5 letter words ending in V
There are 20 5 letter words ending in v in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 5 letter words ending in v, and what they mean
These are the 10 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- negev
- nounA desert region in southern Israel.
- popov
- nounA transliteration of the Russian surname Попов (Popov).
- yadav
- nounA member of a grouping of traditionally non-elite, cow headers and peasant-pastoral grazing communities or castes in the Indian Subcontinent.
- kirov
- nounAn oblast of Russia.
- yakov
- (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, ) a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James.
- equiv
- nounAbbreviation of equivalent. [Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.]
- pskov
- nounAn oblast in northwestern Russia.
- serov
- a mining and commercial town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern foothills of the Ural Mountains, on the left bank of the Kakva River (a…
- motiv
- nounAn incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
- indiv
- nounAbbreviation of individual. [A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.]
Using this for Wordle
Puzzle answers lean heavily on everyday words rather than obscure ones, and this list is sorted by exactly that: how often each word actually turns up in written English. So start at the top. On this list that means rajiv, negev, labov, popov, yadav, orlov.
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How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
This is a short list because few common English words genuinely fit the pattern. It is kept for completeness rather than padded out with junk to look fuller.
Common questions
How many 5 letter words ending in v are there?
This list holds 20, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a 5 letter word ending in V be a noun?
Yes. 17 of the 20 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.