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5 Letter Words Starting With V and Ending in D
Every five-letter word that fits V _ _ _ D — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With V and End in D?
The V…D shape covers 18 words, with 3 in the answer pool. Follow up with VALID — about 91% of the remaining answers gone.
Square two does most of the remaining work, and it leans heavily toward I: 8 of the 18 words, 44% of the list (VIVID). Guessing VI as your opening two letters is the percentage play.
94% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 3 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit V _ _ _ D
Once V and D are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 VALID — eliminates about 91% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 VAPID — eliminates about 88.9% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 VIVID — eliminates about 64.9% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Second-letter groups run I (8), A (5), O (4), E (1). On a V···D board that grouping mirrors exactly the order the clues arrive in.
V···D Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
3 appearances in 1916 puzzles makes this a genuinely uncommon shape — VAPID (#1042, 2024-04-26), VALID (#479, 2022-10-11), VIVID (#251, 2022-02-25). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1042 | 2024-04-26 | VAPID |
| #479 | 2022-10-11 | VALID |
| #251 | 2022-02-25 | VIVID |
The other 15 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
V···D Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 18 V···D words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 1 | 6% |
| Exactly 2 | 17 | 94% |
| 3 or more | 0 | 0% |
And the most common second letters among V···D words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after V:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| VI···D | 8 |
| VA···D | 5 |
| VO···D | 4 |
| VE···D | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after V splits the list fastest — VI alone accounts for 8 of the 18 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 14 of the 18 words here use five different letters and 4 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with V and end in D?
There are 18 valid five-letter words that start with V and end in D in our Wordle dictionary, and 3 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the V···D list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best V···D words for Wordle?
VALID, VAPID, VIVID are the strongest. VALID eliminates about 91% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed V and D, guessing VALID both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which V to D words have been Wordle answers?
3 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was VAPID (#1042) on 2024-04-26, and the first was VIVID on 2022-02-25. Every answer-eligible V···D word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these V···D words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once V and D are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 14 of the 18 words use five distinct letters and 4 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in V···D words?
I — VI accounts for 8 of the 18 words (44%), ahead of VA with 5. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do V···D words usually have?
94% of these 18 words carry two or more vowels — 17 have exactly two and 0 have three or more, against 1 with one or fewer. With V and D already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.