7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and V as the 4th letter

The matches range from familiar GRAVITY to less common entries such as GARVOCK and GROVIER. Only one of the 19 is classed as common, so the pattern produces a short list with plenty of specialist vocabulary. Collins accepts 18 matches, while NWL2023 accepts 16; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

The pattern at a glance

• All 19 matches begin G, place V in position four, and contain seven letters.
• Only one match is common by our frequency measure.
• Nine matches end in S, making that the most frequent final letter.
• GRAVLAX scores 18 points; GARVOCK follows at 17.
• Collins lists 18 matches, compared with 16 in NWL2023 and 15 in ENABLE.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

Ten named examples share the opening GRAV: GRAVITY, GRAVELY, GRAVEST, GRAVURE, GRAVELS, GRAVING, GRAVIES, GRAVIDA, GRAVLAX, and GRAVERS. That repeated start is a strong solving clue: once G and the fourth-position V are fixed, test the three-letter middle run R-A-V before trying less familiar openings such as GLOVERS or GARVEYS.

The score leaders are not the most everyday-looking choices. GRAVLAX is worth 18 points and GARVOCK 17, while GRAVITY, GRAVELY, and GARVEYS each score 14. The average score across the set is 12.3, so those top two stand out; however, both are less familiar than GRAVITY and may be absent from a particular game's dictionary.

How should you narrow the remaining letters?

Start by checking the last square: S accounts for nine of the 19 matches, while G and Y each finish two. If your rack or crossing letters suggest a plural, try GRAVELS, GRAVERS, or GROVELS; for a Y ending, GRAVITY and GRAVELY are recognizable candidates. The rest end in A, E, K, R, or T.

These counts make the S ending a useful first branch, not a guarantee. Several options are unusual, and the dictionary split matters: Collins has two more matches than NWL2023. For a broader search with the same fixed letters, 7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and V as the 4th letter are only one slice of the pattern space; changing the first or fourth letter opens many more choices.