7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and V as the 4th letter
34 7-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and V as the 4th, topped by SURVIVE, SURVEYS, CURVING and QUIVERS.
2 of 34 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With U in 2nd place, L is the most common 4th letter (279 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- SURVIVE13
- SURVEYS13
- CURVING13
- SUBVERT12
- PURVIEW15
- CULVERT12
- HUMVEES15
- QUIVERS19
- SURVEIL10
- FULVOUS13
- QUAVERS19
- CURVIER12
- OUTVOTE10
- LUVVIES13
- SUAVELY13
- CULVERS12
- SUAVITY13
- QUIVERY22
- QUAVERY22
- SUAVEST10
- CURVETS12
- PULVERS12
- OUTVIES10
- PURVEYS15
- CURVATE12
- CURVITY15
- KURVEYS17
- LUVVING14
- OUTVIED11
- PULVILS12
- PULVINI12
- SUBVENE12
- SURVIEW13
- VULVATE13
All valid words 34
- CULVERS12
- CULVERT12
- CURVATE12
- CURVETS12
- CURVIER12
- CURVING13
- CURVITY15
- FULVOUS13
- HUMVEES15
- KURVEYS17
- LUVVIES13
- LUVVING14
- OUTVIED11
- OUTVIES10
- OUTVOTE10
- PULVERS12
- PULVILS12
- PULVINI12
- PURVEYS15
- PURVIEW15
- QUAVERS19
- QUAVERY22
- QUIVERS19
- QUIVERY22
- SUAVELY13
- SUAVEST10
- SUAVITY13
- SUBVENE12
- SUBVERT12
- SURVEIL10
- SURVEYS13
- SURVIEW13
- SURVIVE13
- VULVATE13
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIVERY | 22 | 23 | All three |
| QUAVERY | 22 | 23 | All three |
| QUIVERS | 19 | 21 | All three |
| QUAVERS | 19 | 21 | All three |
| KURVEYS | 17 | 18 | Collins only |
| PURVIEW | 15 | 18 | All three |
| HUMVEES | 15 | 17 | All three |
| PURVEYS | 15 | 17 | All three |
| CURVITY | 15 | 17 | Collins only |
| LUVVING | 14 | 20 | NWL only |
| SURVIVE | 13 | 16 | All three |
| SURVEYS | 13 | 14 | All three |
This is a short, V-heavy list, and the V is worth 4 points, so the average word scores 13.6. Two stems explain a large part of it: SURV- and CURV-. The Q words QUIVERS and QUAVERS add the big totals, while a handful of rarer entries such as PULVILS and LUVVING round it out.
Short list, high scores
- 34 words fit: Collins 33, NWL2023 28, ENABLE 26.
- Only 2 are common: SURVIVE and SURVEYS.
- S opens 9 words, C opens 7, P opens 5 and Q opens 4.
- QUIVERY and QUAVERY score 22 each, and the average is 13.6.
- 13 end in S, and 5 each end in E and Y.
Which stems do these words share?
SUR- opens 4 words: SURVIVE, SURVEYS, SURVEIL and SURVIEW. CUR- opens 5, among them CURVING, CURVIER, CURVITY and CURVETS. Add PURVIEW, PURVEYS and SUBVERT, and you have most of the words with plain English roots.
The -ERS ending covers QUIVERS, QUAVERS, CULVERS and PULVERS, while -EYS ends SURVEYS, PURVEYS and KURVEYS.
Look for -ITY and -IVE too. SUAVITY and CURVITY take the first ending, while SURVIVE carries the second. Outside the stems, you are left with one-off entries such as HUMVEES, FULVOUS, SUBVENE and OUTVOTE.
Why do QUIVERY and QUAVERY score so well?
Each carries the 10-point Q, a 4-point V and a 4-point Y, which adds up to 22. QUIVERS and QUAVERS drop the Y and score 19 apiece.
Watch out for KURVEYS at 17, a Collins entry that NWL2023 does not take. PURVIEW at 15 and CURVITY at 15 are the next best, with SUAVITY and SURVIVE both at 13.
Slang and the dictionary gap
6 of the 34 words are missing from NWL2023: PULVILS, CURVATE, CURVITY, KURVEYS, SURVIEW and PULVERS. Check your game's list before playing any of them. LUVVIES and LUVVING, British informal words, are accepted by NWL2023 and Collins.
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