Words that contain 'l' and end in 'ive'


Pick out up to an extensive 606 words for words that have 'l' in and end with 'ive'.

4 letter words

  • live

5 letter words

  • alive
  • clive
  • olive
  • slive

6 letter words

  • belive
  • enlive
  • glaive
  • lative
  • lixive
  • luxive
  • relive
  • unlive

7 letter words

  • cultive
  • declive
  • dislive
  • elative
  • elecive
  • elusive
  • flative
  • flexive
  • fluxive
  • forlive
  • lawgive
  • lessive
  • mislive
  • nonlive
  • outlive
  • plosive
  • pulsive
  • realive
  • unalive

8 letter words

  • ablative
  • allative
  • allusive
  • celative
  • delative
  • deletive
  • delusive
  • dilative
  • dilutive
  • elective
  • emulsive
  • floative
  • forelive
  • illative
  • illusive
  • laxative
  • legative
  • lenitive
  • ligative
  • limitive
  • locative
  • maladive
  • overlive
  • palative
  • plausive
  • proclive
  • relative
  • solutive
  • subolive
  • volitive

9 letter words

  • applosive
  • appulsive
  • biplosive
  • calmative
  • clamative
  • collative
  • collisive
  • collusive
  • depletive
  • divulsive
  • elocutive
  • emulative
  • evolutive
  • exclusive
  • expletive
  • explosive
  • expulsive
  • flotative
  • illapsive
  • impletive
  • implosive
  • impulsive
  • inclusive
  • inflative
  • inflexive
  • influxive
  • isolative
  • lambitive
  • lamentive
  • laudative
  • lucrative
  • occlusive
  • olfactive
  • perlative
  • placative
  • plaintive
  • plicative
  • plurative
  • pollutive
  • prelusive
  • prolative
  • pulldrive
  • pulsative
  • reclusive
  • reflexive

10 letter words

  • absolutive
  • afflictive
  • alimentive
  • allocutive
  • alterative
  • ambulative
  • ampliative
  • applausive
  • assaultive
  • babblative
  • collective
  • colorative
  • completive
  • complexive
  • compulsive
  • conclusive
  • consultive
  • convulsive
  • copulative
  • corelative
  • cumulative
  • deflective
  • delegative
  • desolative
  • devolutive
  • dilatative
  • disclosive
  • ebullitive
  • elongative
  • evaluative
  • exaltative
  • exploitive
  • faculative
  • famulative
  • floatative
  • inflective
  • inflictive
  • irrelative
  • jaculative
  • klendusive
  • lacerative
  • levitative
  • liberative
  • limitative
  • locomotive

11 letter words

  • acetylative
  • alleviative
  • altercative
  • alternative
  • amplicative
  • appellative
  • applicative
  • calculative
  • calefactive
  • celebrative
  • circulative
  • coagulative
  • coexclusive
  • colligative
  • collocative
  • colourative
  • commulative
  • conflictive
  • congelative
  • convolutive
  • correlative
  • culminative
  • cultivative
  • declarative
  • deglutitive
  • delineative
  • disillusive
  • dissolutive
  • duplicative
  • ejaculative
  • elaborative
  • eliminative
  • elucidative
  • exclamative
  • exculpative
  • exfoliative
  • explanative
  • explicative
  • explorative
  • facultative
  • glutinative
  • granulative
  • humiliative
  • implicative
  • inculcative

12 letter words

  • accelerative
  • accompletive
  • accumulative
  • albificative
  • alimentative
  • alliterative
  • amalgamative
  • ameliorative
  • annihilative
  • articulative
  • assimilative
  • auscultative
  • calumniative
  • chylifactive
  • colliquative
  • compellative
  • complaintive
  • complicative
  • compulsative
  • conciliative
  • consultative
  • debilitative
  • deliberative
  • delimitative
  • deoppilative
  • depopulative
  • dissolvative
  • edulcorative
  • emasculative
  • exhilarative
  • exploitative
  • exulcerative
  • facilitative
  • flagellative
  • illucidative
  • illuminative
  • illustrative
  • inconclusive
  • infiltrative
  • inflammative
  • intellective
  • intropulsive
  • irreflective
  • liquefactive
  • maladjustive

