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5 Letter Words Starting With V
Looking for 5 letter words starting with V? We found 81, and 23 are words you would use every day, such as VIDEO, VALUE and VOICE. The most common second letter is I, found in 29 of them.
- Words
- 81
- 23 common
- Top letters in spots 2 to 5
- e58%i47%s42%a38%l31%
- Repeated letters
- 20
- 25% of words, like VISIT
- 2+ vowels
- 70
- 86% of words
Common 5 letter words starting with V
23 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.
- video
- value
- voice
- visit
- views
- votes
- voted
- virus
- valid
- vital
- venue
- verse
- vocal
- valve
- voter
- vinyl
- vague
- vomit
- verbs
- vicar
More common words, in order (3)
vowel vouch vends
More 5 letter words starting with V
The other 58 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.
Show all 58 more words
VA... 13
vales valet valor vamps vanes vaped vapes vapid vapor vases vasts vault vaunt
VE... 14
veeps veers veils veins velds venal venom vents verge verve vests vetch vexed vexes
VI... 22
vials viand viced vices vigil vigor viler villa vines viola viols viper viral vireo visas vised vises visor vista vivas vivid vixen
VO... 7
vodka vogue voids voile voles volts vowed
VU... 1
vulva
VY... 1
vying
Tips for this pattern
- Check the second letter. I follows the V in 29 words (36%), as in VIDEO and VISIT. E (18) and A (17) come next.
- Look at the last letter. 36% of five letter words starting with V end in S, like VIEWS and VOTES. Most of those are plurals, which some daily word games never use as answers.
- A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with V, VIDEO is a good opener: it tests I, E and O, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.
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How many 5 letter words starting with V are there?
Our dictionary has 81 five letter words starting with V. 23 of them are common everyday words, and the other 58 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.
What are the most common 5 letter words starting with V?
VIDEO, VALUE, VOICE, VISIT and VIEWS, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 20 of all 81 words repeat a letter, and 70 have two or more vowels.
What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with V?
I. 29 of the 81 words (36%) have I second, such as VIDEO and VISIT. E is next with 18 words, then A with 17.
Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.