Words with 'a' as the first letter that end with 've'


One can select from an extensive list of 253 entries for words that start with 'a' and end with 've'.

3 letter words

  • ave

5 letter words

  • abave
  • above
  • agave
  • alive
  • amove
  • awave

6 letter words

  • active
  • admove
  • alcove
  • alleve
  • argive
  • arrive
  • asweve

7 letter words

  • absolve
  • abusive
  • achieve
  • aestive
  • airwave
  • amative
  • amusive
  • apojove
  • appreve
  • approve
  • archive
  • ascrive
  • asserve
  • athrive

8 letter words

  • abditive
  • abessive
  • ablative
  • aborsive
  • abortive
  • abrasive
  • accusive
  • adaptive
  • additive
  • adessive
  • adhesive
  • adoptive
  • adustive
  • advisive
  • agentive
  • aggrieve
  • allative
  • allusive
  • annexive
  • antenave
  • arrosive
  • auditive
  • aurilave
  • aversive
  • avertive

9 letter words

  • abjective
  • acceptive
  • accessive
  • accretive
  • aconative
  • acurative
  • addictive
  • adductive
  • adjective
  • adjustive
  • admissive
  • advancive
  • advective
  • adventive
  • adversive
  • aerocurve
  • affective
  • afterlove
  • agitative
  • animative
  • aperitive
  • appeasive
  • applosive
  • appulsive
  • archknave
  • arrestive
  • ascensive
  • aspersive
  • assausive
  • assentive
  • assertive
  • assistive
  • assortive
  • assuasive
  • attentive
  • attestive
  • attritive
  • autoclave
  • autovalve
  • avocative
  • awunctive

10 letter words

  • abdicative
  • aberrative
  • abjunctive
  • abnegative
  • abrogative
  • absolutive
  • absorptive
  • abstersive
  • accusative
  • acervative
  • acutograve
  • adaptative
  • adequative
  • adjunctive
  • admirative
  • admonitive
  • adoptative
  • adsorptive
  • advocative
  • affinitive
  • afflictive
  • affrontive
  • aftergrave
  • aftershave
  • aggressive
  • airbrasive
  • alimentive
  • allocutive
  • alterative
  • ambulative
  • ampliative
  • amputative
  • annotative
  • apodictive
  • apperceive
  • appetitive
  • applausive
  • appointive
  • appositive
  • appraisive
  • architrave
  • arrogative
  • ascriptive
  • assaultive
  • assumptive

11 letter words

  • abstractive
  • acetylative
  • acquisitive
  • adscriptive
  • adumbrative
  • adversative
  • affirmative
  • afformative
  • affricative
  • aggravative
  • aggregative
  • alleviative
  • altercative
  • alternative
  • ambiversive
  • amplicative
  • anoxidative
  • antierosive
  • antitussive
  • appellative
  • applicative
  • approbative
  • arbitrative
  • argumentive
  • assertative
  • associative
  • assortative
  • attenuative
  • attestative
  • attributive
  • autoceptive

12 letter words

  • abirritative
  • accelerative
  • accompletive
  • accumulative
  • adjudicative
  • affinitative
  • albificative
  • alimentative
  • alliterative
  • amalgamative
  • ameliorative
  • angusticlave
  • annihilative
  • annunciative
  • anticipative
  • anticreative
  • antireactive
  • apperceptive
  • appreciative
  • apprehensive
  • architective
  • articulative
  • asphyxiative
  • asseverative
  • assimilative
  • augmentative
  • auscultative
  • autopositive

13 letter words

  • accommodative
  • acculturative
  • agglomerative
  • agglutinative
  • amplificative
  • animadversive
  • anticorrosive
  • antinarrative
  • antireductive
  • antireflexive
  • antisiccative
  • appropriative
  • approximative
  • archdetective
  • aregenerative
  • argumentative
  • assassinative
  • authoritative
  • autodigestive
  • autoeducative
  • autoinductive

14 letter words

  • administrative
  • antiaggressive
  • anticogitative
  • anticonvulsive
  • antidepressive
  • antiderivative
  • antiexpressive
  • antimedicative
  • antiproductive
  • autoregressive
  • autoregulative
  • autosuggestive

15 letter words

  • anticoagulative
  • anticommutative
  • anticompetitive
  • antiprogressive
  • autoprogressive

16 letter words

  • anticonscriptive
  • anticonservative
  • antifermentative
  • antihypertensive
  • antiputrefactive
  • automanipulative

17 letter words

  • antiagglutinative
  • anticonfederative

18 letter words

  • archrepresentative

How many actual words can you make with this combination of letters?
There are 253 words you could use for words that start with 'a' and end with 've'.

How many letters are in the biggest word on this page?
Try 'archrepresentative', which is made up of 18 characters.

Which word on this page ranks as the most common?
The most popular word is 'above', which is actually the 386th most common word in the dictionary.

What's a weird word on this page of words that start with 'a' and end with 've'?
Standing as our favorite unusual word on this page is 'arrive'. The dictionary defines it as "1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." Shak. [ÆNeas] sailing with a...".

What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble with the requested combination ?
Considering the huge assortment of words from which to select, your best bet is 'apojove' which scores 19 points.