Words Ending In IVE

There are over 1.5K words that end with IVE in English. From 4-letter words to long entries, find every word ending in IVE grouped by length, each one playable in Scrabble, Wordle, and WWF. You can also see five letter words ending in IVE.

4 letter IVE-words icon
10

4-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 4-letter IVE-words:
five
give
dive
cive
hive
jive
live
rive
vive
wive
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5 letter IVE-words icon
16

5-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 5-letter IVE-words:
drive
alive
olive
blive
chive
knive
naive
neive
ogive
reive
shive
skive
slive
stive
swive
waive
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6 letter IVE-words icon
29

6-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 6-letter IVE-words:
active
native
arrive
derive
motive
bylive
essive
fixive
musive
regive
relive
sative
solive
strive
thrive
unhive
unlive
unwive
updive
votive
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7 letter IVE-words icon
55

7-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 7-letter IVE-words:
receive
massive
survive
passive
captive
archive
caitive
cursive
deceive
evasive
festive
fictive
fissive
redrive
reprive
restive
stative
tensive
unalive
unitive
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8 letter IVE-words icon
110

8-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 8-letter IVE-words:
positive
negative
relative
creative
decisive
reactive
perceive
additive
adaptive
coactive
emulsive
enactive
evincive
fructive
genitive
inessive
invasive
rotative
sedative
unnative
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9 letter IVE-words icon
209

9-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 9-letter IVE-words:
effective
extensive
expensive
executive
objective
offensive
defensive
sensitive
narrative
exclusive
cognitive
primitive
excessive
explosive
selective
intensive
adjective
recursive
lucrative
incentive
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10 letter IVE-words icon
278

10-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 10-letter IVE-words:
respective
collective
attractive
aggressive
derivative
successive
productive
initiative
protective
innovative
subjective
impressive
decorative
definitive
reflective
automotive
copulative
nonstative
obvolutive
regulative
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11 letter IVE-words icon
275

11-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 11-letter IVE-words:
alternative
perspective
distinctive
competitive
consecutive
radioactive
legislative
progressive
inexpensive
interactive
ineffective
comparative
destructive
cooperative
descriptive
applicative
percolative
retaliative
suffocative
unattentive
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12 letter IVE-words icon
204

12-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 12-letter IVE-words:
conservative
reproductive
quantitative
adjudicative
annihilative
compensative
consultative
disquisitive
incorruptive
irreflective
manipulative
ministrative
nonimitative
normotensive
overeffusive
recuperative
renunciative
retropulsive
sustentative
unaggressive
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13 letter IVE-words icon
147

13-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 13-letter IVE-words:
comprehensive
authoritative
antinarrative
cirrostrative
configurative
consolidative
contaminative
contragestive
cyclosportive
dissimilative
incorporative
nonabsorptive
nondiscursive
nonpermissive
oversensitive
photoemissive
subordinative
transgressive
transpositive
unprogressive
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14 letter IVE-words icon
77

14-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 14-letter IVE-words:
administrative
representative
autosuggestive
congratulative
cryoprotective
deconstructive
discriminative
hypersensitive
interpretative
nonassociative
noncommutative
noncompetitive
nondescriptive
nondestructive
nondistinctive
noninteractive
supererogative
transmigrative
ultraexclusive
unappreciative
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15 letter IVE-words icon
51

15-Letter Words Ending In IVE

Common 15-letter IVE-words:
anticompetitive
bioaccumulative
cosignificative
disassimilative
electronegative
excommunicative
hyperaggressive
hyperproductive
hyperresponsive
incommunicative
neoconservative
nonconstructive
nonquantitative
nonreproductive
photoconductive
schizoaffective
stereoselective
unauthoritative
uncommunicative
undemonstrative
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1,461 Common Words Ending in IVE

Most Common Length
10
(278 words)
Avg Scrabble Score
17.6
(out of 40)
Most Common Ending
e
(100%)

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What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble that ends with IVE?

40 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that ends with IVE is schizoaffective with a total of 40 points.

S 1
C 3
H 4
I 1
Z 10
O 1
A 1
F 4
F 4
E 1
C 3
T 1
I 1
V 4
E 1
adjective 1. characterized by or exhibiting symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder such as bipolar disorder or depression

Words that end with IVE are commonly used for word games like Scrabble and Words with Friends. This list will help you to find the top scoring words to beat the opponent. You can also find a list of all words that start with IVE and words that end in IVE. Try our five letter words ending with IVE page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver to quickly find the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words That End In IVE

  • How many words ending with IVE are in the English dictionary?

    There are 1,461 words in the English dictionary that end with IVE, and most of them are 10 letters long (278 words of that length).

  • What's the longest word ending in IVE?

    The longest word ending in IVE is "hyperresponsive" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "administrative" is the longest common word ending in IVE.

  • Are there any rare IVE ending worth more in Scrabble?

    Yes. Uncommon words like "schizoaffective", "nonquantitative", "qualificative", "exemplificative" end with IVE and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "schizoaffective" is worth 40 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.

  • What are the most common words ending in IVE?

    Most words ending in IVE are 10 letters long, including everyday words like "respective", "collective", "attractive", "aggressive", "derivative".

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