Scrabble Words with V but no R

There are 6,553 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter V but not a single R, ranging up to 15 letters. They're grouped by length below, longest first. Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List), the official North American Scrabble tournament dictionary.

15-letter words

150 words

acquisitiveness29
strong desire to acquire and possess
advisablenesses21
anticompetitive24
anticonvulsants20
anticonvulsives23
antidevelopment23
antispeculative22
antivivisection23
associativities20
attentivenesses18
availablenesses20
believabilities22
bioaccumulative26
bioavailability25
bioequivalences31
bougainvillaeas21
civilianization29
combativenesses24
communicatively29
commutativities24
competitiveness24
an aggressive willingness to compete
conceivableness24
the state of being conceivable
conducivenesses23
consecutiveness22
contemplatively27
conventionalise20
make conventional or adapt to conventions
conventionalism22
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
conventionalist20
conventionality23
conformity with conventional thought and behavior
conventionalize29
make conventional or adapt to conventions
cultivabilities22
deceptivenesses23
defensivenesses22
developmentally26
with respect to development
devitalizations28
diffusivenesses25
disadvantageous21
constituting a disadvantage
distinctiveness21
a distinguishing trait
divisionalising20
divisionalizing29
effectivenesses26
envenomizations29
equivocalnesses29
evangelicalisms23
evangelisations19
evangelizations28
evocativenesses23
excessivenesses27
exclusivenesses27
excommunicative33
expansivenesses27
expensivenesses27
explosivenesses27
extensivenesses25
hypoventilation26
imaginativeness21
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
imitativenesses20
immovablenesses24
impassivenesses22
implicativeness24

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14-letter words

227 words

accumulatively26
adaptivenesses20
adhesivenesses21
advantageously22
in a manner affording benefit or advantage
adventitiously21
advisabilities20
allusivenesses17
anticonvulsant19
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
anticonvulsive22
assaultiveness17
availabilities19
benevolentness19
bioequivalence30
bougainvillaea20
ornamental tropical woody vines
bougainvilleas20
civilizational28
cocultivations21
cohesivenesses22
collectiveness21
collectivising22
collectivistic23
subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
collectivities21
collectivizing31
compulsiveness23
the trait of acting compulsively
compulsivities23
conceivability26
the state of being conceivable
conclusiveness21
the quality of being final or definitely settled
conductivities22
conjunctivitis28
inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
connectivities21
constitutively22
contemplatives23
convalescences23
conventionally22
in a conventional manner
convincingness22
the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
convivialities22
convulsiveness22
covetousnesses19
cumulativeness21
decisivenesses20
definitiveness21
delusivenesses18
devilishnesses21
devitalization27
the act of reducing the vitality of something
devolutionisms20
devolutionists18
devotionalisms20
diminutiveness20
the property of being very small in size
disadvantaging21
disbelievingly24
in an incredulous manner
disinvestments20
dismissiveness20
dissuasiveness18
divisibilities20
divisionalised19
divisionalises18
divisionalized28
divisionalizes27
divisivenesses21
effusivenesses23

+ 167 more 14-letter words

13-letter words

347 words

abusivenesses18
accommodative25
helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
acquisitively30
advisableness19
affectivities24
agglutinative18
forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
amativenesses18
ambivalencies22
antediluvians17
antievolution16
antinovelists16
appellatively23
applicatively25
associatively21
associativity21
atavistically21
attentiveness16
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
augmentatives19
availableness18
the quality of being at hand when needed
avocationally21
believability23
the quality of being believable or trustworthy
biconcavities22
biconvexities27
bioactivities20
bioequivalent27
bioflavonoids22
boddhisattvas23
bougainvillea19
any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
captivatingly24
in a bewitching manner
civilianising19
civilianizing28
civilisations18
civilizations27
cocultivating21
cocultivation20
coextensively28
collectivised21
characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
collectivises20
collectivisms22
collectivists20
collectivized30
characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
collectivizes29
combativeness22
a militant aggressiveness
communicative24
able or tending to communicate; - W.M.Thackeray
commutativity25
competitively25
in competition
concanavalins20
conduciveness21
conjunctively30
connotatively21
consecutively23
in a consecutive manner
consumptively25
contaminative20
making impure by contact or mixing
contemplative22
a person devoted to the contemplative life
convalescence22
gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
convalescents20
conveniencies20
conveyancings24
convocational20
convolutional18

