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5-letter words with M as the 1st letter and V as the 3rd letter

5-letter words with M as the 1st letter and V as the 3rd letter come to just 10, and every one keeps a vowel in the second slot.

10 wordsTop pick MOVIEHighest score MOVED 11

4 of 10 are everyday words (40%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With M in 1st place, R is the most common 3rd letter (88 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • MOVIE10
  • MOVED11
  • MOVES10
  • MOVER10
  • MAVEN10
  • MAVIS10
  • MAVIN10
  • MAVIE10
  • MEVES10
  • MEVED11
All valid words 10

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

  • MAVEN10
  • MAVIE10
  • MAVIN10
  • MAVIS10
  • MEVED11
  • MEVES10
  • MOVED11
  • MOVER10
  • MOVES10
  • MOVIE10

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
MOVED1113All three
MEVED1113Collins only
MOVIE1012All three
MOVES1012All three
MOVER1012All three
MAVEN1013All three
MAVIS1012All three
MAVIN1013All three
MAVIE1012All three
MEVES1012Collins only

The list is small and splits cleanly: MAVEN, MAVIE, MAVIN and MAVIS share the MAV- opening, MOVED, MOVER, MOVES and MOVIE share MOV-, and MEVED and MEVES are the two MEV- forms. Four of the ten count as common English, a strong share for such a rare frame, and MOVER and MOVIE both stand on the Wordle answer list.

M?V?? at a glance

  • Only ten matches put M first and V third.
  • Four run MAV-, four run MOV- and two run MEV-.
  • A vowel fills the second slot in all ten.
  • MOVER and MOVIE are Wordle answers.
  • MOVED and MEVED tie at the top on 11 points.

Two families and a rare letter pair

M and V sit side by side in very few English words, and the third slot is where it happens here. MAVEN, MAVIN and MAVIS carry the MAV- shape, MOVED, MOVER, MOVES and MOVIE carry MOV-, and MEVED and MEVES finish the set. Position two is a vowel in every match, so the pattern always reads M?v??.

The endings stay just as narrow: S closes three matches, and D, E and N take two each. That leaves MOVER as the lone word ending in R, and it is also one of the two Wordle answers.

MOVER, MOVIE and the Wordle answer list

MOVER and MOVIE are the two Wordle answers, and each earns its place by staying common. MOVED and MOVES share the same MOV- stem, so a guess built on that opening covers four of the ten matches at once. The MAV- family, by contrast, has never reached the answer list at all.

The Collins-only tail

Note

Collins lists all ten matches, while NWL2023 and ENABLE carry eight. MEVED and MEVES are the two words that fall outside the North American lists, so check your game's word list before you play either one.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have M first and V third?
Only ten matches fit, which makes this one of the smallest M patterns at five letters. Four start MAV-, four start MOV- and two start MEV-.
Which M?V?? words are Wordle answers?
Two matches, MOVER and MOVIE, are Wordle answers, and both are also common English. MOVED, MOVES, MAVEN and MAVIS round out the common set, so half the list is everyday vocabulary.
What is the highest-scoring M?V?? word?
MOVED and MEVED tie at 11 points, and MOVER, MOVIE, MAVEN, MAVIS, MAVIN and MAVIE all follow on 10. The list averages 10.2 points a word.

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