6-letter words with V as the 3rd letter and O as the 4th letter

The pattern is __VO__, with V and O locked into the middle. Collins lists all 34, while NWL2023 and ENABLE each include 27, so confirm your game’s dictionary before you rely on an unfamiliar match. DEVOTE, REVOLT and INVOKE are the familiar anchors, and nine matches count as common.

The V-O pattern at a glance

• There are 34 six-letter matches with V third and O fourth.
• Nine matches rank among common English words.
• HAVOCS leads the scoring list at 14 points.
• Words ending in S form the largest final-letter group, with 14 matches.
• DEVOTE, REVOLT, and INVOKE are recognizable examples.

Which letters start and end these words?

D starts 10 matches, more than any other first letter. F and S follow with four each, while R starts three. Try DEVOTE, DEVOUR, and DEVOID when D fits your clue; FAVOUR and SAVORY offer different openings without changing the fixed middle.

S is the most common ending, appearing 14 times. E appears seven times, while R and T each finish five words. That makes a final S a strong sorting clue, but it does not identify one answer by itself: FAVORS, ENVOYS, and PIVOTS all fit the same pattern.

How does this pattern compare with nearby letter pairs?

Among six-letter words with V third, O fourth is a smaller group than E or I in the next position: the V-E pattern has 126 matches, and V-I has 104. V-A has 39, only five more than this V-O set. The fixed pair narrows the search sharply, even before you use the first or last letter.

For a solving approach, lock in the middle pair first, then sort by the clue you know: D is the leading start and S is the leading ending. Keep spellings distinct, too; FAVOUR and FAVORS are separate entries, not interchangeable forms. The 34 matches are a word-game list, not a promise that every game accepts every entry.