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

There are 22 7-letter words with V as the 1st letter and L as the 7th letter, from familiar virtual to rarer forms such as viminal.

22 wordsTop pick VIRTUALHighest score VASEFUL 13

2 of 22 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With V in 1st place, S is the most common 7th letter (192 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 22 · most-used first

  • VIRTUAL10
  • VENTRAL10
  • VITRIOL10
  • VEGETAL11
  • VERMEIL12
  • VICINAL12
  • VICTUAL12
  • VESICAL12
  • VANPOOL12
  • VERONAL10
  • VASEFUL13
  • VIMINAL12
  • VASSAIL10
  • VATICAL12
  • VENTAIL10
  • VERMELL12
  • VESSAIL10
  • VESTRAL10
  • VIALFUL13
  • VITRAIL10
  • VOLUBIL12

Showing the top 21 of 22 words. See every valid word

All valid words 22

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

  • VAGINAL11
  • VANPOOL12
  • VASEFUL13
  • VASSAIL10
  • VATICAL12
  • VEGETAL11
  • VENTAIL10
  • VENTRAL10
  • VERMEIL12
  • VERMELL12
  • VERONAL10
  • VESICAL12
  • VESSAIL10
  • VESTRAL10
  • VIALFUL13
  • VICINAL12
  • VICTUAL12
  • VIMINAL12
  • VIRTUAL10
  • VITRAIL10
  • VITRIOL10
  • VOLUBIL12
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 6th letter is A.
2nd letter
  1. E41%
  2. I32%
  3. A23%
3rd letter
  1. S23%
  2. R18%
  3. N14%
4th letter
  1. I23%
  2. T23%
  3. E9%
5th letter
  1. N18%
  2. A18%
  3. C9%
6th letter
  1. A50%
  2. I27%
  3. O9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; VASEFUL tops the list with 13. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 9 words
  2. 11 points: 2 words
  3. 1212 points: 9 words
  4. 13 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
VASEFUL1316NWL only
VIALFUL1317Collins only
VERMEIL1215All three
VICINAL1216All three
VICTUAL1216All three
VESICAL1215All three
VANPOOL1216All three
VIMINAL1216All three
VATICAL1215All three
VERMELL1216Collins only
VOLUBIL1217Collins only
VEGETAL1114All three

The pattern fixes both ends, leaving five middle letters to identify. Virtual is an immediately recognizable anchor, while vitriol and ventral are familiar too. The full set has 22 tournament-dictionary entries, but just 2 cross our common-word cutoff, so a valid match can still feel unfamiliar.

Counts, common words, and scores at a glance

  • All 22 entries begin with V and finish with L, with five letters between those fixed ends.
  • The set includes 14 ENABLE words, 21 Collins words, and 16 NWL2023 words; those counts overlap.
  • The average score is 11.2, while vaseful and vialful lead at 13 points each.
  • Vermeil, vicinal, victual, and vesical each score 12 points.
  • Only 2 entries meet our common-word cutoff, so many matches are specialist vocabulary.

Which 7-letter words have V first and L last?

With V and L fixed, look at the middle for familiar shapes. Virtual is the clearest everyday example; vitriol and ventral are recognizable too, though their meanings are more specific. These anchors make a useful contrast with entries such as viminal, vatical, and vesical.

The less familiar options are still worth checking when a strict pattern narrows your rack. Vermeil and victual are compact candidates with different middle-letter sequences, while vanpool offers a more recognizable compound form. The set's low common-word count means intuition alone will miss valid possibilities.

For 7-letter words with V as the 1st letter and L as the 7th letter, do not assume every entry appears in every game dictionary. Collins includes 21, but ENABLE includes 14 and NWL2023 includes 16. Check your game's accepted list before relying on an unusual answer.

Working the V–L pattern

  • Keep V and L in place, then test the five open squares against the middle letters in virtual, ventral, or vermeil.
  • For a scoring play, compare vaseful and vialful first; both reach 13 points without needing a rare letter on a premium square.
  • Do not spend too long searching from memory: only 2 entries are common, and several of the remaining forms are specialized.
  • If the final letter is uncertain, the V-first, S-last pattern has 192 matches, far more than this V–L set.

Questions people ask

How many common 7-letter words start with V and end with L?
Only 2 of the 22 tournament-dictionary matches meet our common-word cutoff. Virtual is the obvious familiar example. Treat the rest as possibilities to verify, not everyday vocabulary.
What is the highest-scoring V-first, L-last word?
Vaseful and vialful tie for the top score at 13 points each. Vermeil, vicinal, victual, and vesical follow at 12 points. Board placement can change a play's total, so these figures compare the words themselves rather than premium-square bonuses.
Are there more seven-letter words starting with V and ending in S?
Yes. The V-first, S-last pattern has 192 matches, compared with 22 for V first and L last. When the final tile is uncertain, checking another ending can open many more candidates; the larger count does not mean every option is familiar or accepted by every dictionary.

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