Words that contain 'et' and end in 've'


There are well over 100 words possible, so you are sure to find the ideal words that have 'et' in and end with 've' .

5 letter words

  • etuve

7 letter words

  • chetive

8 letter words

  • beetrave
  • deletive
  • quietive
  • rethrive
  • retrieve
  • vegetive
  • vetitive

9 letter words

  • accretive
  • decretive
  • depletive
  • detective
  • detentive
  • detersive
  • detrusive
  • excretive
  • expletive
  • forgetive
  • impletive
  • repletive
  • retardive
  • retentive
  • retortive
  • retrusive
  • secretive

10 letter words

  • appetitive
  • completive
  • concretive
  • detonative
  • detractive
  • discretive
  • hebetative
  • pretensive
  • repetitive
  • retractive
  • retreative
  • splenetive
  • suppletive
  • vegetative

11 letter words

  • acetylative
  • competitive
  • impetrative
  • irretentive
  • nonvegetive
  • penetrative
  • preteritive
  • retaliative
  • retardative
  • retributive
  • retroactive
  • undecretive
  • unretentive
  • unsecretive

12 letter words

  • accompletive
  • interpretive
  • nonaccretive
  • nondepletive
  • nonretentive
  • nonsecretive
  • petrifactive
  • pretentative
  • preternative
  • retrocessive
  • retropulsive
  • undetractive
  • unrepetitive
  • unretractive

13 letter words

  • archdetective
  • deteriorative
  • determinative
  • impenetrative
  • magnetomotive
  • metainfective
  • nondetractive
  • nonrepetitive
  • nonvegetative
  • retrogressive
  • retrospective
  • uncompetitive
  • unpenetrative
  • unretaliative
  • unretributive
  • unretroactive

14 letter words

  • interpretative
  • noncompetitive
  • nonretardative
  • nonretroactive
  • retransmissive
  • retrocognitive
  • retrodirective
  • supersecretive
  • uninterpretive

15 letter words

  • anticompetitive
  • indeterminative
  • overcompetitive
  • retrogenerative
  • retroreflective
  • undeteriorative
  • unretrogressive

16 letter words

  • interpenetrative
  • magnetostrictive
  • nondeterminative
  • predeterminative
  • uninterpretative

17 letter words

  • noninterpretative
  • preinterpretative
  • pseudocompetitive

18 letter words

  • heterofermentative

What word that has 'et' in and ends with 've' is the most unusual?
'Forgetive' is definitely the most interesting word from our list of words that have 'et' in and end with 've'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'forgetive' means "Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak.".

Which word in particular from this list has the largest letter count?
'Heterofermentative' has 18 letters, and is the biggest word that's possible to make from the specified combination.

What's the highest possible score you can get in Scrabble from this list of words containing 'et' and ending with 've'?
Given there are a considerable 109 entries, you may want to pick 'quietive' scoring 20 points in total.

Is there a word on this page that jumps out as the most common?
The most well-known word for your request is 'detective'.

In total, how many words are there using these particular combinations of letters?
You can select up to a maximum of 109 entries using our page of words containing 'et' and ending with 've'.