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5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and V as the 4th letter

Twenty-one 5-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and V as the 4th letter fit the frame ??EV?, and 15 end in E.

21 wordsTop pick CHEVYHighest score CHEVY 16

1 of 21 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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With E in 3rd place, E is the most common 4th letter (111 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 21 · most-used first

  • CHEVY16
  • SIEVE8
  • REEVE8
  • PEEVE10
  • CLEVE10
  • SHEVA11
  • BREVE10
  • GREVE9
  • LIEVE8
  • NIEVE8
  • PREVE10
  • KEEVE12
  • DEEVE9
  • DEEVS9
  • EREVS8
  • KIEVE12
  • LAEVO8
  • MIEVE10
  • NAEVE8
  • NAEVI8
  • RIEVE8
All valid words 21

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

  • BREVE10
  • CHEVY16
  • CLEVE10
  • DEEVE9
  • DEEVS9
  • EREVS8
  • GREVE9
  • KEEVE12
  • KIEVE12
  • LAEVO8
  • LIEVE8
  • MIEVE10
  • NAEVE8
  • NAEVI8
  • NIEVE8
  • PEEVE10
  • PREVE10
  • REEVE8
  • RIEVE8
  • SHEVA11
  • SIEVE8
Letters by positionIn 71% of these words the 5th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. N14%
  2. C10%
  3. K10%
2nd letter
  1. I29%
  2. E24%
  3. R19%
5th letter
  1. E71%
  2. S10%
  3. Y5%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; CHEVY tops the list with 16. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 9 words
  2. 9 points: 3 words
  3. 1010 points: 5 words
  4. 11 points: 1 words
  5. 1212 points: 2 words
  6. 13 points: 0 words
  7. 1414 points: 0 words
  8. 15 points: 0 words
  9. 1616 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
CHEVY1616All three
KEEVE1213All three
KIEVE1213Collins only
SHEVA1111Collins only
PEEVE1012All three
CLEVE1013Collins only
BREVE1012All three
PREVE1012Collins only
MIEVE1012Collins only
GREVE911Collins only
DEEVE910Collins only
DEEVS910Collins only

This pattern is sparse in every direction. Only 21 words match, just one counts as common, and a single entry, SIEVE, appears in the Wordle answer list. Fifteen of them end in -EVE, with REEVE, PEEVE, CLEVE and BREVE giving the group its shape, while Collins accepts all 21 against just 10 each in ENABLE and NWL2023.

E-third, V-fourth words at a glance

  • Twenty-one tournament-dictionary words put E third and V fourth.
  • Fifteen end in -EVE, from SIEVE and REEVE to KEEVE and MIEVE.
  • CHEVY is the only common word; SIEVE is the only Wordle answer.
  • Collins accepts all 21, but ENABLE and NWL2023 list only 10 each.
  • CHEVY scores 16, then KEEVE and KIEVE at 12.

Why so many of these words are Collins-only

Eleven of the 21 matches appear in Collins and in neither ENABLE nor NWL2023. That is more than half the list, and the excluded words are the archaic set: CLEVE, GREVE, MIEVE, NIEVE, PREVE and DEEVE. If you play a North American game, treat those forms as unavailable until you confirm them.

The endings split further. LIEVE, NIEVE, MIEVE, KIEVE and RIEVE share an -IEVE tail, KEEVE and DEEVE use -EEVE, and only the handful with a plain -EVE tail, such as BREVE and PEEVE, are likely to ring a bell.

What these E?V? words score

A V is worth four on its own, and the leaders pair it with another costly tile. CHEVY reaches 16 with C, V and Y; KEEVE and KIEVE both hit 12 on the K; SHEVA scores 11. The plain -EVE words cluster on 10, so PEEVE, CLEVE, BREVE and PREVE sit within a point of one another.

Rare words, small penalty

Tip

Twelve of the 21 matches carry a definition, so the rarest forms are also the least documented. Losing them costs little: SIEVE, REEVE and PEEVE cover nearly all the ground you need.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words have E third and V fourth?
There are 21. Collins lists all of them, but ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept only 10, so 11 words are Collins-only. Fifteen of the matches end in -EVE.
Which E-third, V-fourth word is a Wordle answer?
SIEVE is the only match in the Wordle answer list. All 21 words are accepted guesses, so the pattern helps you eliminate rather than confirm. SIEVE is also one of the few familiar entries in a list full of archaic forms.
What is the highest-scoring E-third, V-fourth word?
CHEVY leads at 16 points, built on C, V and Y. KEEVE and KIEVE reach 12 on their K tiles, SHEVA scores 11, and PEEVE, CLEVE, BREVE and PREVE all sit on 10.

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