5-Letter Words With F and V
There are 9 five-letter words containing both F and V in our dictionary; 5 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 9 words
- favor11 points
- fever11 points
- fiver11 points
- fives11 points
- faves11 points
- fauve11 points
- favus11 points
- fovea11 points
- favas11 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 9
- By usage: 4 very common, 1 common, 4 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- fauve 11
- favas 11
- faves 11
- favor 11
- favus 11
- fever 11
- fiver 11
- fives 11
- fovea 11
Most common
- favor
- fever
- fiver
- fives
- faves
- fauve
- favus
- fovea
- favas
Definitions
- favor (noun)
- An act of gracious kindness.
- fever (noun)
- A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
- fiver (noun)
- A United States bill worth 5 dollars.
- fives (noun)
- A game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls.
Looking for five-letter words containing both F and V? You are in the right place. This list has 9 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as FAVOR and FEVER appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.
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
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both F and V?
FAUVE 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.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
4 of the 9 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.