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

5-letter words with V as the 3rd letter and L as the 5th letter number 26, and half of them are Wordle answers.

26 wordsTop pick LEVELHighest score JAVEL 15

7 of 26 are everyday words (27%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With V in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (58 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 26 · most-used first

All valid words 26

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

Letters by positionIn 58% of these words the 4th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. N19%
  2. R15%
  3. C12%
2nd letter
  1. E31%
  2. A31%
  3. I15%
4th letter
  1. E58%
  2. I23%
  3. A19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; JAVEL tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 14 words
  2. 9 points: 3 words
  3. 1010 points: 4 words
  4. 11 points: 2 words
  5. 1212 points: 2 words
  6. 13 points: 0 words
  7. 1414 points: 0 words
  8. 15 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JAVEL1519Collins only
KEVEL1214All three
KEVIL1214All three
HOVEL1112All three
FAVEL1113Collins only
CIVIL1013All three
BEVEL1013All three
CAVIL1013All three
CAVEL1013Collins only
DEVIL911All three
GAVEL912All three
DEVEL911All three

??V?L holds 26 matches, and 13 of them sit on the Wordle answer list, the deepest answer share of any V pattern in five letters. The endings sort cleanly into -VEL, -VIL and -VAL. Seven words rank among the 25,000 most common English words.

??V?L at a glance

  • Twenty-six matches, every one ending in L.
  • Thirteen are Wordle answers, exactly half.
  • Fifteen end -VEL, six -VIL and five -VAL.
  • JAVEL tops the scores at 15, well clear of the field.
  • N opens five matches, R four and C three.
  • Six matches are Collins-only, among them JAVEL and FAVEL.

Why half the list are Wordle answers

Thirteen of the 26 are answers: ANVIL, BEVEL, CAVIL, CIVIL, DEVIL, GAVEL, HOVEL, LEVEL, NAVAL, NAVEL, NOVEL, REVEL and RIVAL. That is one in two, a far deeper share than the wider V patterns carry, and most of them are ordinary vocabulary.

The common list lines up almost as neatly. CIVIL, DEVIL, LEVEL, NAVAL, NOVEL, REVEL and RIVAL all rank among the 25,000 most common words, and every one is also a Wordle answer.

How -VEL, -VIL and -VAL divide the tail

Fifteen matches end -VEL, from BEVEL and LEVEL to HOVEL and JAVEL. Six end -VIL, ANVIL, CAVIL, CIVIL, DEVIL, ERVIL and KEVIL, and five end -VAL: ARVAL, NAVAL, NIVAL, ORVAL and RIVAL.

Three tails cover all 26 words, so the shape looks more regular than its size suggests.

Every word closes on L, so the final square gives nothing away. The second letter is the real branch, where N opens five matches, R four and C three.

The N family worth memorising

Tip

NAVAL, NAVEL, NEVEL, NIVAL and NOVEL all share the N first, V third and L fifth shape, and differ only by the vowel between them. Each is a legal tournament word.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have V third and L fifth?
Twenty-six, and half of them are Wordle answers. Fifteen also end in -VEL, which makes the V-to-L tail one of the tightest in the game.
Which ??V?L words are Wordle answers?
Thirteen of the 26: ANVIL, BEVEL, CAVIL, CIVIL, DEVIL, GAVEL, HOVEL, LEVEL, NAVAL, NAVEL, NOVEL, REVEL and RIVAL. That is the deepest answer pool of any five-letter V pattern.
Which ??V?L word scores highest in Scrabble?
JAVEL reaches 15 on its J, the only match above 12. KEVEL and KEVIL follow on 12, HOVEL and FAVEL tie on 11, and the rest sit at 8 or 9.

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