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

28 7-letter words start with V and have D as the 4th letter, and VERDICT, VENDING and VENDORS are the three everyday ones.

28 wordsTop pick VERDICTHighest score VANDYKE 18

3 of 28 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With V in 1st place, I is the most common 4th letter (84 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 28 · most-used first

  • VERDICT13
  • VENDORS11
  • VENDING12
  • VANDALS11
  • VIADUCT13
  • VERDANT11
  • VOIDING12
  • VANDYKE18
  • VENDERS11
  • VERDURE11
  • VENDACE13
  • VOODOOS11
  • VARDIES11
  • VOUDOUN11
  • VAUDOOS11
  • VAUDOUX18
  • VENDAGE12
  • VENDEES11
  • VENDISS11
  • VENDUES11
  • VERDETS11
  • VERDINS11
  • VERDITE11
  • VERDITS11
  • VOIDEES11
  • VOIDERS11
  • VOUDONS11
  • VOUDOUS11
All valid words 28

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

  • VANDALS11
  • VANDYKE18
  • VARDIES11
  • VAUDOOS11
  • VAUDOUX18
  • VENDACE13
  • VENDAGE12
  • VENDEES11
  • VENDERS11
  • VENDING12
  • VENDISS11
  • VENDORS11
  • VENDUES11
  • VERDANT11
  • VERDETS11
  • VERDICT13
  • VERDINS11
  • VERDITE11
  • VERDITS11
  • VERDURE11
  • VIADUCT13
  • VOIDEES11
  • VOIDERS11
  • VOIDING12
  • VOODOOS11
  • VOUDONS11
  • VOUDOUN11
  • VOUDOUS11
Letters by positionIn 57% of these words the 7th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. E54%
  2. O25%
  3. A18%
3rd letter
  1. N36%
  2. R29%
  3. U18%
5th letter
  1. I29%
  2. O25%
  3. E18%
6th letter
  1. N18%
  2. E14%
  3. R14%
7th letter
  1. S57%
  2. E18%
  3. T11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; VANDYKE tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1111 points: 20 words
  2. 12 points: 3 words
  3. 1313 points: 3 words
  4. 14 points: 0 words
  5. 1515 points: 0 words
  6. 16 points: 0 words
  7. 1717 points: 0 words
  8. 18 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
VANDYKE1819All three
VAUDOUX1821Collins only
VERDICT1315All three
VIADUCT1316All three
VENDACE1316All three
VENDING1216All three
VOIDING1215All three
VENDAGE1215Collins only
VENDORS1113All three
VANDALS1114All three
VERDANT1113All three
VENDERS1113All three

Look at the first three letters and this list nearly solves itself. VEN- opens 8 words and VER- opens 7, so 15 of the 28 begin with one of the two. The rest scatter across VOI-, VOU-, VAN- and a few loners such as VIADUCT.

V-first, D-fourth words at a glance

  • Size: 28 words. Collins has all 28, NWL2023 has 18 and ENABLE has 16.
  • Everyday words: VERDICT, VENDING and VENDORS are the only three in the top 25,000.
  • Final letters: S ends 16 words, E ends 5 and T ends 3.
  • Best scores: VANDYKE and VAUDOUX at 18, then VERDICT, VIADUCT and VENDACE at 13.
  • The average word scores 11.8 points.

Which words begin with VEN and VER?

VEN- gives VENDING, VENDORS, VENDACE, VENDAGE, VENDERS, VENDEES, VENDUES and VENDISS. VER- gives VERDICT, VERDANT, VERDINS, VERDURE, VERDETS, VERDITE and VERDITS.

More than half the list is therefore one of those 15. If the clue gives you the second letter E, the remaining three letters decide which.

The last letter helps even more. S ends 16 of the 28 words, because so many are plurals: VENDORS, VANDALS, VOODOOS and VERDINS. Add the S and the opening and only a few candidates remain.

What are the other 13 words?

VOI- and VOU- supply three each: VOIDING, VOIDERS and VOIDEES, then VOUDONS, VOUDOUN and VOUDOUS.

The last seven are VANDYKE, VANDALS, VAUDOUX, VAUDOOS, VIADUCT, VARDIES and VOODOOS. Those 13 words cover every opening that is not VEN- or VER-, so a clue starting VA-, VI- or VOO- narrows to a handful. Several of the VOU- and VAU- words are spelling variants of voodoo-related terms.

Plays, scores and one caution

Tip

VANDYKE scores 18 from the K and two 4-point tiles, but NWL2023 lists only 18 of the 28 words and ENABLE 16. VERDICT at 13 is the safer common play.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with V and have D fourth?
There are 28 of them. Collins accepts all 28, NWL2023 accepts 18 and ENABLE accepts 16, so the choice of dictionary changes the list noticeably for this pattern.
Which common words fit V _ _ D _ _ _?
VERDICT, VENDING and VENDORS are the three common words. All come from the VEN- and VER- openings, which together account for 15 of the 28 words in the pattern.
What is the highest-scoring 7-letter word starting with V with D fourth?
VANDYKE and VAUDOUX tie at 18 points in Scrabble. VANDYKE gets 5 from the K and 4 each from the V and Y, while VAUDOUX gets 8 from the X. VERDICT, VIADUCT and VENDACE follow at 13.

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