Words containing V

Our dictionary holds 22,593 words containing v, ranging from 3 to 24 letters. The highest-scoring of them is ZYZZYVAS, worth 44 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with V than any other letter — 4,488 of them, about 20% of the list.

1,326 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (6%), including have, view, services, service, over; the remaining 21,267 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.