5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and V as the 4th letter

The pattern is _ E _ V _, so the first and fifth letters do the sorting work once E and V are fixed. Only six of the 31 matches rank among the most common English words. The endings lean heavily toward E: 18 words finish that way, compared with seven ending in Y.

At a glance: the E–V pattern

• There are 31 five-letter matches for E in position two and V in position four.
• P leads the first-letter group with six words; D follows with five.
• E is the final letter in 18 matches, while Y ends seven.
• BEVVY scores 16 points, the highest score among the examples.

Which E–V words are easiest to recognize?

Start with familiar choices such as LEAVE, HEAVY, SERVE, NERVE, WEAVE, and HEAVE. They show how varied the first letter can be while the middle pattern stays fixed. P is the most frequent opener, with PEEVE and PERVY among the examples.

The ending is a stronger clue: nearly three in five matches end in E. The Y-ending group includes HEAVY, NERVY, and VERVY; the S-ending words include PERVS. Just six entries meet the common-word cutoff, so many pattern matches are specialist or uncommon vocabulary.

5-letter words with E 2nd and V 4th for games

For Scrabble scoring, BEVVY leads at 16 points, ahead of HEAVY at 14. PERVY and PEAVY each score 13, while KEEVE scores 12. Those totals make the less familiar spellings worth checking against your rack and board before you rely on them.

Eight matches appear in the Wordle answer set and in tournament dictionaries. The full pattern list is broader than the answer set, so a valid match is not automatically a likely solution.

Dictionary coverage also varies: 20 entries appear in ENABLE, 29 in Collins, and 24 in NWL2023. Check your game's word list before playing a disputed entry.