5-Letter Words With C and V
There are 44 five-letter words containing both C and V in our dictionary; 29 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 44 words
- cover10 points
- voice10 points
- havoc13 points
- vouch13 points
- civil10 points
- curve10 points
- vicar10 points
- vocal10 points
- civic12 points
- caved11 points
- viced11 points
- calve10 points
- carve10 points
- caves10 points
- clove10 points
- coves10 points
- covet10 points
- crave10 points
- evict10 points
- vices10 points
- chive13 points
- curvy13 points
- covey13 points
- vetch13 points
- cavil10 points
- civet10 points
- coven10 points
- chivy16 points
- caver10 points
- chevy16 points
- cavie10 points
- clave10 points
- clavi10 points
- covin10 points
- vatic10 points
- vinic10 points
- civvy16 points
- vichy16 points
- schav13 points
- coved11 points
- civie10 points
- vacua10 points
- vinca10 points
- voces10 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 44
- By usage: 20 very common, 9 common, 15 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- chevy 16
- chivy 16
- civvy 16
- vichy 16
- chive 13
- covey 13
- curvy 13
- havoc 13
- schav 13
- vetch 13
Most common
- cover
- voice
- havoc
- vouch
- civil
- curve
- vicar
- vocal
- civic
- caved
Definitions
- cover (noun)
- A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something.
- voice (noun)
- The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.
- havoc (noun)
- Violent and needless disturbance.
- vouch (verb)
- Give personal assurance; guarantee.
The five-letter words that contain both C and V number 44 in our dictionary. About 29 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is CHEVY, at 16 points.
How to use this page
Use this list in two ways. Browse it to learn the words that contain both C and V, common ones first, or search it by typing your own letters, with question marks for blanks, to see only the words you can make. Every word shows its classic tile score, and linked words open a page with all their sub-words.
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
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both C and V?
CHEVY scores 16 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.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
15 of the 44 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.