Words Ending in VE

1798 words ending in VE, from 3 to 15 letters. Pick a length to see its full list.

  • ave6
  • eve6

4 Letter Words Ending in VE

34 words, 20 common
  • cave9
  • cove9
  • dive8
  • dove8
  • fave10
  • five10
  • gave8
  • give8
  • have10
  • hive10
  • hove10
  • jive14
  • live7
  • love7
  • move9
  • nave7
  • pave9
  • rave7
  • save7
  • wave10

5 Letter Words Ending in VE

96 words, 37 common
  • above10
  • alive8
  • brave10
  • carve10
  • clove10
  • crave10
  • curve10
  • delve9
  • drive9
  • drove9
  • glove9
  • grave9
  • grove9
  • halve11
  • heave11
  • knave12
  • leave8
  • mauve10
  • naive8
  • nerve8

6 Letter Words Ending in VE

89 words, 18 common
  • active11
  • arrive9
  • behave14
  • derive10
  • evolve12
  • grieve10
  • groove10
  • motive11
  • native9
  • octave11
  • relive9
  • remove11
  • revive12
  • sleeve9
  • starve9
  • strive9
  • thrive12
  • twelve12
  • alcove11
  • amoove11

7 Letter Words Ending in VE

117 words, 27 common
  • abusive12
  • achieve15
  • approve14
  • archive15
  • believe12
  • captive14
  • concave14
  • deceive13
  • deprive13
  • deserve11
  • elusive10
  • enclave12
  • evasive13
  • festive13
  • forgave14
  • forgive14
  • improve14
  • involve13
  • massive12
  • observe12

8 Letter Words Ending in VE

158 words, 24 common
  • abrasive13
  • adaptive14
  • additive13
  • adhesive15
  • adoptive14
  • cohesive16
  • conceive15
  • conserve13
  • creative13
  • decisive14
  • dissolve12
  • divisive15
  • elective13
  • fugitive15
  • inactive13
  • invasive14
  • negative12
  • perceive15
  • positive13
  • preserve13

9 Letter Words Ending in VE

253 words, 51 common
  • addictive16
  • adjective22
  • assertive12
  • attentive12
  • cognitive15
  • conducive17
  • corrosive14
  • deceptive17
  • defective18
  • defensive16
  • detective15
  • digestive14
  • directive15
  • effective20
  • evocative17
  • excessive21
  • exclusive21
  • executive21
  • expansive21
  • expensive21

10 Letter Words Ending in VE

297 words, 46 common
  • aggressive15
  • attractive15
  • automotive15
  • collective17
  • compulsive19
  • conclusive17
  • conductive18
  • connective17
  • corrective17
  • cumulative17
  • decorative16
  • definitive17
  • depressive16
  • derivative17
  • diminutive16
  • disapprove18
  • dismissive16
  • disruptive16
  • exhaustive23
  • expressive22

11 Letter Words Ending in VE

281 words, 27 common
  • affirmative22
  • alternative14
  • comparative20
  • competitive20
  • consecutive18
  • cooperative18
  • descriptive19
  • destructive17
  • distinctive17
  • imaginative17
  • ineffective22
  • inexpensive23
  • informative19
  • insensitive14
  • instinctive16
  • interactive16
  • legislative15
  • perspective20
  • prerogative17
  • progressive17

12 Letter Words Ending in VE

206 words, 17 common
  • appreciative21
  • apprehensive22
  • conservative20
  • constructive19
  • consultative17
  • degenerative17
  • illustrative15
  • inconclusive19
  • interpretive17
  • irrespective19
  • manipulative19
  • preventative20
  • quantitative24
  • regenerative16
  • reproductive20
  • unattractive17
  • unproductive20
  • accelerative19
  • accumulative21
  • adjudicative26

13 Letter Words Ending in VE

140 words, 7 common
  • authoritative19
  • collaborative20
  • commemorative24
  • comprehensive25
  • contraceptive22
  • investigative20
  • retrospective20
  • accommodative25
  • acculturative20
  • aerodigestive18
  • agglomerative20
  • agglutinative18
  • anticorrosive18
  • antinarrative16
  • appropriative22
  • approximative29
  • argumentative19
  • circumventive25
  • cirrostrative18
  • commiserative22
  • administrative20
  • representative19
  • transformative22
  • anticonvulsive22
  • antiderivative21
  • antireflective22
  • antiresorptive19
  • antisubversive22
  • autosuggestive19
  • chemoreceptive28
  • circumspective27
  • conglomerative22
  • conglutinative20
  • congratulative20
  • contrapositive21
  • cryoprotective26
  • deconstructive22
  • disaggregative21
  • disapprobative24
  • discriminative22
  • anticompetitive24
  • antiprogressive21
  • antispeculative22
  • autodestructive21
  • bioaccumulative26
  • chemopreventive30
  • circumscriptive28
  • cosignificative26
  • counteradaptive23
  • decontaminative23
  • disassimilative21
  • electronegative21
  • electropositive22
  • excommunicative33
  • exemplificative34
  • experimentative29
  • heteronormative23
  • hyperaggressive28
  • hyperproductive31
  • hyperresponsive28

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Words Ending in VE: Questions

How many words ending in VE are there?

There are 1,798 words ending in VE in our dictionary, ranging from 3 to 15 letters long.

What is the longest word ending in VE?

ANTICOMPETITIVE is one of the longest at 15 letters, which is as long as these lists run.

What are some common words ending in VE?

ADDICTIVE, ADJECTIVE, ASSERTIVE are among the most familiar words ending in VE. Pick a word length to see the full list for that length.

Are these words ending in VE valid in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Every word is drawn from a tournament word list, so most are playable everywhere. Open the list for a given length to filter it down to Scrabble US (NWL2023), Scrabble UK (CSW24) or Words With Friends.