Words Ending in VE and Containing DE

Discover 133 playable English words ending in VE and containing DE, from Deserve, Detective, Defensive, Derive, Destructive, Deceive and Decisive to rarer plays. Each entry is verified for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, and daily writing, complete with letter counts and meanings below.

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Starts with A
5 words
antiderivative
autodestructive
adessive
anticonfederative
adequative
Starts with C
5 words
confederative
considerative
coderive
credensive
credencive
Starts with D
24 words
deserve
detective
defensive
derive
destructive
deceive
decisive
descriptive
deprive
definitive
decorative
derivative
deceptive
defective
depressive
delve
demonstrative
deductive
degenerative
declarative
deliberative
derisive
devolve
determinative
Starts with E
3 words
eudeve
evidencive
erythrodegenerative
Starts with F
1 words
federative
Starts with I
3 words
indecisive
ideative
interdestructive
Starts with N
8 words
neurodegenerative
nondestructive
nondemonstrative
nonderivative
nondeceptive
nondescriptive
nondeductive
nondeterminative
Starts with O
1 words
overdemonstrative
Starts with P
4 words
pendentive
predestinative
predeterminative
predemonstrative
Starts with Q
1 words
quadriderivative
Starts with R
1 words
redemptive
Starts with T
1 words
tidewave
Starts with U
8 words
underachieve
undemonstrative
underactive
undeceive
underdrive
undersleeve
undergrove
undeserve

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