5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ V _

49 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ V _, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words49 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

larva
valve
carve
savvy
waive
naive
halve
salve
salvo
mauve

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (39)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

calva
calve
calvo
carvy
daeva
daiva
fauve
gaivn
galva
galvo
garvy
halva
halvy
harve
jahve
jarvy
kalvn
laevo
larve
maeve
malva
marva
marve
marvy
naevi
narva
navvy
parve
rafvr
saiva
salva
salvy
sauve
tarve
valva
varve
warve
wauve
yahve

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 49 matches.

Most common letters

a49
v49
e24
l19
r16
y9
s7
i6
n6
h6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 19 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ve · 21 words
  • -va · 12 words
  • -vy · 8 words
  • -vo · 4 words
  • -vn · 2 words

Strategy

10 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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