Words ending in IVE
965 words in the ENABLE list end in IVE. The most common are GIVE, LIVE, FIVE and DRIVE. They run from 4 to 20 letters, and the highest-scoring is POLYPHILOPROGENITIVE at 36 points.
- Words
- 965
- Lengths
- 4–20 letters
- Top score
- 36 (POLYPHILOPROGENITIVE)
The words
6-letter words 20
7-letter words 43
abusive12
amative12amusive12archive15
beehive15captive14
codrive13connive12costive12cursive12deceive13deprive13elative10elusive10emotive12erosive10evasive13festive13fictive15forgive14
furtive13jussive17khedive18massive12
misgive13mislive12missive12outgive11outlive10passive12
pensive12plosive12predive13receive12
redrive11restive10skydive18stative10suasive10survive13
tensive10tussive10unitive10
8-letter words 87
ablative13abortive13abrasive13adaptive14
additive13adhesive15adoptive14agentive12allusive11auditive12aversive14coactive15coderive14coercive15cohesive16conative13conceive15contrive13creative13
curative13decisive14
delusive12derisive12dilutive12divisive15donative12durative12effusive17ejective20elective13emissive13enactive13ergative12eruptive13fixative21fugitive15genitive12illative11illusive11inactive13
incisive13invasive14
laxative18locative13mutative13negative12
nosedive12optative13outdrive12perceive15
positive13
punitive13putative13reactive13relative11
rotative11sedative12sportive13tractive13vocative16
See all 87 in the unscrambler → 9-letter words 136
addictive16
adjective22affective20assertive12attentive12causative14cognitive15
combative18conducive17corrosive14deceptive17defective18defensive16
detective15
digestive14directive15
effective20
evocative17excessive21
exclusive21
executive21
expansive21expensive21
explosive21
extensive19
formative17impulsive16incentive14
inclusive14
inductive15intensive12
intrusive12intuitive12inventive15iterative12lucrative14narrative12
normative14objective23
obsessive14offensive18
operative14
overdrive16oxidative20pervasive17primitive16
proactive16receptive16recessive14reclusive14recursive14reductive15reflexive22repulsive14secretive14seductive15selective14
sensitive12
talkative16tentative12
See all 136 in the unscrambler → 10-letter words 163
aggressive15
attractive15
automotive15
collective17
compulsive19conclusive17conductive18congestive16connective17convective20corrective17cumulative17decorative16
definitive17
depressive16derivative17
diminutive16dismissive16disruptive16exhaustive23expressive22figurative17generative14imperative17
impressive17
indecisive16indicative16initiative13
innovative16
locomotive17meditative16oppressive17palliative15pejorative22perceptive19permissive17persuasive15possessive15predictive18preemptive19preventive18productive18
projective24protective17
reflective18refractive18regressive14repetitive15repressive15respective17
responsive15
subjective24
submissive17subversive18successive17
suggestive15supportive17
transitive13vegetative17vindictive19
See all 163 in the unscrambler → 11-letter words 170
acquisitive25affirmative22alternative14
associative16commutative20comparative20
competitive20
compressive20consecutive18
consumptive20contrastive16cooperative18
correlative16declarative17descriptive19destructive17
distinctive17
duplicative19evaporative19facultative19hyperactive24hypotensive22imaginative17inattentive14ineffective22
inexpensive23informative19
inoffensive20inoperative16inquisitive23insensitive14instinctive16instructive16integrative15interactive16
legislative15
maladaptive19noninvasive17obstructive18penetrative16perspective20
prerogative17presumptive20progressive17
prohibitive21prospective20
provocative21qualitative23radioactive17
restorative14restrictive16retributive16retroactive16speculative18subjunctive25substantive16subtractive18superlative16suppressive18unobtrusive16
See all 170 in the unscrambler → 12-letter words 125
accumulative21adjudicative26alliterative15ameliorative17appreciative21apprehensive22assimilative17augmentative18conservative20
constitutive17constrictive19constructive19
