5-Letter Words Starting With AV
There are 12 five-letter words starting with AV in our dictionary; 7 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 12 words
- avoid9 points
- avows11 points
- avail8 points
- avert8 points
- avast8 points
- avers8 points
- avian8 points
- avens8 points
- avion8 points
- avgas9 points
- avant8 points
- aviso8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 12
- By usage: 4 very common, 3 common, 5 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- avows 11
- avgas 9
- avoid 9
- avail 8
- avant 8
- avast 8
- avens 8
- avers 8
- avert 8
- avian 8
Most common
- avoid
- avows
- avail
- avert
- avast
- avers
- avian
- avens
- avion
- avgas
Definitions
- avoid (verb)
- Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.
- avail (noun)
- A means of serving.
- avert (verb)
- Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off.
- avian (adjective)
- Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
Words that start with the letters AV come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 12 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. AVOWS is the top scorer here, worth 11 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.
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 starting with AV are there?
Our dictionary has 12 five-letter words starting with AV, of which 7 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 starting with AV?
AVOWS scores 11 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.