5-Letter Words Containing R and V
There are 208 five-letter words containing R and V, including 61 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters R and V anywhere in the word, in any order. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Containing R and V
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- NEVER Not ever; at no time in the past or future
- EVERY Each one of a group, without exception
- DRIVE To operate and control a vehicle
- COVER Something that lies over or on top of something else to protect or conceal it
- RIVER A large natural stream of water
- SERVE To perform duties or provide service to someone or something
- PROVE To show or demonstrate that something is true
- FAVOR An act of gracious kindness
- VIRUS A microscopic infectious agent that replicates only within living cells
- DROVE Past tense of drive; operated or steered a vehicle
- BRAVE Showing courage in the face of danger or difficulty
- GRAVE A place where a dead person is buried
More Common Puzzle Answers
- LOVER
- FEVER
- NERVE
- VERSE
- LIVER
- RIVAL
- CURVE
- VOTER
- VIRAL
- GROVE
- IVORY
- RAVEN
- BRAVO
- ROVER
- VERGE
- LEVER
- VAPOR
- GRAVY
- CRAVE
- PRIVY
- DIVER
- CARVE
- VICAR
- VIPER
- OVERT
- SAVER
- HOVER
- VALOR
- MOVER
- GIVER
Show all 61 common puzzle answers All 61 common puzzle answers
- SEVER
- CURVY
- AVERT
- REVEL
- REVUE
- TROVE
- VIGOR
- LARVA
- SAVOR
- VISOR
- VERVE
- WAVER
- RIVEN
- VERSO
- VROOM
- FIVER
- RAVEL
- RIVET
- NERVY
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: V (35%), R (14%), P (5%)
- Most common last letter: R (30%), E (19%), S (14%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 67% of these words
- R is most often the fifth letter (30%)
- V is most often the third letter (37%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: E, A, I, O, S
- Most have 2 vowels (82%)
- 29% contain a repeated letter
- 61 of the 208 are common puzzle answers (29%)
Other Valid Words
147 additional dictionary words contain both R and V — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- VERSA
- DOVER
- OVERS
- VERBS
- VITRO
- VERDE
- VIRGO
- OVARY
- REEVE
- SERVO
- RAVES
- VARNA
- VARDY
- BRAVA
- LAVER
- RIVAS
- VEERS
- EVERT
- RAVED
- VIVRE
- LIVRE
- VARUS
- PERVY
- VELAR
- VINER
- VERTE
- RIVES
- VARIA
- PERVS
- HAVER
Show all 147 words All 147 words
- RAVER
- REVIE
- BREVE
- GREVE
- VERRY
- VAJRA
- PAVER
- VIRES
- VERTU
- RAVIN
- ALVAR
- ORVAL
- VIREO
- VERTS
- VARDA
- VERRE
- HIVER
- VIRTU
- BEVER
- AVERS
- VERBA
- PARVO
- SIVER
- VARAS
- TRAVE
- VOLAR
- CAVER
- INVER
- VAPER
- VERRA
- VIRGE
- LAVRA
- VARAN
- ROVED
- LURVE
- VIRGA
- VARIX
- VEERY
- BRAVI
- PERVE
- VOMER
- ROVES
- ROVEN
- VROUW
- ELVER
- REAVE
- ERVEN
- VERST
- MARVY
- VARES
- PREVE
- NAVAR
- MIRVS
- VILER
- INVAR
- RAVEY
- RIVED
- VIVER
- BEVOR
- VIZIR
- FAVER
- VARDO
- VIZOR
- LIVOR
- PARVE
- DRAVE
- VARVE
- ARVAL
- VIERS
- PERVO
- WIVER
- TAVER
- VIRED
- AIVER
- EAVER
- VEXER
- REVET
- RIEVE
- VOWER
- KERVE
- RIVEL
- JIVER
- VIRID
- VOARS
- SEVIR
- VAIRS
- REIVE
- EEVER
- VAIRE
- ARVEE
- ARVOS
- CARVY
- VAIRY
- URVAS
- ERVIL
- GROVY
- VAREC
- CRUVE
- VIRLS
- REVOW
- VROUS
- MURVA
- SARVO
- DERVS
- EREVS
- RUVID
- GRAVS
- VEZIR
- PAREV
- VRILS
- VROWS
- SYVER
- GYVER
- VRAIC
- BRUVS
- ERUVS
- YRIVD
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.