7-letter words with V as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

Locking V into the third slot and E into the sixth leaves a narrow but varied pattern: covered, devices, invited, divided, and advised all fit. The letter positions stay fixed while the opening pair and final letter do most of the sorting. Most matches finish in D, S, or R, so checking the tail first quickly shrinks a rack or crossword search.

7-letter words with V as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

• The V-third, E-sixth pattern has 160 matches; the A-third, E-sixth sibling has 1,042.
• 23 matches fall within the common-word frequency group.
• R leads as the first letter with 35 matches, followed by D with 25.
• Final D leads with 62 words, ahead of S at 48 and R at 36.
• Collins includes 157 matches, compared with 134 in NWL2023 and 126 in ENABLE.

The strongest opening and closing letters

The opening letters are unevenly distributed: R begins 35 matches, while D begins 25. L and S trail at 14 and 13, so R- and D-starting candidates deserve an early scan when the first tile is unknown.

The last slot is even more concentrated. D closes 62 words and S closes 48; R accounts for another 36. Covered, invited, divided, and revised finish in D, while devices, invites, and advises finish in S.

Use the ending clue to cut candidates before sorting by first letter. That split makes a first-letter clue more informative than guessing from a familiar example.

Which matching words score the most?

Unvexed, dovekey, invexed, and unvaxed each score 18 points before board premiums. Revoked and invoked score 15, while the average across the pattern is 12.1. Those top scorers are less familiar than covered or devices, so know the word list before spending a turn on one.

Board premiums still change the final tally, so treat those base values as starting points.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 157 matches, NWL2023 has 134, and ENABLE has 126. The total of 160 counts a word when it appears in at least one tournament list, not only when all three accept it. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar candidate.