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Only nine words put V second and A third, and one of them opens with a letter the rest never touch.
Kvass is a mildly alcoholic drink made from fermented rye bread, popular across Russia and eastern Europe. Eight of the nine open with a vowel, and KVASS is the exception.
AVAIL, AVANT, AVAST and AVALE sit on one side, with OVALS, OVARY and OVATE on the other. A opens four of the nine and O opens three, so the first box is nearly a coin flip.
AVAIL, OVARY and EVADE are the entries in general use, with AVAST recognisable from nautical writing and fiction. OVALS and OVATE turn up in geometry and botany.
E closes three of the nine, more than any other letter, from EVADE, AVALE and OVATE.
Stop or hold, a nautical command. It survives mainly in fiction about sailing ships.
It is listed as a word in its own right, though English mostly uses it inside avant garde. The French sense is simply before or in front.
Egg shaped, used of leaves in botany. OVOID carries a similar sense and sits on a different page of this site.
To lower or let fall, an archaic verb from French. It is the least likely entry here.
For word games, yes. Words with a K in front of a V are vanishingly rare, and this one also doubles the S.