6-letter words with L as the 1st letter and V as the 4th letter

That fixed pattern leaves a small, mixed group: familiar forms such as LEAVES and LOAVES sit beside less common entries like LEKVAR and LUVVIE. The 19-word count combines tournament dictionaries, while the individual lists differ: Collins has 18 matches, NWL2023 has 14, and ENABLE has 12. Seventeen entries have definitions.

At a glance: the L–V pattern

• There are 19 six-letter matches with L first and V fourth.
• LEAVES, LOAVES, and LARVAE are among the recognizable examples.
• Collins contains 18 matches; NWL2023 has 14 and ENABLE has 12.
• Three entries meet our common-word frequency threshold.
• The final letters most often are R or S, with five words ending in each.

Why are there only 19 matches?

The two fixed positions narrow the choices sharply. For comparison, the same L-first pattern with I in the fourth position has 128 matches, while changing the first letter to S and keeping V fourth gives 83. The L-and-V combination is much smaller than either nearby pattern.

The endings also cluster: five words finish in R and five in S. D and E each appear at the end of three entries; L, N, and Y finish one apiece. That makes the final letter a quick way to sort candidates once the first and fourth positions are known.

LEAVES, LOAVES, and LARVAE are among the more familiar forms; LOUVRE and LOUVER offer another recognizable pair. Most entries are not common everyday guesses, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar match.

Scoring the L-first, V-fourth pattern

LEKVAR and LUVVED lead the Scrabble scores at 13 points each. LUVVIE and L ENVOY score 12 apiece; LEAVED and LOAVED score 10. The unusual spellings rise above familiar choices such as LEAVES, which scores 9.

The group's average score is 9.8, so the top scorers stand out without being far beyond the rest. If you need a playable candidate rather than a high-value one, start by checking familiar forms such as LEAVES, LARVAE, or LOAVES against your rack and game dictionary.

A common trap is to assume a familiar-looking form appears in every word list. The counts vary by dictionary, and only 12 of these matches appear in ENABLE, compared with 18 in Collins.