consultative17contributive19degenerative17deliberative18disincentive18dissociative18distributive18exploitative24facilitative20fermentative20hypertensive23illustrative15imperfective24inconclusive19inexpressive24infiltrative18interpretive17intransitive15irrespective19manipulative19nonexclusive24nonoperative17nonselective17normotensive17performative22precognitive20preoperative19prescriptive21preservative20preventative20proscriptive21psychoactive27quantitative24
recuperative19regenerative16remunerative17reproductive20
seronegative16seropositive17supermassive19transmissive17unattractive17unimpressive19unpersuasive17unproductive20unreflective20unresponsive17vituperative20
See all 125 in the unscrambler → 13-letter words 90
accommodative25acculturative20agglomerative20agglutinative18anticorrosive18antinarrative16appropriative22approximative29argumentative19authoritative19collaborative20
commemorative24commiserative22communicative24comprehensive25
concentrative20confederative22configurative22contaminative20contemplative22contraceptive22corresponsive20corroborative20counteractive20demonstrative19deteriorative17determinative19exteroceptive27extrapolative25frequentative28gesticulative19hyperreactive26inconsecutive20incorporative20indistinctive19interoceptive20interpolative18interrogative17introgressive17introspective20investigative20
nonaggressive18nonconductive21nonproductive21nonresponsive18oversensitive19participative22postoperative20prefigurative22proliferative21resuscitative18retrogressive17retrospective20significative22transgressive17uncompetitive22uncooperative20unimaginative19uninformative21unprogressive19
See all 90 in the unscrambler → 14-letter words 56
administrative20
anticonvulsive22antiderivative21antireflective22antisubversive22chemoreceptive28conglomerative22contrapositive21cryoprotective26deconstructive22disaggregative21discriminative22disintegrative19hypersensitive25immunoreactive23inappreciative23interoperative19interpretative19multiplicative23nonacquisitive28noncommutative23noncompetitive23nonconsecutive21nonconsumptive23noncooperative21nondescriptive22nondestructive20nondistinctive20noninteractive19nonprogressive20nonradioactive20nonrestrictive19nonretroactive19nonspeculative21overaggressive22overprotective24photoinductive25photooxidative30photoreceptive26photosensitive22proprioceptive25radiosensitive18reconstructive21redintegrative19redistributive20rehabilitative22representative19
substantiative19supereffective27superexpensive28supersensitive19transformative22ultraexclusive26ultrasensitive17unappreciative23unconstructive21
15-letter words 26
anticompetitive24antiprogressive21antispeculative22electronegative21electropositive22excommunicative33hyperaggressive28hyperresponsive28incommunicative26intersubjective29intussusceptive22neoconservative23nonconservative23nonconstructive22nonexploitative27nonquantitative27nonreproductive23overimaginative24phosphorylative31photoconductive28prognosticative23radioprotective23retroreflective23superconductive25uncommunicative26undemonstrative21
16-letter words 17
antihypertensive27archconservative29counterincentive23counterintuitive21counteroffensive27hypercompetitive33magnetostrictive24mechanoreceptive30noncommunicative27overconservative27philoprogenitive27semiconservative26semiquantitative30supercompetitive27ultraprogressive22unrepresentative21vasoconstrictive26
17-letter words 10
contradistinctive25counterproductive27electroconvulsive27immunosuppressive28misrepresentative24neurodegenerative22nonrepresentative22superconservative27superregenerative23ultraconservative25
18-letter words 1
myeloproliferative31
20-letter words 1
polyphiloprogenitive36
Highest-scoring words
Scored with Scrabble letter values, before bonus squares.
polyphiloprogenitive36hypercompetitive33excommunicative33myeloproliferative31phosphorylative31semiquantitative30mechanoreceptive30photooxidative30intersubjective29approximative29
Related
Questions
How many words end in IVE?
965 words in the ENABLE word list end in IVE.
What is the longest word that ends in IVE?
POLYPHILOPROGENITIVE, with 20 letters. Next come MYELOPROLIFERATIVE and COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
What is the highest-scoring word that ends in IVE?
POLYPHILOPROGENITIVE, worth 36 points with Scrabble letter values.