Word Hunt Diamond - Game 76

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the Word Hunt Diamond - Game 76

The game is open to all members.

Each week, a grid of nine letters in a diamond will be posted.

The aim of the game is to find the target number of words [as in the source used for the game] using only the letters in the grid.

This week`s "diamond" is as follows:

                                                                                        A

                                                                                    B      E

                                                                                N     V      O

                                                                                    R      S

                                                                                        T

This week`s target is 77 words - using only the letters in the diamond - including on TWO 9-letter words.

I will be giving awards to players 

 star  - to the two players who each finds one of the nine-letter words

trophy - to the player who finds the last word in the list in the source used for the game

diamond dog - to the player who finds the most words not in the list before the end of the game.

The rules:

Each word must contain four letters or more and must include the red letter V.

No proper names are allowed.

Scottish words and American spellings are allowed.

Each letter in the grid can only be used once in each word [for example, ROVER isn`t allowed]

Of course, words do not have to start with the red letter V

Only one word per post.

Please wait until someone else has posted before posting again.

PLEASE NOTE: I will have to call a STOP to the game periodically so I can give updates of words found. Please be patient and wait whilst this is being done and hope it does not cause too much delay or disruption to the game. 

The Word Hunt Diamond game is open to all members.

I hope the Diamond Dogs of Words [thanks @pgn for the term] - those who have played in previous

Word Hunt Diamond games - including

@Cleoriff  @Anonymous  @pgn  @Anonymous  @BobM  @Bambino  @gmarkj   @Projectionist  @MI5 

@TheresaV   @TallTrees   @jonsie 

any member who has not played before or has not played for a while; and any new member will join in and play today`s WHD.

Can you, between you, not only find the 77 words in the list [in the source used for this game], and

the TWO nine-letter words in this WHD game, but also find additional words not in the list ?

Good luck everyone and have fun...

[Bambino]

NOVAE

[Anonymous]

VERSA

[pgn]

VERTS

[Anonymous]

Verso

[pgn]

RAVES

[Bambino]

OAVES

[Mi-Amigo]

Sorry guys I was away for a short while but I`m back now

@Anonymous 

TAVS is not in the list but in dictionaries so allowed as word not in the list

VERSA is correct and in the list

@Anonymous 

VERSO is correct and in the list

@Bambino 

NOVAE is correct and in the list

OAVES is not in the list but in dictionaries so allowed as word not in the list

@pgn 

VERTS is correct and in the list

Sorry RAVES already given

[Mi-Amigo]

Update  - amended and corrected             Target 77 words in the list

71 words in the list [in source used for this game] found

ABOVE

AVER

AVERS

AVERT

AVERTS

AVOSET

BEVATRON

BEVATRONS

BEVOR

BRAVE

BRAVES

BRAVEST

BRAVO

BRAVOS

NAVE

NAVES

NOVA

NOVAE

NOVAS

OBSERVANT

OBVERT

OVATE

OVEN

OVENS

OVER

OVERS

OVERT

RAVE

RAVEN

RAVENS

RAVES

ROVE

ROVES

SAVE

SAVER

SERVANT

SERVO

STARVE

STAVE

STOVE

STOVER

STROVE

TAVER

TAVERN

TAVERNS

TROVE

TROVES

VANE

VANES

VANS

VARE

VARES

VASE

VAST

VASTER

VATS

VENT

VENTS

VERB

VERBS

VERSA

VERSO

VERT

VERTS

VEST

VESTA

VETO

VOTE

VOTER

VOTERS

VOTES

+ 9 words not in the list but in dictionaries so allowed as word not in the list

BOVATE

BOVATES

NOVATE

OAVES

OBVERTS

TAVS

VENATORS

VERSANT

VORANT

6 words in the list to find

[pgn]

OVATES

[Mi-Amigo]

@pgn 

OVATES is correct and in the list

5 words in the list to find