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

Lock E into the second slot and V into the fifth, and the choices narrow quickly. The 14 matches include six common words, while the list also contains less familiar entries such as RELEVE and REGAVE. Collins includes all 14; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 13, so check your game's word list before relying on every match.

The pattern at a glance

• Fourteen tournament-dictionary words match the E-second, V-fifth pattern.
• Collins lists 14 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 list 13 each.
• Six matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Thirteen words end in E; GENEVA is the lone word ending in A.
• BEHAVE and BEHOVE lead the scores at 14 points each.

Which words fit E second and V fifth?

REMOVE, REVIVE, DERIVE, and RELIVE are recognizable options. Each has E in slot two and V in slot five, but their first letters vary: eight matches start with R, four with B, and one each with D and G.

Several entries share a useful shape without sharing a first letter. BEHAVE and BEHOVE differ in the final vowel, while REVIVE and REWOVE both begin RE and finish with VE. GENEVA stands apart: it is the only match that ends in A.

Use the fixed letters to narrow your choices

For a rack or puzzle clue, write the pattern as _ E _ _ V _. Then test the first-letter clusters: R covers eight answers, B covers four, and D or G narrows the search to one match apiece. This is a tighter filter than starting from the final letter, since 13 entries end in E.

The 6-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and V as the 5th letter average 11 points. BEHAVE and BEHOVE are the top scorers at 14, followed by REVIVE and REWOVE at 12. Ten of the 14 matches carry a dictionary definition, so unfamiliar entries are not all equally easy to verify.