Five-letter words with V as the fourth letter (___V_)

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What the remaining words have in common

177 matching words7 not previously used40 past answers

Position 1S 19%C 12%P 9%M 7%
Position 2E 20%A 16%R 14%H 8%
Position 3A 21%I 16%E 14%R 14%
Position 5E 54%Y 16%A 12%S 8%

47 of the 177 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, V, W·2nd letter: A, B, E, H, I, L, N, O, R, T, U·3rd letter: A, E, I, L, O, R, U, V·5th letter: A, E, O, Y

Possible answers

35 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

ABOVE used ALIVE used BRAVE used BRAVO used CARVE used CLOVE used CRAVE used CURVE used CURVY possible DELVE used DRIVE used DROVE used GLOVE used GRAVE used GRAVY used GROVE used GUAVA used HALVE used HEAVE used HEAVY used KNAVE used LARVA used LEAVE used MAUVE used NAIVE used NERVE used NERVY used OLIVE used PRIVY used PROVE used SALVE possible SALVO possible SAVVY used SERVE used SHAVE used SHOVE used SIEVE possible SLAVE possible SOLVE used STAVE possible STOVE used SUAVE used TROVE used VALVE used VERVE used WAIVE possible WEAVE used CHEVY guess SHIVA guess SILVA guess AGAVE guess AJIVA guess AMOVE guess AWAVE guess BELVE guess BEVVY guess BHAVA guess BIVVY guess BLIVE guess BRAVA guess BRAVI guess BREVE guess BRUVS guess CALVE guess CARVY guess CEZVE guess CHAVA guess CHAVE guess CHAVS guess CHIVA guess CHIVE guess CHIVS guess CHIVY guess CIVVY guess CLAVE guess CLAVI guess CLEVE guess CONVO guess CRUVE guess DEAVE guess DEEVE guess DEEVS guess DERVS guess DIVVY guess DRAVE guess EMOVE guess EREVS guess ERUVS guess FAUVE guess FLAVA guess GALVO guess GOAVE guess GRAVS guess GREVE guess GROVY guess HALVA guess HELVE guess HOOVE guess KEEVE guess KERVE guess KIEVE guess KIEVS guess KNIVE guess LAEVO guess LAVVY guess LEAVY guess LIEVE guess LOAVE guess LURVE guess LUVVY guess MALVA guess MARVY guess MAUVY guess MIEVE guess MIKVA guess MIRVS guess MIVVY guess MOLVI guess MOOVE guess MURVA guess MUVVA guess NAEVE guess NAEVI guess NAVVY guess NEIVE guess NEVVY guess NIEVE guess NOOVE guess NUEVO guess OGIVE guess OLIVA guess OMOVS guess PARVE guess PARVO guess PAVVY guess PEAVY guess PEEVE guess PEEVO guess PERVE guess PERVO guess PERVS guess PERVY guess PLAVS guess POOVE guess POOVY guess PREVE guess REAVE guess REEVE guess REIVE guess RIEVE guess SARVO guess SAUVE guess SELVA guess SENVY guess SERVO guess SHEVA guess SHIVE guess SHIVS guess SKIVE guess SKIVY guess SLIVE guess SLOVE guess SNIVE guess SOAVE guess SPIVS guess STIVE guess STIVY guess SWIVE guess SYLVA guess TRAVE guess VARVE guess VEUVE guess VOLVA guess VOLVE guess VULVA guess WOLVE guess YRIVD guess

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Pattern guide

What fits ___V_?

All 177 matching words are shown above. 47 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

VE 96/177 words (54%) AV 41/177 words (23%) IV 33/177 words (19%) VY 29/177 words (16%) EV 26/177 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 20% · two: 53% · three or more: 27%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match ___V_?
177 five-letter words match ___V_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 47 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRAVE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.34 bits against the possible answers.