3 letter words with V as the 2nd letter

Our dictionary holds 8 3 letter words with v as the 2nd letter, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is IVY, worth 9 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with A than any other letter — 3 of them, about 38% of the list.

4 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (50%), including ave, eve, ivy, evo; the remaining 4 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.