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

The fixed pattern is _VI___, so the first and last three letters do most of the filtering. A leads with 13 matches, while E contributes 6 and O contributes 4. The group is unusually compact: no entry falls among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq, despite recognizable forms such as AVIDLY, EVINCE, and AVIARY.

At a glance: counts, endings, and top score

• There are 23 six-letter matches across Collins, the widest listed dictionary set.
• ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 16 of the 23 words.
• A begins 13 entries; E begins 6, and O begins 4.
• S is the final letter in 10 matches, the strongest ending cluster.
• AVIZED tops the score list at 19; AVIZES follows at 18.

Which six-letter V-I words score highest?

AVIZED leads at 19 points, ahead of AVIZES at 18. Both begin with A and place Z near the end, so they stand apart from softer-scoring choices such as AVIARY (12) and EVINCE (11). With a Z on your rack, check those two before settling for AVIDLY, which scores 13.

Acceptance is the catch: Collins includes all 23 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 16. The other entries are Collins-only, so check your game's named dictionary before building a play around a less familiar form. AVIZED and AVIZES are the scoring outliers, not a guide to how often these words appear.

Narrow the pattern with first and last letters

Start with _VI___, then test the first letter and likely endings; 10 of the 23 matches finish in S. The S-ending group includes AVISES, AVIZES, and AVISOS, while AVIARY and EVINCE show that the pattern also yields other endings.

The 6-letter words with V as the 2nd letter and I as the 3rd letter form a narrow clue set, not a general vocabulary sampler: none ranks in the top 25,000 by wordfreq. For a wider search, browse all six-letter words or compare this pattern at five letters, with 13 matches, and seven letters, with 28.

A first-letter sweep is efficient: exhaust A's 13 possibilities before moving to E's 6 and O's 4; that split covers every match.