Words That Start With V

529 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These words that start with V come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 529 words starting with V on this page. The 100 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

V is a smaller letter, with 529 words. Many are about seeing: "video", "view", "vision" and "visual" all share an old root linked to sight.

V words also make strong writing choices. "Valuable" and "victory" carry weight in stories. For kids, "van" and "village" are quick to sound out and draw. The V sound is made by resting the top teeth on the lower lip, which is fun for young speakers to feel.

Words starting with V: 529
Most used: very
Longest common one: vulnerability 13 letters
Nouns, verbs, adjectives: 305, 44, 101

Most common words that start with V

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	very	used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal	adv.
2	video	the visible part of a television transmission	noun
3	view	a way of regarding situations or topics etc.	noun
4	value	a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed	noun
5	various	of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity	adj.
6	vote	express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote	verb
7	version	an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint	noun
8	voice	the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech	noun
9	visit	go to see a place, as for entertainment	verb
10	via	no short meaning listed
11	village	a community of people smaller than a town	noun
12	van	any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field...	noun
13	vehicle	a conveyance that transports people or objects	noun
14	volume	the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object	noun
15	variety	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	noun
16	violence	an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)	noun
17	victory	a successful ending of a struggle or contest	noun
18	valley	a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river	noun
19	vice	moral weakness	noun
20	values	beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against...	noun
21	vision	a vivid mental image	noun
22	voting	a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative	noun
23	victim	an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance	noun
24	valuable	having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange	adj.
25	visual	relating to or using sight	adj.
26	vast	unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.R.Inge	adj.
27	violent	acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity	adj.
28	victoria	queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901	noun
29	visiting	go to see a place, as for entertainment	verb
30	virus	(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts	noun
31	vacation	leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure	noun
32	visible	capable of being seen; or open to easy view	adj.
33	valid	well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force	adj.
34	vital	urgently needed; absolutely necessary	adj.
35	virgin	a person who has never had sex	noun
36	versus	no short meaning listed
37	virtual	being actually such in almost every respect	adj.
38	volunteer	tell voluntarily	verb
39	vessel	a tube in which a body fluid circulates	noun
40	venture	proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers	verb
41	virtually	in essence or effect but not in fact	adv.
42	vary	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or...	verb
43	venue	the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)	noun
44	viewers	the audience reached by television	noun
45	veteran	a serviceman who has seen considerable active service	noun
46	vulnerable	susceptible to attack	adj.
47	villa	Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)	noun
48	verse	literature in metrical form	noun
49	victor	a combatant who is able to defeat rivals	noun
50	vintage	a season's yield of wine from a vineyard	noun
51	vocal	relating to or designed for or using the singing voice	adj.
52	vertical	at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line	adj.
53	violation	a crime less serious than a felony	noun
54	valve	a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it	noun
55	visa	provide (a passport) with a visa	verb
56	variable	liable to or capable of change	adj.
57	voter	a citizen who has a legal right to vote	noun
58	vacuum	the absence of matter	noun
59	variation	an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change	noun
60	viewing	deem to be	verb
61	viral	relating to or caused by a virus	adj.
62	vampire	(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living	noun
63	verdict	(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision	noun
64	voltage	the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit	noun
65	visitor	someone who visits	noun
66	vitamin	any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism	noun
67	void	lacking any legal or binding force	adj.
68	voluntary	of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled	adj.
69	vaccine	immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the...	noun
70	vinyl	a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene	noun
71	vector	a variable quantity that can be resolved into components	noun
72	viable	capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are	adj.
73	vegan	a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all	noun
74	vegetable	edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous...	noun
75	vibe	a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively	noun
76	virtue	the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong	noun
77	velocity	distance travelled per unit time	noun
78	verbal	communicated in the form of words	adj.
79	vault	a burial chamber (usually underground)	noun
80	vet	a doctor who practices veterinary medicine	noun
81	voyage	an act of traveling by water	noun
82	verify	confirm the truth of	verb
83	villain	a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately	noun
84	vague	not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke	adj.
85	volleyball	a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands	noun
86	vanilla	any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly...	noun
87	violet	any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers	noun
88	vicious	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering	adj.
89	vodka	unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia	noun
90	vocabulary	a listing of the words used in some enterprise	noun
91	vacant	void of thought or knowledge	adj.
92	vent	a hole for the escape of gas or air	noun
93	vicinity	a surrounding or nearby region	noun
94	vendor	someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money	noun
95	variant	an event that departs from expectations	noun
96	vegetarian	eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products	noun
97	visibility	quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye	noun
98	valentine	no short meaning listed	noun
99	vegetation	all the plant life in a particular region or period	noun
100	vein	a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart	noun

Easy words that start with V for kids

Everyday words most children meet early, good for spelling lists and word games.

very
video
view
value
vote
voice
visit
via
van
volume
valley
vice
values
vision
voting
victim
visual
vast
virus
valid
vital
virgin
versus

Short words that start with V

Two to four letters.

very
view
vote
via
van
vice
vast
vary
visa
void
vibe
vet
vent
vein
vain
vest
vine
verb
vera
veil
var
veto
vale
vile
vow
vase
vat
vita
vie
viva
volt
veg
vox
vial
veal
vail
vee
vas
veer
vane

5 letter words starting with V

video
value
voice
visit
virus
valid
vital
venue
villa
verse
vocal
valve
voter
viral
vinyl
vegan
vault
vague
vodka
vivid
vista
vogue
verge
venom

All 5 letter words that start with V, with a Wordle helper

Long words that start with V

Ten letters or more.

vulnerable
volleyball
vocabulary
vegetarian
visibility
vegetation
veterinary
voluntarily
verification
vulnerability
validation
vocational
ventilation
vaccination
victorious
volatility
vertically
vigorously
variability
visitation
versatility
visualization
vernacular
veterinarian
vehemently
viewership
vindictive
ventilator
vertebrate
verifiable

Words that start and end with V

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Questions people ask

How many words start with V?

This list has 529 words starting with V, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common words that start with V?

very, video, view, value, various, vote, version, voice are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long words that start with V?

volunteer, virtually, vulnerable, violation, variation.

What are easy words that start with V for kids?

very, video, view, value, vote, voice are short, everyday examples.

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.

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