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7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and V as the 5th letter

7-letter words with O third and V fifth number 14, from familiar forms like whoever and evolved to rarer entries.

14 wordsTop pick WHOEVERHighest score WHOEVER 16

4 of 14 are everyday words (29%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With O in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (547 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 14 · most-used first

  • WHOEVER16
  • EVOLVED14
  • GROOVES11
  • EVOLVES13
  • GROOVED12
  • GROOVER11
  • EVOLVER13
  • STOKVEL14
  • AMOOVED13
  • AMOOVES12
  • CROOVES12
  • MOOLVIE12
  • MOOLVIS12
  • MOORVAS12
All valid words 14

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • AMOOVED13
  • AMOOVES12
  • CROOVES12
  • EVOLVED14
  • EVOLVER13
  • EVOLVES13
  • GROOVED12
  • GROOVER11
  • GROOVES11
  • MOOLVIE12
  • MOOLVIS12
  • MOORVAS12
  • STOKVEL14
  • WHOEVER16
Letters by positionIn 79% of these words the 6th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. E21%
  2. G21%
  3. M21%
2nd letter
  1. R29%
  2. V21%
  3. O21%
4th letter
  1. O43%
  2. L36%
  3. E7%
6th letter
  1. E79%
  2. I14%
  3. A7%
7th letter
  1. S43%
  2. D21%
  3. R21%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WHOEVER1616All three
EVOLVED1417All three
STOKVEL1416Collins only
EVOLVES1316All three
EVOLVER1316All three
AMOOVED1315Collins only
GROOVED1214All three
AMOOVES1214Collins only
CROOVES1214Collins only
MOOLVIE1215Collins only
MOOLVIS1215Collins only
MOORVAS1214Collins only

The pattern is __O_V__, and this small set has a sharp split: only four words count as common by frequency. Whoever, evolved, evolves, and grooves are recognizable entries; stokvel and moolvie show why a matching spelling can still feel unfamiliar. Collins accepts all 14, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 7.

At a glance: the pattern’s standout facts

  • Four matches count as common; whoever and evolved are familiar first checks for this pattern.
  • Six matches end in S, including grooves, evolves, and amooves.
  • D and R endings each occur three times: evolved, grooved, amooved; whoever, groover, evolver.
  • Whoever leads the score table at 16 points; evolved and stokvel follow at 14.

7-letter words with O third and V fifth

The familiar cluster centers on evolve: evolved, evolves, and evolver. Groove gives a second easy-to-spot family in grooved, grooves, and groover; whoever is the standout everyday word and the top scorer at 16.

Read the template left to right: position three must be O and position five V, so a near-match with either letter shifted is out. These families make a better first pass than scanning unrelated endings.

Other entries include stokvel, amooved, amooves, crooves, moolvie, moolvis, and moorvas. Only four matches count as common by frequency, so expect the candidate set to get obscure quickly.

How do you narrow this letter pattern?

Start by locking the template as __O_V__, then test familiar word families before spending guesses on unusual spellings. The evolve family gives three candidates, and the groove family gives three more. If the final tile is S, prioritize that ending: it appears six times, more than any other final letter here.

The dictionary split matters for less familiar answers. Collins has all 14 matches, but ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 7. The counts do not identify which individual words differ, so check your game's word list before committing to an unusual form such as stokvel.

Use the ending as a filter

Tip

With O and V fixed, check S endings first: six of these words end in S, making it the largest final-letter group.

Questions people ask

What is the highest-scoring word with O third and V fifth?
Whoever leads at 16 points, ahead of evolved and stokvel at 14 each. That makes a familiar-looking word the top scorer, while the next two tie. Board premiums can change a play’s total, so treat these as word scores rather than a promise of a final turn score.
How many of these seven-letter words are common?
Four of the 14 matches count as common by frequency. Whoever, evolved, evolves, and grooves are recognizable examples, while entries such as moolvie and moorvas are less familiar. The common-word count is a small slice of the full pattern.
Why are there fewer ENABLE and NWL2023 matches than Collins matches?
The tournament dictionaries accept different sets of words: Collins has 14 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each have 7. Those totals do not show which individual entries are missing from each smaller set, so check your game's dictionary before using an unfamiliar word.

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