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

The pattern is V??L??: V opens the word, and L occupies position four. That leaves three letters to solve in a set of 31 tournament-dictionary matches. VALLEY, VIOLET and VIOLIN are easy to recognize; other entries are less familiar. The fixed positions narrow the search, but they do not guarantee that every candidate will be accepted in your game.

At a glance: words matching V??L??

• This pattern has 31 matches in Collins, 21 in NWL2023 and 19 in ENABLE.
• Just 7 matches fall among the 25,000 most frequent English words.
• VALLEY, VOLLEY and VAULTY each score 12 points at standard Scrabble tile values.
• S ends 6 words, making it the most frequent final letter; R comes next with 5.

6-letter words with V first and L fourth: score leaders

VALLEY, VOLLEY and VAULTY lead this group with 12 points each at standard Scrabble tile values. Each combines the pattern's V and L with other letters to make a stronger base score than most matches.

VELLUM and VALLUM score 11 points. VEILED, VAILED, VIALED, VEALED and VERLIG are close behind at 10. These totals exclude board-square bonuses, so use them to compare the words before placing tiles, not as a prediction of the final turn score.

Which letters finish these V-and-L words?

The endings are spread across several letters: S appears 6 times, R 5 times, and D and N 4 times each. If your last square is unknown, test S and R before the less frequent endings. VALLEY and VOLLEY show how the same pattern can lead to different final letters.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has 31 matches, against 21 in NWL2023 and 19 in ENABLE. Only 7 are among the most frequent English words, so a candidate's familiar shape is no guarantee of acceptance. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure match.