13 letter words

  • acculturative
  • agglomerative
  • agglutinative
  • amplificative
  • antireflexive
  • coalternative
  • collaborative
  • conflagrative
  • consolidative
  • contemplative
  • dissemilative
  • dissimilative
  • dissimulative
  • electromotive
  • enculturative
  • equilibrative
  • expostulative
  • extrapolative
  • gesticulative
  • hallucinative
  • idiorepulsive
  • induplicative
  • intercalative
  • interlocutive
  • interpolative
  • noncollective
  • noncompulsive
  • nonconclusive
  • noncumulative
  • nondeflective
  • nonlaminative
  • nonlimitative
  • nonpalliative
  • nonreflective
  • nonregulative
  • nonsimulative
  • nontolerative
  • overinclusive
  • overinflative
  • overtalkative
  • philogenitive
  • proliferative
  • qualificative
  • reduplicative
  • repullulative

14 letter words

  • anticonvulsive
  • autoregulative
  • conglomerative
  • conglutinative
  • defibrillative
  • disciplinative
  • multiplicative
  • nonapplicative
  • noncalculative
  • noncoagulative
  • nonconflictive
  • noncorrelative
  • nondeclarative
  • nondelineative
  • nonduplicative
  • nonelaborative
  • noneliminative
  • nonelucidative
  • nonexplanative
  • nonexplicative
  • nonexplorative
  • nonfacultative
  • nonimplicative
  • noninoculative
  • nonlegislative
  • nonqualitative
  • nonspeculative
  • nonstimulative
  • nonventilative
  • overreflective
  • postconvulsive
  • prelegislative
  • prolegislative
  • recapitulative
  • reconciliative
  • rehabilitative
  • simplificative
  • superinclusive
  • ultraexcessive
  • ultraexclusive
  • ultrainclusive
  • unaccelerative
  • unaccumulative
  • unalimentative
  • unalliterative

15 letter words

  • anticoagulative
  • cirrocumulative
  • complementative
  • complimentative
  • disassimilative
  • electronegative
  • electropositive
  • exemplificative
  • locodescriptive
  • nonaccelerative
  • nonaccumulative
  • nonalliterative
  • nonarticulative
  • nonassimilative
  • nonconsultative
  • nondebilitative
  • nonilluminative
  • nonillustrative
  • nonmanipulative
  • nonrecollective
  • overspeculative
  • overstimulative
  • phosphorylative
  • retroreflective
  • semilegislative
  • semispeculative
  • subarticulative
  • ultrapersuasive
  • unagglomerative
  • uncollaborative
  • uncontemplative
  • ungesticulative
  • uninterpolative

16 letter words

  • automanipulative
  • electroreceptive
  • electrosensitive
  • electrostrictive
  • hemagglutinative
  • hyperspeculative
  • hypersuperlative
  • isoagglutinative
  • nonagglomerative
  • nonagglutinative
  • noncollaborative
  • noncontemplative
  • noninterpolative
  • overillustrative
  • philoprogenitive
  • unconglutinative
  • unmultiplicative

17 letter words

  • antiagglutinative
  • electroconvulsive
  • electrodispersive
  • electropercussive
  • haemagglutinative
  • maladministrative
  • nonmultiplicative
  • overgesticulative
  • pseudoapplicative
  • pseudolegislative
  • subtersuperlative
  • ultraconservative

18 letter words

  • myeloproliferative
  • unltraconservative

19 letter words

  • thermoelectromotive

What's the highest score you can get in Scrabble using this list of words containing 'l' and ending with 'ive'?
Since there are a massive 606 entries, your best choice is to choose 'flexive' scoring 20 points.

How many letters are in the longest word on this page?
The longest word that's possible to derive from the combination searched for is 'thermoelectromotive', which has 19 characters.

What word from this page is the most unique?
Our favorite unusual word from this list goes to 'prelusive'. 'Prelusive' is defined as "Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating that something of a like kind is to follow. "Prelusive drops." Thomson. -- Pre*lu"sive*ly, adv.", according to the dictionary.

In total, how many words are available using this combination of letters?
In total, you can make 606 words.

Which word on this page is the most common?
Ranking as the 513th most common word, you'll want to ensure that you've got 'live' written down.