+ 287 more 13-letter words

12-letter words

488 words

accumulative21
increasing by successive addition
accusatively22
achievements22
activenesses17
adaptiveness18
adaptivities18
additivities17
adhesiveness19
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
adjectivally28
as an adjective; in an adjectival manner
adjudicative26
concerned with adjudicating
advancements20
advantageous17
appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
adventitious16
associated by chance and not an integral part; - Frederick W. Robertson
advisability21
the quality of being advisable
aestivations15
afflictively26
alleviations15
allusiveness15
a quality characterized by indirect reference
ambivalences21
ambivalently22
antediluvian16
a very old person
antinovelist15
antitussives15
antiviolence17
antivitamins17
appellatives19
appositively22
in an appositive manner
assaultively18
assimilative17
capable of mentally absorbing ; ,
audiovisuals16
augmentative18
increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
availability20
the quality of being at hand when needed
avitaminoses17
avitaminosis17
any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins
avitaminotic19
of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis
bedevilingly22
bedevilments20
benevolences19
benevolently20
in a benevolent manner
bioavailable19
bioflavonoid21
boddhisattva22
bodhisattvas21
bolshevizing30
cablevisions19
capacitively24
captivations19
chauvinistic22
fanatically patriotic
civilianised18
civilianises17
civilianized27
civilianizes26
civilisation17
a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization26
a particular society at a particular time and place
coactivities19
cocultivated20
cocultivates19
codeveloping21
coevolutions17
cohesiveness20
the property of being cohesive and sticky

+ 428 more 12-letter words

11-letter words

658 words

abusiveness16
acclivities18
acclivitous18
sloping upward
accusatival18
accusatives18
acetylative19
achievement21
the action of accomplishing something
acquisitive25
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
activations16
adjectively27
as an adjective
advancement19
encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
advantaging17
adventitial15
of or pertaining to the adventitia
adventitias15
advisements17
advocations17
aestivating15
aestivation14
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
affectively25
affectivity25
alivenesses14
alleviating15
alleviation14
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
alleviative17
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
almsgivings18
amativeness16
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
ambivalence20
mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency23
mixed feelings or emotions
anchovettas19
antitussive14
any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing
antivitamin16
appellative18
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
applicative20
readily applicable or practical
appositives18
associative16
characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
attentively17
with attention; in an attentive manner
audiovisual15
materials using sight or sound to present information
autoclaving17
avalanching20
avgolemonos17
aviaphobias21
aviaphobics23
aviophobias21
aviophobics23
avocational16
of or involved in an avocation
avouchments21
bedevilling18
bedevilment19
the act of harassing someone
benevolence18
an act intending or showing kindness and good will
biconcavity23
biconvexity28
bidonvilles17
bioactivity21
bivalencies18
bivouacking23
the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
bloviations16
bodhisattva20
Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
bolshevisms21
bolshevized29
bolshevizes28

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10-letter words

830 words

ablatively18
absolutive15
absolvents15
accusative17
the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
achievable20
capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
activating16
the activity of causing to have energy and be active
activation15
making active and effective (as a bomb)
activeness15
the state of being active
activistic17
advocating or engaged in activism
activities15
activizing25
adaptively19
adaptivity19
additively18
additivity18
adhesively20
adjectival23
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
adjectives23
adjunctive23
joining; forming an adjunct
adoptively19
advantaged16
advantages15
advections16
adventitia14
an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
adventives17
advisement16
careful consideration
advocacies18
advocating17
advocation16
advocative19
aestivated14
aestivates13
affidavits20
afflictive21
causing misery or pain or distress
alleviants13
alleviated14
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
alleviates13
allusively16
almsgiving17
making voluntary contributions to aid the poor
ambivalent17
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
anchovetas18
anchovetta18
annotative13
anovulants13
anticavity18
antinovels13
antivenins13
antivenoms15
appetitive17
of or relating to appetite
appointive17
relating to the act of appointing
appositive17
relating to or being in apposition
assaultive13
disposed to attack
assumptive17
accepted as real or true without proof
autoclaved16
autoclaves15
automotive15
containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
autosaving14
avalanched19
avalanches18
avgolemono16

