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Words That End With IVE
6-Letter Words (20 found)
7-Letter Words (44 found)
- abusive
- amative
- amusive
- archive
- beehive
- captive
- codrive
- connive
- costive
- cursive
- deceive
- deprive
- elative
- elusive
- emotive
- erosive
- evasive
- festive
- fictive
- forgive
- furtive
- jussive
- khedive
- massive
- misgive
- mislive
- missive
- outgive
- outlive
- passive
- pensive
- plosive
- predive
- receive
- redrive
- restive
- skydive
- stative
- suasive
- survive
- tardive
- tensive
- tussive
- unitive
8-Letter Words (90 found)
- ablative
- abortive
- abrasive
- adaptive
- additive
- adhesive
- adoptive
- agentive
- allusive
- auditive
- aversive
- coactive
- coderive
- coercive
- cohesive
- conative
- conceive
- contrive
- creative
- crescive
- curative
- decisive
- delusive
- denotive
- derisive
- dilative
- dilutive
- divisive
- donative
- durative
- eductive
- effusive
- egestive
- ejective
- elective
- emissive
- emulsive
- enactive
- equative
- erective
- ergative
- eruptive
- eventive
- evincive
- exaptive
- exertive
- fixative
- fugitive
- genitive
- ideative
- illative
- illusive
- inactive
- incisive
- infusive
- invasive
- laxative
- lenitive
- ligative
- locative
- misdrive
- monitive
- mutative
- negative
- nosedive
- omissive
- optative
- orective
- outdrive
- overlive
- perceive
- plausive
- positive
- postdive
- punitive
75 of 90 words shown
9-Letter Words (137 found)
- acceptive
- accretive
- addictive
- adjective
- adjustive
- admissive
- advective
- adventive
- affective
- agitative
- ascensive
- assertive
- assistive
- assuasive
- attentive
- bijective
- bioactive
- calmative
- caressive
- causative
- cognitive
- collusive
- combative
- conducive
- corrasive
- corrosive
- deceptive
- decretive
- deductive
- defensive
- depletive
- detective
- detersive
- diffusive
- digestive
- directive
- educative
- effective
- emanative
- embracive
- emulative
- evocative
- exceptive
- excessive
- exclusive
- excursive
- executive
- expansive
- expensive
- expletive
- explosive
- expulsive
- extensive
- extortive
- extrusive
- exudative
- factitive
- forgetive
- formative
- fricative
- gerundive
- hortative
- imitative
- immersive
- impactive
- impassive
- implosive
- impulsive
- incentive
- inceptive
- inclusive
- inductive
- infective
- ingestive
- injective
75 of 137 words shown
10-Letter Words (165 found)
- absolutive
- absorptive
- accusative
- adjunctive
- adsorptive
- advocative
- afflictive
- aggressive
- annotative
- apperceive
- appetitive
- appointive
- appositive
- appraisive
- ascriptive
- assaultive
- assumptive
- attractive
- automotive
- capacitive
- cogitative
- collective
- combustive
- completive
- compulsive
- conceptive
- concessive
- conclusive
- concoctive
- concussive
- conductive
- congestive
- connective
- constative
- consultive
- contortive
- convective
- convulsive
- copulative
- corrective
- corruptive
- cumulative
- cunctative
- decorative
- definitive
- deflective
- degressive
- delocutive
- denotative
- depressive
- derivative
- derogative
- detonative
- detractive
- digressive
- diminutive
- discursive
- dismissive
- dispersive
- disruptive
- dissuasive
- dominative
- estimative
- evacuative
- evaluative
- excitative
- execrative
- exhaustive
- exhibitive
- exploitive
- expositive
- expressive
- extinctive
- extractive
- federative
75 of 165 words shown
11-Letter Words (171 found)
- abstractive
- acetylative
- acquisitive
- adumbrative
- adversative
- affirmative
- affricative
- aggregative
- alternative
- antitussive
- appellative
- applicative
- arbitrative
- argumentive
- associative
- assortative
- attributive
- carminative
- celebrative
- circulative
- coextensive
- colligative
- combinative
- commutative
- comparative
- competitive
- compressive
- conflictive
- confutative
- conjunctive
- connotative
- consecutive
- consumptive
- contractive
- contrastive
- cooperative
- corporative
- correlative
- declarative
- deformative
- degradative
- delineative
- denigrative
- descriptive
- desiccative
- designative
- destructive
- devastative
- deverbative
- diapositive
- disjunctive
- dispositive
- dissipative
- distinctive
- distractive
- duplicative
- elaborative
- eliminative
- elucidative
- enumerative
- evaporative
- exfoliative
- exhortative
- exonerative
- expectative
- explanative
- explicative
- explorative
- facultative
- germinative
- gravitative
- hyperactive
- hypotensive
- imaginative
