Words Ending With v
English words ending with V (NAVY, LIVELY, HEAVY, DENIM, DECOR, TRAVEL, MODEL, NOVEL, SPOIL, APPLE) are relatively uncommon, making them useful surprise plays in Scrabble.
3-Letter Words Ending With V(8)
4-Letter Words Ending With V(2)
5-Letter Words Ending With V(2)
6-Letter Words Ending With V(3)
7-Letter Words Ending With V(1)
9-Letter Words Ending With V(1)
About Words Ending With V
Only about 200 common English words end in V, making this a rare ending in Scrabble. NAVY (sea force), HEAVY (weighty), LIVELY (energetic), TRAVEL (journey), NOVEL (book), DECOR (decoration), HOagy (haggis), DERVISH (whirling monk), CALF (young cow), CALVE (give birth), HALVE (divide), SALVE (ointment), TWELVE (12), TWELFTH (ordinal), BELVE (dialectal), DELVE (dig), SELVE (dialectal), GLOVE (hand covering), SHAVE (remove hair), BRAINSTORM (idea), DREAM (sleep vision), STREAM (river), CREAM (dairy), TEAM (group), SEAM (joint), BEAM (ray), STEAM (vapor), QUEEN (female monarch), GREEN (color), SCENE (view), GENE (DNA), MINE (ore), WINE (grape), SHINE (glow), FINE (good), LINE (rope), MINE (possessive). These endings are valuable because they're unexpected.
- •LIVELY and HEAVY are the most commonly played V-enders in tournament play.
- •NAVY and DECOR extend from common prepositions and prefixes.
- •The -EV ending (GLOVE, SHAVE, HEAVE) is productive but underused.