5 Letter Words Ending in IVE

16 words (11 Scrabble US, 16 Scrabble UK, 11 WGPO, 11 Words With Friends, 5 everyday ★)

16 five-letter words end in IVE. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that end in IVE

With their Scrabble points and, for the first five, a short meaning, most used first.

drive★9to urge or propel forward
alive★8living
olive★8of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
naive★8lacking sophistication
waive★11to give up intentionally

All 16 words

drive★9 alive★8 olive★8 naive★8 waive★11 chive13 kniveUK12 skive12 shive11 swive11 bliveUK10 ogive9 neiveUK8 reive8 sliveUK8 stiveUK8

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16 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in IVE (0.1%).
11 are good in NWL2023, 16 in Collins Scrabble Words, 11 in WOW24 and 11 in the Words With Friends list. 5 are everyday words.
In Scrabble points, chive scores the most (13), then knive and skive (12 each), then three words on 11.

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AVE EVE LVE OVE RVE UVE

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A685 B60 C127 D828 E1,521 F84 G143 H372 I285 J4 K262 L478 M185 N529 O385 P150 Q4 R669 S3,954 T729 U65 V4 W63 X72 Y1,291 Z33

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