3 letter words with I and V

Our dictionary holds 9 3 letter words with i and v, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is IVY, worth 9 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with V than any other letter — 7 of them, about 78% of the list.

7 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (78%), including via, vid, div, vis, ivy; the remaining 2 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.