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

The fixed pattern is R _ _ V _ _ _, and every match starts with R and puts V in the fourth slot. The 13 entries include several less familiar forms alongside REVVING; six end in S and five in G, so those two endings account for nearly the whole set. Collins includes all 13; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 11.

The pattern at a glance

• All 13 words have R in position one and V in position four.
• REVVING and REEVOKE tie for the top score at 14 points.
• Six entries end in S; five end in G.
• REAVOWS and RENVOYS score 13 points apiece.
• The average score across the set is 11.4 points.

Which 7-letter words with R first and V fourth score most?

REVVING and REEVOKE are the top scorers, each worth 14 points. REAVOWS and RENVOYS follow at 13, while REAVING, REIVING, REEVING, and RIEVING each score 11.

The ending pattern is unusually concentrated: six words finish with S and five with G. REAVAIL ends in L, while REEVOKE ends in E, leaving just two entries outside the S-and-G group.

For a quick rack check, sort by the final letter after matching R at the start and V in slot four. That narrows the candidates to a short S or G group, plus REAVAIL and REEVOKE.

What should you know before playing these words?

The dictionary totals differ: Collins lists 13 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 11. Check your game's word list before relying on an entry that appears only in Collins.

None of the matches falls within our common-word cutoff, which is the top 25,000 English words by frequency. REAVOWS, RENVOYS, and RIEVERS are less familiar forms, so pattern fit alone may not make them easy to recognize.

For 7-letter words with R first and V fourth, the best clue is often the ending rather than a familiar everyday word. The 11 S-or-G endings cover most possibilities, but the two unusual endings still matter.