8-Letter Words Ending With IVE
Browse 8-letter words that end with IVE. Suffix-focused lists like this help you spot hook opportunities and validate crossword entries before you commit tiles.
This page summarises 166 valid words — mean length 8, mean score 13.7.
- Total words
- 166
- Avg length
- 8 letters
- Avg Scrabble score
- 13.7 pts
- Highest scoring
- fixative (21 pts)
- Longest word
- fixative (8 letters)
- High-value letter words
- 14(8%)
- Words containing Q, X, Z, J, K (8–10 pt tiles)
About this word list
Our dictionary returns 166 matches — a deep pool for anagram practice, crossword solving, and vocabulary building. Scrabble players will notice 14 words carrying Q, X, Z, J, or K — letters that separate casual players from competitive ones. Suffix patterns such as -VE, -IVE appear frequently here and are high-yield targets in both Scrabble and Words with Friends. For quick wins, prioritise fixative (21 pts) — they lead this list on raw tile value. Daily Wordle solvers benefit from lists like this when a letter pattern repeats across puzzles; knowing valid words in advance reduces wasted guesses. Words with Friends shares most of these entries; the average score of 13.7 points reflects standard tile values without board multipliers. With a vowel ratio of 0.49, this list favours vowel-rich racks.
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Strategy & study tips
Premium letters drive the top of this list. Prioritise words with Q, X, Z, J, or K when double- and triple-letter squares are open — raw tile value here often exceeds 15 points before multipliers. About 8% of sampled words include a high-value letter (Q, X, Z, J, or K) — useful when planning premium-square plays.
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Top words preview
Scrabble-focused summaries for high-value entries (not full dictionary definitions). Tap a word for score breakdowns and anagrams.
- FIXATIVE (8 letters, 21 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- EJECTIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry.
- EQUATIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — vowel-heavy playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- EXACTIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- EXCITIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- EXCUSIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
- JUNCTIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — balanced vowels and consonants playable entry.
- QUIETIVE (8 letters, 20 Scrabble pts) — vowel-heavy playable entry. Includes rare letters (Q, X, or Z) prized in competitive Scrabble.
Word list
8-letter words
- fixative21 pts
- ejective20 pts
- equative20 pts
- exactive20 pts
- excitive20 pts
- excusive20 pts
- junctive20 pts
- quietive20 pts
- annexive18 pts
- exertive18 pts
- jurative18 pts
- laxative18 pts
- taxative18 pts
- effusive17 pts
- cohesive16 pts
- evincive16 pts
- skindive16 pts
- vocative16 pts
- vomitive16 pts
- accusive15 pts
- adhesive15 pts
- advisive15 pts
- coactive15 pts
- coercive15 pts
- conceive15 pts
- conscive15 pts
- cooptive15 pts
- crescive15 pts
- deducive15 pts
- divisive15 pts
- fordrive15 pts
- fugitive15 pts
- immotive15 pts
- occasive15 pts
- overgive15 pts
- pacative15 pts
- perceive15 pts
- practive15 pts
- proclive15 pts
- redivive15 pts
- vegetive15 pts
- abditive14 pts
- adaptive14 pts
- adoptive14 pts
- aversive14 pts
- avertive14 pts
- coderive14 pts
- decisive14 pts
- descrive14 pts
- discrive14 pts
- eductive14 pts
- eversive14 pts
- finitive14 pts
- floative14 pts
- forelive14 pts
- fruitive14 pts
- inducive14 pts
- infusive14 pts
- inhesive14 pts
- invasive14 pts
- maladive14 pts
- misdrive14 pts
- novative14 pts
- overlive14 pts
- predrive14 pts
- recidive14 pts
- refusive14 pts
- rethrive14 pts
- seducive14 pts
- unthrive14 pts
- vetitive14 pts
- volitive14 pts
- abessive13 pts
- ablative13 pts
- aborsive13 pts
- abortive13 pts
- abrasive13 pts
- additive13 pts
- boastive13 pts
- caritive13 pts
- celative13 pts
- conative13 pts
- contrive13 pts
- creative13 pts
- curative13 pts
- elective13 pts
- emissive13 pts
- emulsive13 pts
- enactive13 pts
- erective13 pts
- eruptive13 pts
- inactive13 pts
- incisive13 pts
- incitive13 pts
- limitive13 pts
- locative13 pts
- maestive13 pts
- monitive13 pts
- mutative13 pts
- omissive13 pts
- optative13 pts
- orective13 pts
- palative13 pts
- plausive13 pts
- positive13 pts
- potative13 pts
- pressive13 pts
- punitive13 pts
- putative13 pts
- reactive13 pts
- remotive13 pts
- sorptive13 pts
- sportive13 pts
- spurtive13 pts
- subolive13 pts
- tractive13 pts
- unactive13 pts
- upstrive13 pts
- adessive12 pts
- adustive12 pts
- agentive12 pts
- auditive12 pts
- delative12 pts
- deletive12 pts
- delusive12 pts
- denotive12 pts
- derisive12 pts
- desitive12 pts
- dilative12 pts
- dilutive12 pts
- donative12 pts
- durative12 pts
- egestive12 pts
- ergative12 pts
- genitive12 pts
- guessive12 pts
- guestive12 pts
- ideative12 pts
- ignitive12 pts
- indutive12 pts
- legative12 pts
- ligative12 pts
- negative12 pts
- nosedive12 pts
- outdrive12 pts
- regitive12 pts
- rogative12 pts
- sedative12 pts
- allative11 pts
- allusive11 pts
- arrosive11 pts
- illative11 pts
- illusive11 pts
- inessive11 pts
- innative11 pts
- lenitive11 pts
- notative11 pts
- rearrive11 pts
- relative11 pts
- restrive11 pts
- rotative11 pts
- sanative11 pts
- solutive11 pts
- totitive11 pts
- tristive11 pts
- unnative11 pts
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Frequently asked questions
- When should I use a length-specific ending list?
- Use it when you know both the word size and the suffix — common for Wordle greens, crossword entries, and hook planning in Scrabble.
- How many words match this pattern?
- Our dictionary contains 166 words matching this pattern. The average length is 8 letters and the average Scrabble score is 13.7 points. The highest-scoring entry shown is fixative (21 pts).
- Are there high-scoring words in this list?
- 14 words in this sample include premium letters (Q, X, Z, J, or K). These are strong candidates for double- and triple-letter square plays in Scrabble.
- Is this page useful for Wordle?
- Yes. Wordle uses 5-letter words, so length-filtered lists and pattern pages help you validate guesses and build a mental dictionary of allowed combinations before you play.
- Are these valid Scrabble words?
- Yes. Results are drawn from a standard English word list that aligns closely with the official Scrabble dictionary. All displayed words are accepted in competitive Scrabble play.
- Can I use these words in Words with Friends?
- Most Scrabble-valid words are also legal in Words with Friends. The two games use slightly different word lists, but the overlap is large. Use this list as a solid starting point for either game.
- How are the point scores calculated?
- Scores are the raw sum of standard Scrabble letter values (A=1, B=3, C=3, D=2 … Z=10) without board multipliers. Higher-scoring words contain rarer letters like Q, X, or Z.
- Can I combine multiple pattern filters?
- Yes. Use the Pattern Finder to combine starts-with, ends-with, contains, exact length, include letters, and exclude letters in a single search — the same engine that powers these curated lists.
- How many words are in the dictionary?
- The dictionary contains over 350 000 English words, covering everything from common 2-letter words to rare 15-letter entries, with proper nouns and abbreviations excluded.
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