- implicative
75 of 171 words shown
12-Letter Words (123 found)
- accelerative
- accumulative
- adjudicative
- alliterative
- ameliorative
- apperceptive
- appreciative
- apprehensive
- articulative
- asseverative
- assimilative
- augmentative
- compensative
- conciliative
- consecrative
- constitutive
- constrictive
- constructive
- consultative
- consummative
- continuative
- contributive
- coordinative
- decongestive
- degenerative
- deliberative
- denominative
- denunciative
- depreciative
- desiderative
- disincentive
- dissociative
- distributive
- ditransitive
- exaggerative
- excogitative
- exhilarative
- exploitative
- facilitative
- fermentative
- hypertensive
- illuminative
- illustrative
- imperceptive
- imperfective
- inconclusive
- inexpressive
- infiltrative
- intellective
- interdictive
- interpretive
- interruptive
- intransitive
- introversive
- irresponsive
- maladjustive
- manipulative
- mediopassive
- nonaddictive
- nonassertive
- noncognitive
- noncorrosive
- nondeceptive
- nondeductive
- nondirective
- noneffective
- nonexclusive
- nonexecutive
- nonexplosive
- nonimitative
- noninductive
- noninfective
- nonintrusive
- nonintuitive
- nonnarrative
75 of 123 words shown
13-Letter Words (93 found)
- accommodative
- acculturative
- agglomerative
- agglutinative
- anticorrosive
- appropriative
- approximative
- argumentative
- authoritative
- collaborative
- commemorative
- commiserative
- communicative
- comprehensive
- concentrative
- configurative
- contaminative
- contemplative
- contraceptive
- corresponsive
- corroborative
- counteractive
- demonstrative
- deteriorative
- determinative
- exteroceptive
- extrapolative
- frequentative
- gesticulative
- hyperreactive
- inconsecutive
- incorporative
- indistinctive
- interoceptive
- interpolative
- interrogative
- introgressive
- introspective
- investigative
- justificative
- neuroinvasive
- nonabsorptive
- nonaggressive
- nonautomotive
- nonconclusive
- nonconductive
- noncumulative
- nonderivative
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nondisruptive
- nonevaluative
- nonexploitive
- nonfigurative
- nonpermissive
- nonproductive
- nonreflective
- nonresponsive
- nonsubjective
- overassertive
- oversensitive
- overtalkative
- participative
- perioperative
- perseverative
- photoemissive
- photonegative
- photopositive
- postoperative
- precipitative
- prefigurative
- premeditative
- proliferative
- ratiocinative
- reciprocative
75 of 93 words shown
14-Letter Words (58 found)
- administrative
- anticonvulsive
- antiderivative
- antireflective
- antiresorptive
- antisubversive
- chemoreceptive
- conglomerative
- contrapositive
- cryoprotective
- deconstructive
- disaggregative
- discriminative
- disintegrative
- hypersensitive
- immunoreactive
- inappreciative
- interoperative
- interpretative
- multiplicative
- nonacquisitive
- noncommutative
- noncompetitive
- nonconsecutive
- nonconsumptive
- noncooperative
- nondescriptive
- nondestructive
- nondistinctive
- noninteractive
- nonprogressive
- nonradioactive
- nonrestrictive
- nonretroactive
- nonspeculative
- overaggressive
- overprotective
- photoinductive
- photooxidative
- photoreceptive
- photosensitive
- proprioceptive
- radiosensitive
- reconstructive
- redintegrative
- redistributive
- rehabilitative
- representative
- substantiative
- supereffective
- superexpensive
- supersensitive
- transformative
- ultraexclusive
- ultraexpensive
- ultrasensitive
- unappreciative
- unconstructive
15-Letter Words (34 found)
- anticompetitive
- antispeculative
- bioaccumulative
- chemopreventive
- counteradaptive
- electronegative
- electropositive
- excommunicative
- heteronormative
- hyperaggressive
- hyperproductive
- hyperresponsive
- incommunicative
- intersubjective
- intussusceptive
- microaggressive
- neoconservative
- neuroprotective
- nonconservative
- nonconstructive
- nonexploitative
- nonpsychoactive
- nonquantitative
- nonreproductive
- overimaginative
- phosphorylative
- photoconductive
- prognosticative
- radioprotective
- retroreflective
- schizoaffective
- superconductive
- uncommunicative
- undemonstrative
How many SCRABBLE® words end with IVE?
There are 955 words that end with IVE in the Official SCRABBLE® Dictionary, ranging from 4-letter words to 15-letter words. The highest-scoring SCRABBLE® words ending with IVE is schizoaffective, which is worth 40 points, followed by excommunicative at 33 points.
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