6-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and V as the 4th letter

The pattern is _ _ A V _ _, with both target letters locked together in the middle. Of the 71 matches, 13 rank among the commonest English words; TRAVEL, HEAVEN, and BEAVER are recognizable starting points. Most of the remaining entries are less everyday, so a familiar-looking stem does not guarantee every form will suit your game.

The A-V pattern at a glance

• 71 entries meet the exact six-letter pattern in at least one tournament list.
• TRAVEL, HEAVEN, FLAVOR, and BEAVER are familiar examples.
• 13 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• QUAVER tops the score list at 18; the average score is 11.

How many 6-letter words with A 3rd and V 4th end in S?

S is the most frequent final letter: 25 matches end in S. R follows with 14, then D with 13 and N with 8. E, L, Y, and C are less common endings, with C appearing once, so when your final square is open, test S, R, and D before cycling through the rarer options.

The starting-letter spread is similarly lopsided: S leads with 15, C has 10, and G has 8. That makes SLAVES, SHAVED, and GRAVES natural candidates when the first tile is unknown; the same A-V core appears in both plural-looking forms and past-tense forms.

Which A-V matches stand out in word games?

QUAVER leads the Scrabble score list at 18, while BHAVAN and PEAVEY each score 14. SHAVED, WEAVED, HEAVED, KNAVES, and KEAVIE each reach 13, so the top scorers are not all everyday vocabulary. TRAVEL and HEAVEN are easier to recognize, but this pattern has a long tail of less familiar entries.

For 6-letter words with A 3rd and V 4th, swapping the fourth letter changes the search far more than swapping the third: A/R has 229 matches and A/N has 222, versus 71 for A/V. With V fixed, L gives 61 matches, while I and R each give 58. Changing the fourth letter is the bigger escape route when this pattern stalls.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has 70 matches, ENABLE 63, and NWL2023 64, while 54 entries have definitions. The 71-word total includes entries accepted by at least one tournament list, not necessarily every list. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar form.