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6-letter words with V as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

There are 16 6-letter words with V as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter, from AVATAR to SVARAJ.

16 wordsTop pick AVATARHighest score SVARAJ 16

1 of 16 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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With V in 2nd place, I is the most common 3rd letter (23 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 16 · most-used first

  • AVATAR9
  • EVADED11
  • AVANTI9
  • EVADES10
  • AVAILS9
  • EVADER10
  • AVAUNT9
  • OVATED10
  • AVALES9
  • AVAILE9
  • AVALED10
  • KVASES13
  • OVALLY12
  • OVATES9
  • OVATOR9
  • SVARAJ16
All valid words 16

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • AVAILE9
  • AVAILS9
  • AVALED10
  • AVALES9
  • AVANTI9
  • AVATAR9
  • AVAUNT9
  • EVADED11
  • EVADER10
  • EVADES10
  • KVASES13
  • OVALLY12
  • OVATED10
  • OVATES9
  • OVATOR9
  • SVARAJ16
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 5th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. A44%
  2. O25%
  3. E19%
4th letter
  1. T25%
  2. D19%
  3. L19%
5th letter
  1. E50%
  2. L19%
  3. A13%
6th letter
  1. S31%
  2. R19%
  3. D19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SVARAJ1619All three
KVASES1314All three
OVALLY1214All three
EVADED1112All three
EVADES1011All three
EVADER1011All three
OVATED1011Collins only
AVALED1012Collins only
AVATAR910All three
AVANTI911Collins only
AVAILS911All three
AVAUNT912All three

Sixteen matches survive the fixed V-A pattern, yet just one falls among our common words. AVATAR is a familiar standout; most remaining entries are specialist vocabulary, so dictionary coverage matters more than intuition. The opening letter narrows the search quickly: A leads, with O and E next.

How many 6-letter words have V second and A third?

The first letter does more work than the fixed pair suggests: A, O and E account for 14 of the 16 entries. Treat that opening letter as a second filter, then use the final letter to separate the five S endings from smaller groups. This is a narrow clue, not a broad vocabulary bank.

  • The fixed pattern is _ V A _ _ _; all 16 matches have six letters.
  • A begins 7 entries, O begins 4, and E begins 3.
  • Five words end in S; D and R finish 3 each.
  • Collins lists 16 matches; NWL2023 and ENABLE list 9 apiece.

Which V-A words score the most?

SVARAJ tops the recorded Scrabble values at 16 points, ahead of KVASES at 13 and OVALLY at 12. Those are word-value comparisons, not board totals: premium squares can change a play's outcome, but SVARAJ starts with the strongest score. EVADED follows at 11; EVADES, EVADER, OVATED and AVALED each score 10.

AVATAR scores 9, tying AVANTI at 9, and may be the easiest anchor to recognize. Don't spend a strong tile blindly: first confirm the word is accepted in your game, then compare its value with the available placements.

How restrictive is the V-A pattern?

The parallel six-letter pattern with R second and A third has 336 matches. Keeping V second but changing the third letter yields 23 words with I, 21 with E, and 19 with O. Against those neighboring patterns, V followed by A is especially sparse.

For a fast search, start with A, O or E, then check the ending: S is the most frequent finish, while D and R are next. The 16 entries span Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE, but only 9 appear in each of the latter two lists. Check your game's word list before building a play around an entry that NWL2023 may not accept.

Questions people ask

Which word with V second and A third scores highest?
SVARAJ is the highest-scoring entry at 16 points. KVASES follows at 13, while OVALLY scores 12; those figures are word values before board-square multipliers, so placement can raise the final turn total.
Are all 16 words accepted in NWL2023?
No, NWL2023 includes 9 of the 16 matches. Collins lists all 16, and ENABLE also lists 9, so acceptance differs by dictionary. Check the word list used by your game before relying on a particular entry.
How many of these words are common?
One match meets our common-word cutoff. The other 15 fall outside that cutoff, so most entries are specialist vocabulary rather than words you are likely to reach for in everyday writing.

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