The 4 letter words with definitions, separated alphabetically.
Now updated for CSW24. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| vacs | (Pl.) VAC, vacation. |
| vade | (Shakesp.) to fade > VADES, VADING, VADED. 'His summer leaves all vaded'. |
| vaes | (Pl.) VAE, a voe. |
| vagi | (Pl.) VAGUS, the tenth cranial nerve. |
| vags | (3rd.) VAG, to arrest someone for vagrancy. |
| vail | (Arch.) to lower, doff, let down > VAILS, VAILING, VAILED. |
| vain | Conceited > VAINER, VAINEST; VAINLY. |
| vair | Squirrel fur, much used in medieval times, to line and trim robes > VAIRS. |
| vale | (Lat.) farewell; (noun) a valley > VALES. |
| vali | (Turkish) a governor, esp. of a VILAYET > VALIS. Also WALI. |
| vamp | (Verb) to patch up rather than refurbish > VAMPS, VAMPING, VAMPED. |
| vane | A device for showing the direction of the wind > VANES, VANED. |
| vang | A guy-rope to steady a gaff > VANGS. |
| vans | (3rd.) VAN, to send or travel by van. |
| vant | (Shakesp.) van, vanguard > VANTS. |
| vape | to inhale nicotine vapour (from an electronic cigarette) > VAPES, VAPING, VAPED. |
| vara | (Spanish) a Spanish American linear measure > VARAS. [Sp. vara, rod]. Also VARE. |
| vare | (Spanish) a Spanish American linear measure > VARES. [Sp. vara, rod]. Also VARA. |
| vars | (Pl.) VAR, a unit of reactive power. |
| vary | To become or make different > VARIES, VARYING, VARIED. |
| vasa | (Pl.) VAS, a tube or duct. |
| vase | A rounded, decorative container > VASES. |
| vast | (Noun) a vastness > VASTS; (adj.) huge > VASTER, VASTEST; VASTLY. |
| vats | (3rd.) VAT, to put stuff in a vat. |
| vatu | The monetary unit of Vanuatu > VATUS. |
| vaus | (Pl.) VAU, a Hebrew letter. |
| vaut | (Obs.) to vault > VAUTS, VAUTING, VAUTED. Also VAWTE, VAUTE. |
| vavs | (Pl.) VAV, a Hebrew letter. |
| vaws | (Pl.) VAW, a Hebrew letter. |
| vaxx | (v) to vaccinate. |
| veal | The meat of a calf > VEALS. |
| veep | (US coll.) a vice-president > VEEPS. Also VEEPEE. |
| veer | To change direction > VEERS, VEERING, VEERED. |
| vees | (Pl.) VEE, a mark or object shaped or angled like a vee. |
| vega | (Spanish) a low fertile plain; a tobacco field > VEGAS. |
| vego | (Coll.) a vegetarian > VEGOS. |
| vehm | (Ger.) a mediaeval German court > VEHME. Also FEHM. |
| veil | (Verb) to cover with a veil > VEILS, VEILING, VEILED. |
| vein | To fill with veins (tubular blood vessels) > VEINS, VEINING, VEINED. |
| vela | (Pl.) VELUM, a veil or integument. |
| veld | (Afrikaans) open grassland > VELDS. [Afrikaans veld, from Dutch veld, field]. Also VELDT. |
| vele | (Spenser) a veil > VELES. |
| vell | The fourth stomach of a calf, aka ABOMASUM > VELLS. |
| vena | (Lat.) a vein > VENAE. |
| vend | To sell > VENDS, VENDING, VENDED. |
| vent | To provide with a vent (an opening for the escape of gas or liquid) > VENTS, VENTING, VENTED. |
| vera | Very. |
| verb | A word used to express an act, occurrence, or mode of being > VERBS. |
| verd | As in verd antique, a dark green mottled impure variety of serpentine. No -S. |
| vers | (Fr.) verse. |
| vert | (Noun) in forest law, every green plant having leaves that may serve as a cover for deer; the right to cut this; (verb) (coll.) to become a convert > VERTS, VERTING, VERTED. |
| very | Precise, absolute > VERIER, VERIEST; VERILY. |
| vest | An undergarment for the top half of the body, an UNDERSHIRT; (verb) to place authority in > VESTS, VESTING, VESTED. |
| veto | (Lat.) to forbid > VETOES, VETOING, VETOED. |
| vets | (3rd.) VET, to examine closely. |
| vext | (Obs.) pt. VEX, to distress or annoy. |
| viae | (Pl.) VIA, way, road. |
| vial | (Verb) to put in a vial > VIALS, VIALING or VIALLING, VIALED or VIALLED or (obs.) VIOLD. |
