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

With E and V fixed in the middle, the pattern is __EV__. Familiar matches include clever, eleven, uneven, and weevil, but the full set leans toward less common entries and repeated endings. Only five matches rank as common by frequency, so treat those recognizable words as a practical starting point rather than the whole list, and keep the two fixed tiles in place as you test possible openings and endings.

The pattern's key facts at a glance

• The pattern has 50 six-letter matches with E third and V fourth.
• Clever and eleven are familiar examples; both preserve the fixed middle letters.
• S is the leading final letter, appearing in 20 matches.
• C begins 9 matches, more than any other starting letter.
• Only five matches count as common by word frequency.

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

Clever, eleven, uneven, and weevil are the easiest anchors to recognize. They show how the fixed EV pair can sit inside very different words: CLEV-ER, ELEV-EN, UNEV-EN, and WEEV-IL. For a quick scan, hold the third and fourth tiles steady, then test the opening and ending letters against your rack.

Several matches cluster around S endings: reeves, peeves, sieves, and sieved. S is the most frequent final letter, but not every match is a plural; clever, uneven, and weevil show different word shapes. With just five entries classed as common, expect more unfamiliar forms after you have checked the obvious anchors.

Which matches score highest?

For 6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and V as the 4th letter, the top score is 14 points. Cheval, chevre, chevet, chevin, and cheven tie there, while the average score is 10.7. Each top scorer begins with C-H-E-V, so the fixed middle pair is not the whole scoring story: the opening letters matter too.

The 50 matches draw from three tournament dictionaries: Collins accepts 48, NWL2023 accepts 31, and ENABLE accepts 28. Those counts overlap, so they are not separate piles to add together. This pattern list does not guarantee every word is legal in your game; check an unfamiliar play against the ruleset you use.