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

D begins 18 matches; L and R tie at 12, then V follows at 9. DIVIDED and DIVORCE illustrate the dominant start, while RIVALRY and RIVIERA reveal the R branch. If the first tile remains unknown, D is the strongest first check by count.

At a glance for v after i

• This _IV____ pattern has 71 tournament-dictionary entries and 8 common words.
• S ends 23 words, D ends 12, and E and R each end 9.
• QIVIUTS is the leading scorer at 19.
• With V fixed immediately after I, use the first letter to separate the options: D appears 18 times, compared with 12 each for L and R.

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S ends 23 words, D ends 12, and E and R each end 9. DIVIDES and VIVIDLY make the pattern easier to picture, though the full set includes less familiar entries. Eight words are common and 52 have definitions in the reference dictionaries.

QIVIUTS is the leading scorer at 19. VIVIFIC and VIVENCY score 18, and VIVIDLY reaches 17. Familiar DIVORCE may be easier to spot, but the Q entry shows how a rarer tile can lift a word’s raw score.

How should you use this pattern in a word game?

With V fixed immediately after I, use the first letter to separate the options: D appears 18 times, compared with 12 each for L and R. S is the first final-letter branch to test.

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