5-Letter Words With K and V
There are 11 five-letter words containing both K and V in our dictionary; 4 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
- vodka13 points
- evoke12 points
- knave12 points
- skive12 points
- kavas12 points
- kevel12 points
- kvass12 points
- keeve12 points
- kevil12 points
- kivas12 points
- vakil12 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 11
- By usage: 2 very common, 2 common, 7 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- vodka 13
- evoke 12
- kavas 12
- keeve 12
- kevel 12
- kevil 12
- kivas 12
- knave 12
- kvass 12
- skive 12
Most common
- vodka
- evoke
- knave
- skive
- kavas
- kevel
- kvass
- keeve
- kevil
- kivas
Definitions
- vodka (noun)
- Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
- evoke (verb)
- Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
- knave (noun)
- A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
- skive (verb)
- Remove the surface of.
The five-letter words that contain both K and V number 11 in our dictionary. About 4 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 VODKA, at 13 points.
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 K and V?
VODKA scores 13 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?
7 of the 11 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.