+ 770 more 10-letter words

9-letter words

988 words

aasvogels13
ablatives14
absolvent14
absolving15
abusively17
in an abusive manner
acceptive18
accepting willingly
acclivity19
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
acclivous16
achieving18
activated15
(military) set up and placed on active assignment
activates14
activisms16
activists14
activized24
activizes23
addictive16
causing or characterized by addiction
additives14
adductive16
especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
adhesives16
adjective22
a word that expresses an attribute of something
adjustive20
conducive to adjustment
adjuvants20
admissive15
characterized by or allowing admission
advancing16
moving forward
advantage14
(tennis) first point scored after deuce
advecting16
advection15
(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
advective18
of or relating to advection
adventive16
not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized
advisable15
worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
advisably18
advisedly17
with intention; in an intentional manner
advocaats15
advocated16
advocates15
advowsons16
aestivate12
sleep during summer
affective20
characterized by emotion
affidavit19
written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
agentival13
agentives13
agitative13
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
aliveness12
the condition of living or the state of being alive
alleviant12
remedy that alleviates pain without curing
alleviate12
make easier
alluvials12
alluvions12
alluviums14
alveolate12
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
amadavats15
amatively17
anchoveta17
anchovies17
anovulant12
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
anticivic16
antinovel12
antivenin12
an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal
antivenom14
anvilling13
anviltops14

+ 928 more 9-letter words

8-letter words

1,017 words

aasvogel12
ablative13
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
absolved14
freed from any question of guilt
absolves13
achieved17
achieves16
activate13
aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
actively16
in an active manner
activism15
a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
activist13
a militant reformer
activity16
(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
activize22
adaptive14
having a capacity for adaptation
additive13
something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
adhesive15
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
adjuvant19
an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
adoptive14
acquired as your own by free choice
advanced15
(of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
advances14
advected15
advisees12
advising13
advocaat14
advocacy19
active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
advocate14
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
advowson15
the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
aestival11
(rare) of or occurring in summer
agentive12
akvavits18
alewives14
allusive11
characterized by indirect references
alluvial11
of or relating to alluvium
alluvion11
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
alluvium13
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
alveolus11
a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
amadavat14
red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
anviling12
anvilled12
anviltop13
aquavits20
atavisms13
atavists11
auditive12
of or relating to the process of hearing
autosave11
avadavat15
red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
availing12
avellane11
pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts
avenging13
aventail11
a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
avgasses12
avianize20
to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo
aviating12
aviation11
the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
avidness12
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
avifauna14
the birds of a particular region or period
avionics13
science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics
avocados14
avoiding13
avouched17
avouches16

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7-letter words

750 words

absolve12
grant remission of a sin to
abusive12
characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
abvolts12
achieve15
to gain with effort
actives12
advance13
a change for the better; progress in development
advects13
advents11
advices13
advised12
having received information
advisee11
someone who receives advice
advises11
akvavit17
Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
alcoved13
alcoves12
alevins10
alluvia10
alveoli10
amative12
inclined toward or displaying love
amusive12
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
anchovy18
small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
anviled11
aquavit19
Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
atavism12
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
atavist10
an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
availed11
avellan10
pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts
avenged12
for which vengeance has been taken
avenges11
avenses10
avenues10
avgases11
aviated11
aviates10
aviatic12
avidins11
avidity14
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
avionic12
of or relating to avionics
avocado13
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
avocets12
avoided12
avosets10
avowals13
avowing14
avulsed11
avulses10
baklava16
rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
bedevil13
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
beehive15
a hairdo resembling a beehive
behaved16
behaves15
behoove15
be appropriate or necessary
behoved16
behoves15
believe12
accept as true; take to be true
beloved13
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
beveled13
bevomit14
bevvies15
bilevel12

