7-letter words with V as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter

The opening VE gives you a firm pattern, but the remaining five letters lead to very different words. VERSION, VEHICLE, and VETERAN are recognizable examples; VEXEDLY and VEEJAYS stand out on a score sheet. Only 13 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so expect many less familiar options among the full tournament-dictionary selection.

Seven-letter VE words at a glance

• The pattern matches 168 seven-letter words in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins has 167 matches; NWL2023 has 125, and ENABLE has 113.
• VEXEDLY leads the score list at 21 points.
• A final S is the most frequent ending: 70 words end that way.
• The next common listed ending is E, with 21 words.

What kinds of words start with VE?

The examples span several familiar word shapes: VERSION and VEHICLE are everyday nouns, while VENDING and VETTING are forms built around actions. VENTURE and VERDICT offer other recognizable choices when you are scanning a rack or solving a pattern.

The ending counts give a quick clue about the list’s shape. More than two in five matches end in S, based on 70 of 168; plural forms such as VESSELS and VENDORS illustrate that strong S-ending cluster. Only 21 end in E, so a final E is much less common.

How to narrow 7-letter words with V first and E second

Start by fixing VE, then use any known letters in positions three through seven. If the last tile is S, check candidates such as VESSELS, VENDORS, or VEGGIES; for a different ending, VERDICT and VEHICLE show how varied the remaining letters can be.

For a score-focused play, VEXEDLY is the standout at 21 points, followed by VEEJAYS at 20. Those are less familiar than VERSION, so treat them as rack discoveries rather than dependable everyday guesses. The average score across the matches is 11.5.