Words Ending in VE and Containing VE

Discover 1,998 playable English words ending in VE and containing VE, from Have, Give, Live, Leave, Move, Believe and Love 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
24 words
above
active
alive
arrive
achieve
alternative
attractive
approve
administrative
aggressive
archive
abusive
addictive
automotive
adjective
adaptive
affirmative
authoritative
apprehensive
attentive
additive
adhesive
assertive
abrasive
Starts with B
24 words
believe
brave
behave
beehive
behoove
bereave
bioactive
brainwave
bivalve
bijective
biconcave
breve
basketweave
bondslave
bioaccumulative
burgrave
belive
bioadhesive
benefactive
belove
brieve
bisociative
benedictive
beslave
Starts with C
24 words
creative
conservative
competitive
curve
comprehensive
cave
cognitive
collaborative
collective
cooperative
constructive
conceive
cumulative
captive
comparative
consecutive
crave
carve
conserve
cohesive
compulsive
contraceptive
corrective
coercive
Starts with D
24 words
drive
drove
deserve
detective
dive
defensive
derive
destructive
deceive
dove
distinctive
decisive
descriptive
disruptive
deprive
dissolve
definitive
decorative
derivative
directive
divisive
deceptive
defective
digestive
Starts with E
24 words
effective
executive
expensive
exclusive
extensive
evolve
eve
explosive
excessive
expressive
elusive
elective
expansive
evasive
enslave
engrave
exhaustive
evocative
exploitative
expletive
emotive
evaluative
enclave
effusive
Starts with F
24 words
five
forgive
festive
fugitive
figurative
formative
furtive
foxglove
fixative
fictive
fricative
facilitative
facultative
federative
fauve
fermentative
factitive
factive
frequentative
fruitive
fissive
flexecutive
fermentive
fluxive
Starts with G
20 words
give
grave
glove
grove
generative
grieve
groove
genitive
glaive
greave
gyve
germinative
gerundive
gustative
gravitative
gesticulative
gestative
granulative
gemmative
gainstrive
Starts with H
24 words
have
hive
heave
halve
heatwave
hyperactive
hypertensive
hypersensitive
hyperdrive
hereinabove
heteronormative
hyperaggressive
hyperresponsive
hypotensive
helve
hortative
hyperreactive
hallucinative
hyperconservative
hyperproductive
habitative
hoove
hyperspeculative
humiliative
Starts with I
24 words
improve
involve
initiative
interactive
impressive
innovative
incentive
intuitive
intensive
inclusive
informative
imperative
indicative
inexpensive
ineffective
investigative
inactive
intrusive
invasive
imaginative
insensitive
immersive
interpretive
impulsive
Starts with J
5 words
jive
jussive
justificative
judicative
jurisdictive
Starts with K
4 words
knave
kidglove
khedive
keeve
Starts with L
24 words
live
leave
love
legislative
lucrative
locomotive
laxative
ladylove
lave
longwave
lurve
lightwave
locative
liquefactive
lenitive
landgrave
laudative
lipsalve
lubricative
limitative
lustrative
laticlave
leaflove
lacerative
Starts with M
24 words
move
massive
motive
microwave
manipulative
meditative
misbehave
mangrove
mauve
metacognitive
missive
mojave
multiplicative
maladaptive
misperceive
metanarrative
misconceive
mohave
microaggressive
margrave
mitigative
myeloproliferative
meliorative
misrepresentative
Starts with N
24 words
negative
native
narrative
nerve
naive
normative
neurodegenerative
noninvasive
nominative
nonnative
nonresponsive
nosedive
nave
neoconservative
noncompetitive
nonnegative
nutritive
nondestructive
nonexclusive
nonproductive
nonconsecutive
nonexecutive
nonintrusive
nonreactive
Starts with O
24 words
objective
observe
offensive
olive
oppressive
obsessive
operative
outlive
octave
overdrive
oxidative
overprotective
overactive
obstructive
obtrusive
oversensitive
overachieve
overaggressive
ogive
optative
occlusive
outdrive
ostensive
overimaginative
Starts with P
24 words
positive
prove
perspective
progressive
preserve
productive
perceive
protective
passive
primitive
prospective
proactive
provocative
predictive
persuasive
preventive
possessive
pave
punitive
pervasive
perceptive
prohibitive
prerogative
pejorative
Starts with Q
8 words
qualitative
quantitative
quotative
quietive
qualificative
quidditative
quacksalve
quadriderivative
Starts with R
24 words
receive
remove
relative
representative
reserve
resolve
relieve
reproductive
retrieve
revive
respective
responsive
reflective
repetitive
rave
restrictive
retrospective
reactive
radioactive
receptive
revolve
retroactive
relive
regressive
Starts with S
24 words
save
serve
survive
sensitive
solve
slave
subjective
supportive
stove
shave
sleeve
selective
starve
substantive
successive
strive
shove
speculative
submissive
suggestive
seductive
swerve
secretive
shelve
Starts with T
24 words
twelve
thrive
tentative
transformative
talkative
trove
transitive
thieve
transgressive
turtledove
transportive
tractive
truelove
tardive
transmissive
translative
transcriptive
tensive
terminative
trave
theave
titillative
tolerative
transmutative
Starts with U
24 words
unattractive
unresponsive
unproductive
unalive
unimpressive
unobtrusive
uncooperative
unimaginative
uncompetitive
unnerve
unrepresentative
uninformative
unsupportive
ultraconservative
ulcerative
underachieve
ultrasensitive
unappreciative
uncommunicative
uncreative
unpersuasive
unreceptive
unselective
unaggressive
Starts with V
24 words
valve
vindictive
vegetative
verve
votive
vaporwave
vive
vituperative
violative
vocative
vasoactive
vasoconstrictive
volitive
valuative
vindicative
vomitive
varve
vegetive
variative
venerative
volve
vitative
vibrative
visive
Starts with W
13 words
wave
weave
waive
woodstove
wive
wayleave
waldgrave
wildgrave
wirewove
writative
wharve
woodreeve
waterdrive
Starts with Y
1 words
yestereve
Starts with Z
1 words
zouave

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