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7-letter words starting with OV

83 words are exactly 7 letters long and starting with ov, about 0.2% of every seven-letter word.

Length 7 Letters OV
OU OV

7-letter words starting with OV

83 of 83 shown

For example: ovality, overarm, overdue, overing, overply, overtip.

ovality7
ovarial7
ovarian7
ovaries7
ovately7
ovating7
ovation7
ovators7
ovening7
overact7
overage7
overall7
overapt7
overarm7
overate7
overawe7
overbed7
overbet7
overbid7
overbig7
overbuy7
overcoy7
overcut7
overdid7
overdog7
overdry7
overdub7
overdue7
overdye7
overeat7
overegg7
overeye7
overfar7
overfat7
overfed7
overfit7
overfly7
overget7
overgot7
overhit7
overhot7
overing7
overjoy7
overlap7
overlax7
overlay7
overlet7
overlie7
overlit7
overman7
overmen7
overmix7
overnet7
overnew7
overpay7
overply7
overran7
overred7
overren7
overrun7
oversad7
oversaw7
oversea7
oversee7
overset7
oversew7
oversow7
oversup7
overtax7
overtip7
overtly7
overtop7
overuse7
overwet7
ovicide7
oviduct7
oviform7
ovipara7
ovisacs7
ovoidal7
ovonics7
ovulary7
ovulate7

About 7-letter words starting with OV

Every word here is exactly 7 letters with ov locked into the first slot. Ranked 125 of 164, "ov" is an unusual opening. A short list like this is close to an answer on its own.

A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone. Inside this set, the letter sitting immediately next to the fixed pair is most often E (66), A (8), I (5).

People search this one both ways round, as seven letter words starting with ov and as ov words 7 letters. Both mean the same thing, and this is the list. If the length is wrong, the sibling lengths are below.

Same opening, other lengths

Other openings at 7 letters

Quick answers

How many 7-letter words starting with ov are there?

83 of them, out of 33,296 seven-letter words, or about 0.2% of the length. Ranked 125 of 164, "ov" is an unusual opening. A short list like this is close to an answer on its own.

Why does this page only cover 7-letter words?

Because a length and an opening together are what you usually know. If you need a different size, the list below moves "ov" to the other lengths that have enough words to be worth a page. Dropping the length entirely gives you every word starting with O instead.

What usually comes next in these words?

The letter just inside the fixed pair is most often E (66), A (8), I (5). A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone.

Do you have a page for every two-letter opening?

No, and deliberately so. A pair only gets a page when at least 35 seven-letter words share it. Below that the list is too short to be worth a visit, so we send you to the single-letter list instead.

Are proper nouns or abbreviations included?

No. Only standard dictionary words appear, which matches what Wordle, Scrabble, and crossword grids accept. A missing word is almost always a name, a hyphenation, or an abbreviation.

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