5-Letter Words Ending in VA
There are 11 five-letter words ending in VA in our dictionary; 3 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 11 words
- larva8 points
- vulva11 points
- guava9 points
- shiva11 points
- volva11 points
- silva8 points
- ajiva15 points
- halva11 points
- sylva11 points
- brava10 points
- selva8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 11
- By usage: 1 very common, 2 common, 8 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- ajiva 15
- halva 11
- shiva 11
- sylva 11
- volva 11
- vulva 11
- brava 10
- guava 9
- larva 8
- selva 8
Most common
- larva
- vulva
- guava
- shiva
- volva
- silva
- ajiva
- halva
- sylva
- brava
Definitions
- larva (noun)
- The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
- vulva (noun)
- External parts of the female genitalia.
- guava (noun)
- Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit.
- shiva (noun)
- (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
Words that end in the letters VA come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 11 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. AJIVA is the top scorer here, worth 15 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Start by scanning the common words at the top; they are the ones most likely to be accepted and remembered. Then check the quick facts for the highest-scoring options. If you have a rack in front of you, the search box applies this page's constraint to your letters and returns only what you can play.
Tips
A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.
Questions
How many five-letter words ending in VA are there?
Our dictionary has 11 five-letter words ending in VA, of which 3 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in VA?
AJIVA scores 15 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.