4 letter words with V as the 2nd letter

Our dictionary holds 24 4 letter words with v as the 2nd letter, all exactly 4 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is KVAS, worth 11 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with A than any other letter — 8 of them, about 33% of the list.

7 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (29%), including over, even, ever, evil, oven; the remaining 17 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.