVENESS₂₃
VISUALISATIONS₁₇
VENTRILOQUISTS₂₆
VALEDICTORIANS₂₀
VOLCANOLOGISTS₂₀
VOLUPTUOUSNESS₁₉
VIDEOCASSETTES₂₀
VOLUMETRICALLY₂₄
VOLATILIZATION₂₆
VIVISECTIONIST₂₂
VASODILATATION₁₈
VOLCANOLOGICAL₂₂
VICTIMIZATIONS₃₀
VULCANOLOGISTS₂₀
VALETUDINARIAN₁₈
VERBALIZATIONS₂₈
VENTRILOQUISMS₂₈
VOLUMINOUSNESS₁₉
VITUPERATIVELY₂₅
VENTRILOQUIZES₃₅
VICTIMISATIONS₂₁
VULCANOLOGICAL₂₂
VAINGLORIOUSLY₂₁
VACUOLISATIONS₁₉
VACUOLIZATIONS₂₈
VALERIANACEOUS₁₉
VALETUDINARIES₁₈
VALUABLENESSES₁₉
VANDALISATIONS₁₈
VANDALIZATIONS₂₇
VAPORABILITIES₂₁
VAPORISHNESSES₂₂
VAPOROUSNESSES₁₉
VARIABLENESSES₁₉
VARIOLISATIONS₁₇
VARIOLIZATIONS₂₆
VASOACTIVITIES₂₂
VASODILATATORY₂₁
VASOINHIBITORS₂₂
VASOINHIBITORY₂₅
VECTORISATIONS₁₉
VECTORIZATIONS₂₈
VEGETARIANISMS₂₀
VEGETATIVENESS₂₁
VENDIBLENESSES₂₀
VENERABILITIES₁₉

Showing the top 48 of 143 words. See every valid word

All valid words 143

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

VACUOLISATIONS₁₉
VACUOLIZATIONS₂₈
VAINGLORIOUSLY₂₁
VALEDICTORIANS₂₀
VALERIANACEOUS₁₉
VALETUDINARIAN₁₈
VALETUDINARIES₁₈
VALUABLENESSES₁₉
VANDALISATIONS₁₈
VANDALIZATIONS₂₇
VAPORABILITIES₂₁
VAPORISHNESSES₂₂
VAPOROUSNESSES₁₉
VARIABLENESSES₁₉
VARIOLISATIONS₁₇
VARIOLIZATIONS₂₆
VASOACTIVITIES₂₂
VASODILATATION₁₈
VASODILATATORY₂₁
VASOINHIBITORS₂₂
VASOINHIBITORY₂₅
VECTORISATIONS₁₉
VECTORIZATIONS₂₈
VEGETARIANISMS₂₀
VEGETATIVENESS₂₁
VENDIBLENESSES₂₀
VENERABILITIES₁₉
VENERATIVENESS₂₀
VENEREOLOGICAL₂₀
VENEREOLOGISTS₁₈
VENGEFULNESSES₂₁
VENOMOUSNESSES₁₉
VENTRICOSITIES₁₉
VENTRILOQUISED₂₇
VENTRILOQUISES₂₆
VENTRILOQUISMS₂₈
VENTRILOQUISTS₂₆
VENTRILOQUIZED₃₆
VENTRILOQUIZES₃₅
VERBALISATIONS₁₉
VERBALIZATIONS₂₈
VERBIFICATIONS₂₄
VERBIGERATIONS₂₀
VERIDICALITIES₂₀
VERIFIABLENESS₂₂
VERISIMILITIES₁₉
VERISIMILITUDE₂₀
VERMICOMPOSTER₂₅
VERMICULATIONS₂₁
VERNACULARISED₂₀
VERNACULARISES₁₉
VERNACULARISMS₂₁
VERNACULARISTS₁₉
VERNACULARIZED₂₉
VERNACULARIZES₂₈
VERNALISATIONS₁₇
VERNALIZATIONS₂₆
VERSIFICATIONS₂₂
VERTICALNESSES₁₉
VERTICILLASTER₁₉
VERTICILLATELY₂₂
VERTICILLATION₁₉
VESICULARITIES₁₉
VESPERTILIONID₂₀
VESTIBULITISES₁₉
VEXILLOLOGICAL₂₇
VEXILLOLOGISTS₂₅
VIBROFLOTATION₂₂
VICTIMISATIONS₂₁
VICTIMIZATIONS₃₀
VICTIMOLOGISTS₂₂
VICTORIOUSNESS₁₉
VIDEOCASSETTES₂₀
VIDEOTELEPHONE₂₃
VIGILANTNESSES₁₈
VIGOROUSNESSES₁₈
VILLAGISATIONS₁₈
VILLAGIZATIONS₂₇
VILLAINOUSNESS₁₇
VILLEGGIATURAS₁₉
VINCIBLENESSES₂₁
VINDICATRESSES₂₀
VINDICTIVENESS₂₃
VINICULTURISTS₁₉
VIOLABLENESSES₁₉
VIOLONCELLISTS₁₉
VIRTUOUSNESSES₁₇
VISCOSIMETRIES₂₁
VISUALISATIONS₁₇
VISUALIZATIONS₂₆
VITALISTICALLY₂₂
VITATIVENESSES₂₀
VITELLOGENESES₁₈
VITELLOGENESIS₁₈
VITICULTURALLY₂₂
VITICULTURISTS₁₉
VITILITIGATING₁₉
VITILITIGATION₁₈
VITREOUSNESSES₁₇
VITRESCIBILITY₂₄
VITRIFIABILITY₂₅
VITRIFICATIONS₂₂
VITRIOLISATION₁₇
VITRIOLIZATION₂₆
VITUPERATIVELY₂₅
VIVIPAROUSNESS₂₂
VIVISECTIONIST₂₂
VIVISECTORIUMS₂₄
VIVISEPULTURES₂₂
VIXENISHNESSES₂₇
VOCATIONALISED₂₀
VOCATIONALISES₁₉
VOCATIONALISMS₂₁
VOCATIONALISTS₁₉
VOCATIONALIZED₂₉
VOCATIONALIZES₂₈
VOCIFEROSITIES₂₂
VOCIFEROUSNESS₂₂
VOICEFULNESSES₂₂
VOIDABLENESSES₂₀
VOLATILENESSES₁₇
VOLATILISATION₁₇
VOLATILIZATION₂₆
VOLCANISATIONS₁₉
VOLCANIZATIONS₂₈
VOLCANOLOGICAL₂₂
VOLCANOLOGISTS₂₀
VOLUMENOMETERS₂₁
VOLUMETRICALLY₂₄
VOLUMINOSITIES₁₉
VOLUMINOUSNESS₁₉
VOLUPTUOSITIES₁₉
VOLUPTUOUSNESS₁₉
VOUCHSAFEMENTS₂₇
VRAISEMBLANCES₂₃
VULCANISATIONS₁₉
VULCANIZATIONS₂₈
VULCANOLOGICAL₂₂
VULCANOLOGISTS₂₀
VULGARISATIONS₁₈
VULGARIZATIONS₂₇
VULNERABLENESS₁₉
VULVOVAGINITIS₂₄