+ 690 more 7-letter words

6-letter words

558 words

aboves11
abvolt11
a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt
active11
a person who is a participating member of an organization
advect12
convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid
advent10
(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
advice12
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
advise10
give advice to
agaves10
ajivas16
alcove11
a small recess opening off a larger room
alevin9
alvine9
of or relating to the intestines
anvils9
atavic11
avails9
avaunt9
avenge10
take revenge for a perceived wrong
avenue9
a line of approach
avians9
aviate9
operate an airplane
avidin10
avidly13
in an avid manner
avions9
avisos9
avocet11
long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
avoids10
avoset9
avouch14
admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
avowal12
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
avowed13
openly declared as such
avulse9
separate by avulsion
beeves11
behave14
behave in a certain manner
behove14
be appropriate or necessary
belive11
bevels11
bevies11
bovids12
bovine11
any of various members of the genus Bos
calved12
calves11
canvas11
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
casava11
any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
caveat11
(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
cavies11
cavils11
caving12
cavity14
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
chevet14
chives14
cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning
chivvy20
annoy continually or chronically
civets11
civics13
the social science of municipal affairs
civies11
civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
civism13
claves11
clavus11
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
cleave11
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
clevis11
a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.
clivia11

+ 498 more 6-letter words

5-letter words

356 words

above10
an earlier section of a written text
agave9
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
ajiva15
alive8
(followed by `to' or `of') aware of
anvil8
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
avail8
a means of serving
avant8
avast8
avens8
any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
avgas9
avian8
pertaining to or characteristic of birds
avion8
aviso8
avoid9
declare invalid
avows11
bevel10
a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
bevvy16
bovid11
hollow-horned ruminants
calve10
birth
cavas10
caved11
caves10
cavie10
cavil10
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
chevy16
annoy continually or chronically
chive13
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
chivy16
annoy continually or chronically
civet10
cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
civic12
of or relating or belonging to a city
civie10
civil10
(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
civvy16
clave10
clavi10
clove10
aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
convo10
coved11
coven10
an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
coves10
covet10
wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
covey13
a small collection of people
covid11
covin10
cuvee10
daven9
davit9
a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
deave9
delve9
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
devas9
devel9
devil9
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
devis9
devon9
a county in southwestern England
divan9
a Muslim council chamber or law court
divas9
dived10
dives9
divot9
(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke
divvy15
short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
doven9

+ 296 more 5-letter words

4-letter words

144 words

aves7
(ornithology) the class of birds
avid8
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
avos7
avow10
admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
bevy12
a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
cava9
cave9
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
cavy12
short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
cove9
a small inlet
davy11
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
deva8
devi8
Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects
devs8
diva8
a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
dive8
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
dove8
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum
eave7
envy10
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
even7
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
eves7
evil7
morally objectionable behavior
fava10
fave10
favs10
five10
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
gave8
give8
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
guvs8
gyve11
have10
a person who possesses great material wealth
hive10
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
hove10
java14
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
jive14
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
jivy17
kava11
an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
kiva11
kvas11
lava7
rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
lave7
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
lavs7
leva7
levo7
levs7
levy10
a charge imposed and collected
live7
continue to live through hardship or adversity
love7
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
luvs7
move9
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
nave7
the central area of a church
navs7
navy10
a dark shade of blue
neve7
the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
nevi7
nova7
a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
oval7
a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
oven7
kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
ovum9
the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
pave9
a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
save7
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

+ 84 more 4-letter words

3-letter words

40 words

ava6
ave6
avo6
100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao
dev7
eve6
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
fav9
guv7
ivy9
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
lav6
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
lev6
the basic unit of money in Bulgaria
luv6
nav6
ova6
sev6
tav6
vac8
informal term for vacation
van6
(Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
vas6
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
vat6
a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
vau6
vav9
vaw9
vax13
vee6
veg7
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
vet6
a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
vex13
be a mystery or bewildering to
via6
vid7
vie6
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
vig7
vim8
a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
vin6
vis6
voe6
vog7
vow9
a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
vox13
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
vug7
vum8