| vias | (Pl.) VIA, way, road. |
| vibe | (Coll.) vibration > VIBES. |
| vibs | (Coll.) shoes with Vibram soles. N.B. no VIB*. |
| vice | (Verb) to grip in a vice > VICES, VICING, VICED. |
| vide | (Lat.) see. |
| vids | (Pl.) VID, video. |
| vied | (Pt.) VIE, to contend in rivalry. |
| vier | One who vies > VIERS. |
| vies | (3rd.) VIE, to contend in rivalry. |
| view | To look at > VIEWS, VIEWING, VIEWED. |
| viff | to change direction abruptly of a VTOL aircraft > VIFFS, VIFFING, VIFFED. |
| viga | (Spanish) a ceiling beam > VIGAS. [Sp. viga, beam, rafter]. |
| vigs | (Pl.) VIG, a vigorish. |
| vild | (Spenser) vile > VILDLY. Also VILDE. |
| vile | Odious > VILER, VILEST; VILELY. |
| vill | A township, or feudal territorial unit > VILLS. |
| vims | (Pl.) VIM, energy, vigour. |
| vina | (Sanskrit) an Indian stringed instrument > VINAS. Also VEENA. |
| vine | (Verb) to remove vines from e.g. vines and pods from (peas) > VINES, VINING, VINED. |
| vino | (Ital.) (Sl.) wine > VINOS. |
| vins | (Pl.) VIN, wine. |
| vint | A vintage; (verb) to gather a vintage > VINTS, VINTING, VINTED. |
| viny | Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines > VINIER, VINIEST. |
| viol | Any member of a class of stringed instruments, forerunners of the violin class > VIOLS. |
| vire | To transfer funds by VIREMENT > VIRES, VIRING, VIRED. |
| virl | (Scots) = FERRULE, a rod or stick > VIRLS. |
| visa | (Verb) to provide with a visa > VISAS, VISAING, VISAED. |
| vise | 1. to hold in a vice > VISES, VISED, VISING. 2. to provide with a visa > VISES, VISEING, VISEED. |
| vita | (Lat.) life > VITAE or VITAS. |
| vite | (Fr.) quickly. |
| viva | (Ital.) a shout or cry used to express approval; (verb) to shout viva > VIVAS, VIVAING, VIVAED. |
| vive | (Scots) lively, forcible > VIVELY. |
| vivo | (Ital.) lively. |
| vizy | (Scots) a close or careful look; a gunsight; (verb) to take a close look > VIZIES, VIZYING, VIZIED. Also VISIE, VIZZIE. |
| vlei | (Afrikaans) low-lying ground where a shallow lake forms in the wet season > VLEIS. Also VLY. |
| vlog | A blog using the medium of video; (verb) to keep a video blog > VLOGS, VLOGGING, VLOGGED. |
| voar | (Orkney) spring, seed-time > VOARS. |
| voes | (Pl.) VOE, a bay or creek. |
| vogs | (Pl.) VOG, air pollution caused by volcanic dust. |
| void | (Adj.) empty. No comp > there is VOIDER, but it is a noun. (Verb) to empty > VOIDS, VOIDING, VOIDED. |
| voip | A system for converting analogue signals to digital so that the telephone calls may be made over the internet > VOIPS. |
| vola | (Lat.) the hollow of the hand or foot > VOLAE. |
| vole | (Verb) to win all the tricks in one deal > VOLES, VOLING, VOLED. |
| volk | (Afrikaans) the Afrikaner people > VOLKS. |
| vols | (Pl.) VOL, in heraldry, two wings displayed and conjoined. |
| volt | The unit of electromotive force > VOLTS. |
| voms | (3rd.) VOM, to vomit. |
| vors | (3rd.) VOR, to warn. |
| vote | To cast a vote (a formal expression of will or opinion) > VOTES, VOTING, VOTED. |
| vows | (3rd.) VOW, to make a vow or vows. |
| vril | A hypothetical electric fluid in Bulwer-Lytton > VRILS. |
| vrot | (Afrikaans) rotten; putrid; very bad. |
| vrou | (Afrikaans) a woman, esp. a married woman > VROUS. Also VROW, VROUW, FROW. |
| vrow | (Dutch) a woman, goodwife > VROWS. Also VROUW, FROW, VROU. |
| vugg | (Cornish) a small unfilled cavity in a lode or in rock > VUGGS. [Cornish vooga]. Also VUG, VUGH. |
| vugh | (Cornish) a small unfilled cavity in a lode or in rock > VUGHS. [Cornish vooga]. Also VUG, VUGG. |
| vugs | (Pl.) VUG, a small unfilled cavity in a lode or in rock. |
| vuln | To wound; pierce with a weapon > VULNS, VULNING, VULNED. |
| vums | (3rd.) VUM, to vow. |