Letters by positionIn 75% of these words the 14th letter is S.

2nd letter

E32%
I30%
O17%

9th letter

A31%
N15%
L10%

11th letter

I45%
T18%
S15%

12th letter

S31%
O24%
I17%

13th letter

E36%
N22%
T10%

14th letter

S75%
Y7%
N6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 19 in Scrabble; VENTRILOQUIZED tops the list with 36. Scores before board bonuses.

1717 points: 9 words
18 points: 12 words
1919 points: 34 words
20 points: 17 words
2121 points: 12 words
22 points: 19 words
2323 points: 3 words
24 points: 5 words
2525 points: 5 words
26 points: 7 words
2727 points: 7 words
28 points: 8 words
2929 points: 2 words
30 points: 1 words
3131 points: 0 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 0 words
34 points: 0 words
3535 points: 1 words
36 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
VENTRILOQUIZED	36	40	All three
VENTRILOQUIZES	35	39	All three
VICTIMIZATIONS	30	34	All three
VERNACULARIZED	29	34	Collins · NWL
VOCATIONALIZED	29	33	NWL only
VERBALIZATIONS	28	32	All three
VENTRILOQUISMS	28	33	All three
VULCANIZATIONS	28	34	All three
VACUOLIZATIONS	28	33	Collins only
VECTORIZATIONS	28	31	Collins only
VERNACULARIZES	28	33	Collins · NWL
VOLCANIZATIONS	28	33	Collins only

V is a narrow start for this word length: the 143 entries are far fewer than the 1,095 words beginning with P. The examples range from visualizations and verisimilitude to ventriloquists and volcanologists. None falls in the common-word group, so expect specialist vocabulary rather than everyday answers.

14-letter words starting with V at a glance

143 tournament-dictionary entries begin with V and contain exactly 14 letters.
visualizations and verisimilitude are two examples from the list.
ventriloquized leads the Scrabble score table at 36 points.
107 entries end in S; Y is next with 10.
None belongs to the common-word group used for this count.

Which V word scores highest?

ventriloquized scores 36 points, ahead of ventriloquizes at 35. Victimizations comes next at 30, while vernacularized and vocationalized each score 29. These long forms reward the valuable letters in their middle, not just the opening V.

The ending pattern is unusually concentrated: 107 of the 143 words finish with S. Only 10 end in Y and 9 in N; just one ends in G. That makes an S ending a strong first filter when you already know the final tile, but it will not identify a single answer.

How to narrow the V-word search

Start with a familiar stem, then check its longer form against your rack or clue. visualizations, videocassettes, and valedictorians are recognizable examples; ventriloquisms and vasodilatation show how specialized the remaining vocabulary can get. This page has 98 defined entries, but not every dictionary admits the same set.

Collins includes 138 of these entries, compared with 84 in NWL2023 and 71 in ENABLE, so a valid answer depends on the game’s word list. For a practical solve, confirm the dictionary before committing to an obscure form. The 13-letter V list has 226 entries, while the 15-letter list has 60.

Questions people ask

What is the highest-scoring 14-letter word starting with V?

ventriloquized is the highest-scoring entry, at 36 Scrabble points. ventriloquizes follows at 35, and victimizations scores 30. These are base word scores; a board premium can change the total in play.

How many 14-letter V words end in S?

107 of the 143 words end in S. Y is the next most frequent ending, with 10 entries, followed by N with 9. If your final letter is known, S is the best-supported ending to check first.

Are all 14-letter V words accepted in every word game?

No, dictionary coverage differs by game. The list has 138 Collins entries, 84 in NWL2023, and 71 in ENABLE. Check the word list used by your game, especially before playing a specialized term such as vasodilatation.

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