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5-Letter Words Starting with VE

There are 24 five-letter words that start with VE on Word.ws, from veche to vexed. The most common are venue, verse, vegan, venus and verge.

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All 24 five-letter words that start with VE

  • veche13n. A popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries.
  • veena8n. A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings...
  • veery11n. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United...
  • vegan9adj. Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or...
  • veiny11adj. Having prominent veins.
  • velar8adj. Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
  • veldt9n. Dated spelling of veld.
  • velum10n. The soft palate.
  • venal8adj. Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than...
  • venge9v. To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
  • venom10n. An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological...
  • venta8n. A roadside inn in Spain.
  • venti8adj. Larger than grande, usually 20 ounces (~ 0.6 l).
  • venue8n. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or...
  • venus8n. Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
  • verge9n. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
  • verse8n. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  • verso8n. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for...
  • verst8n. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about...
  • vertu8n. The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts...
  • verve11n. Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such...
  • vesta8n. A short match, made of wood or wax.
  • vetch13n. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as...
  • vexed16adj. Annoyed, irritated or distressed.
17 rare five-letter words that start with VE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with VE are there?
Word.ws lists 24 five-letter words that start with VE, plus 17 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with VE?
venue, verse, vegan, venus, verge, venom, verve and vexed.
Which of the five-letter words that start with VE has the highest letter score?
vexed scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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