Words That Start With AV

79 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 79 words that start with av, from everyday words to rare ones that are still valid in word games. Common words come first with a short meaning, then the words are grouped by length, which helps with Wordle and crossword clues.

Words starting with av: 79
Most used: available
Shortest: ave
5 letter words: 9

Common words that start with av

#	Word	Meaning	Letters
1	available	obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service	9
2	average	approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value	7
3	avoid	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	5
4	avenue	a line of approach	6
5	aviation	the aggregation of a country's military aircraft	8
6	availability	the quality of being at hand when needed	12
7	avoided	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	7
8	avoiding	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	8
9	averaged	amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain	8
10	avengers	someone who takes vengeance	8
11	averaging	amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain	9
12	avatar	a new personification of a familiar idea	6
13	averages	a statistic describing the location of a distribution	8
14	avail	use to one's advantage	5
15	avoidance	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening	9
16	avenues	a line of approach	7
17	avid	(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous	4
18	avoids	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	6
19	avalanche	a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain	9
20	avocado	a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed	7
21	avenge	take revenge for a perceived wrong	6
22	aversion	a feeling of intense dislike	8
23	avert	prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening	5
24	avian	pertaining to or characteristic of birds	5
25	avenger	someone who takes vengeance	7
26	averted	prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening	7
27	averse	(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed	6
28	aviator	someone who operates an aircraft	7
29	avoidable	capable of being avoided or warded off	9
30	avatars	a new personification of a familiar idea	7
31	avenged	take revenge for a perceived wrong	7
32	avocados	a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed	8
33	avionics	science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics	8
34	avenging	take revenge for a perceived wrong	8
35	aviators	someone who operates an aircraft	8
36	avalanches	a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain	10
37	avowed	openly declared as such	6
38	avarice	reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)	7
39	averting	the act of preventing something from occurring	8
40	aviary	a building where birds are kept	6
41	availed	use to one's advantage	7
42	avidly	in an avid manner	6
43	availing	use to one's advantage	8
44	avo	100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao	3
45	aves	(ornithology) the class of birds	4
46	aversive	tending to repel or dissuade	8
47	aver	report or maintain	4
48	avaricious	immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth	10
49	avowedly	by open declaration	8
50	aversions	a feeling of intense dislike	9

3 letter words that start with av

4 letter words that start with av

avid
aves
aver
avow
avos

5 letter words that start with av

avoid
avail
avant
avert
avian
avast
avion
avers
avgas

6 letter words that start with av

avenue
avatar
avoids
avenge
averse
avowed
aviary
avidly
avails
averts
avocet
avowal
avidin

7 letter words that start with av

average
avoided
avenues
avocado
avenger
averted
aviator
avatars
avenged
avarice
availed
averred
avidity
avenges
avionic

8 letter words that start with av

aviation
avoiding
averaged
avengers
averages
aversion
avocados
avionics
avenging
aviators
averting
availing
aversive
avowedly
avulsion
aviaries
avifauna
avoiders

9 letter words that start with av

available
averaging
avoidance
avalanche
avoidable
aversions
avocation
avuncular
avascular
averagely

10 letter words that start with av

avalanches
avaricious
aventurine

11 letter words that start with av

avoirdupois

12 letter words that start with av

availability

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Questions people ask

How many words start with av?

This list has 79 words starting with av, all from a standard word-game dictionary and all seen in real English text.

What are common words that start with av?

available, average, avoid, avenue, aviation, availability, avoided, avoiding.

What 5 letter words start with av?

avoid, avail, avant, avert, avian, avast, avion, avers, avgas.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.