6-letter words with V as the 2nd letter

The set spans familiar words such as AVENUE and EVENTS, plus less common entries like EVZONE and AVOWRY. Its size sits between nearby V-second lists: 52 five-letter matches and 184 seven-letter matches. That makes length a useful first filter when a crossing clue fixes V in position two.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 91 six-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• Collins includes all 91; NWL2023 has 63, and ENABLE has 61.
• AVENUE, EVENTS, OVERLY, EVOLVE, and AVATAR are recognizable examples.
• Only 9 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• AVYZED scores 22 points, ahead of AVYZES at 21.

Which starting letters cover most matches?

A, E, and O account for 81 of the 91 words with V second. A leads with 39 matches, followed by E with 23 and O with 19; together, those three openings cover nearly the whole group.

Use those prefixes to narrow a rack or a crossword crossing: AVENUE and AVATAR begin with A, EVENTS and EVENLY with E, and OVERLY and OVERDO with O. The remaining words start with U, K, S, or M.

Frequency is a sharper limit than the raw list suggests: just 9 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words. Expect many answers to be specialist or unfamiliar vocabulary rather than everyday choices.

Which V-second words score highest?

AVYZED is the top scorer at 22 points, followed by AVYZES at 21 and AVIZED at 19. More familiar options still have scoring value: KVETCH and EVZONE each score 18, while EVOKED scores 14.

Dictionary coverage differs by game: all 91 matches appear in Collins, compared with 63 in NWL2023 and 61 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry such as AVYZED.

For a quick clue filter, check the final letter too. S is the most frequent ending with 28 words, followed by E with 15, R with 13, and D with 12. AVENUE and EVENTS show how much those endings can vary.