5-Letter Words Ending In IVE

5 common words and 17 valid guesses end in "IVE". The ending is locked — narrow further by starting letter.

5 common words17 valid words

Common Words (5)

Words most likely to be the answer.

olive
alive
waive
naive
drive

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (12)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ative
chive
clive
knive
ogive
reive
shive
skive
slive
stive
swive
wrive

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 17 matches.

Most common letters

i17
v17
e17
s5
a4
l4
r3
w3
t2
c2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is s, appearing in 5 of 17 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 11 with 2 unique vowels
  • 6 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common openings

  • al- · 1 words
  • at- · 1 words
  • ch- · 1 words
  • cl- · 1 words
  • dr- · 1 words

Strategy

Only 5 answers end in "IVE" — you're one good guess away.

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