6-letter words with V as the 2nd letter and S as the 6th letter

The pattern gives you a fixed V in position two and an S at the end, but the first letter still narrows the search. AVOIDS, EVOKES, and AVAILS are recognizable choices; the rarer entries can matter in word games, too. Counts differ by dictionary, so a word accepted in one list may not work in another.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 28 six-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• A begins 10 matches, O begins 7, and E begins 6; those three letters account for most of the list.
• K and U each begin 2 words, while M begins just 1.
• Only 2 matches are classed as common in the English frequency data.
• AVYZES scores 21 points, the highest score; AVIZES follows at 18.

Why do these words cluster around A, O, and E?

A, O, and E lead the first-letter count with 10, 7, and 6 matches. That makes AVOIDS, AVAILS, and AVERTS natural places to start when you have several blanks. EVADES and EVOKES give you another familiar cluster, while OVULES and OVOIDS show the O pattern.

The smaller groups are easy to overlook: K gives you KVASES and KVELLS, U gives UVULAS, and M contributes MVULES. These less familiar forms explain why a strict pattern search beats guessing only from everyday vocabulary.

How many 6-letter words have V second and S sixth?

There are 28 6-letter words with V second and S sixth in the combined tournament lists. Collins contains all 28, while NWL2023 contains 21 and ENABLE contains 20. The overlap is substantial, but the counts show that acceptance is not identical across dictionaries.

For Scrabble scoring, AVYZES leads at 21 points and AVIZES scores 18; both beat familiar EVOKES at 13. The catch is practical: the top scorers are uncommon, and only 2 words in the pattern meet the common-word cutoff. Check your game's dictionary before relying on an unfamiliar entry.