Better Know a Letter - V

In this episode of Better Know a Letter, Will breaks down the V - a tricky tile to use correctly. In what game situations and with what other tiles is the V most useful?

[johnwilder]

As with the LIKE suffix on the K video, I think the OVER prefix (56 seven-letter bingos / 224 eight-letter bingos in NWL) and possibly the -IVE suffix (20 7s and 44 8s in NWL) deserve an honorable mention for increasing your odds of finding V bingos when they are in fact available.

Another awesome vid, this series rocks.

[philfoster]

Will: I viewed this just after looking at your video on the Q, where I pretty much rubbished the V! Anyway, you've given me definite food for thought. (I especially acknowledge the point about the V being an excellent defensive tile.) Now, I won't feel so automatically negative if I draw a V; instead, I'll look to use it in one of the ways you suggested. Otherwise...

Just dump!

Well... you've got me hooked!

Thanks, Will!

[MinhAIPet]

New update:
There's now 1 V and 2 K
The V is now worth 6 points.

[MinhAIPet]

I think VU as in deja vu should be added. Also WU as an alternative to WOO.

[XANDOAndy]

Another great video! I know this series so far has mostly been to talk about letters people generally don't know how to use, but I'd be interested to hear your take on one of the really common "easy" letters, like E or R or something.

[cfranco]

Wil, these videos are excellent - extremely useful and informative. The “better know a letter” series and video on finding bingos in particular have been very helpful. Please keep them coming! Could you put out a video on the X and J tiles?

[DanielDugovic]

YouTube suggested this, so I enjoyed watching it again.

[FuscaBat]

I am very surprised that the V shows up in fewer bingos than the W.

[joshcoughx]

Will, how much different would things be if it was worth 5 instead of 4?

[Radiant_Veil]

Shoutouts to me finding Centavo earlier today

[penumbra-scrabble]

In the chart where you show the % of bingos that the letter appears in, it might also be useful to show its % in the (say) top 2000 bingos, since most of us won't find the obscure ones anyway.

[elite]

Despite my severe hatred for the V, I did get my first ever bingo in a scrabble game at home with striver.

[frankieporter]

For power tiles with V, you put vext, but not vex?

[sdwxrld]

The V works bad with the other high-pointer consonants and especially the U and also the low-pointer consonants like the T.

[sdwxrld]

The V wants to check out the E, R, S, L, A and I.

[Trizzer]

I get destroyed by V. I never get letters to start a word with V

[sdwxrld]

The V works good with the R, L and S. But the V works bad with the other high pointer consonants and esp the U and also the low pointer consonants like the T.

[jamburga]

I say, V only gets 1/2 a star. It's the worst scrabble tile imo