9-Letter Words Ending in IVE
We found 136 9-letter words ending in IVE. Common examples are ADDICTIVE, ADJECTIVE, ASSERTIVE, ATTENTIVE. Bold words are common everyday words; the number shows Scrabble points.
136words
BIJECTIVEtop score (23 pts)
ADDICTIVEcommon word
9-letter words (136)
- addictive16
- adjective22
- assertive12
- attentive12
- combative18
- conducive17
- deceptive17
- defective18
- defensive16
- detective15
- digestive14
- directive15
- effective20
- evocative17
- excessive21
- exclusive21
- executive21
- expensive21
- explosive21
- extensive19
- impulsive16
- incentive14
- intensive12
- intuitive12
- inventive15
- lucrative14
- narrative12
- objective23
- obsessive14
- offensive18
- operative14
- overdrive16
- primitive16
- proactive16
- receptive16
- reclusive14
- repulsive14
- secretive14
- seductive15
- selective14
- sensitive12
- talkative16
- tentative12
- acceptive18
- accretive16
- adductive16
- adjustive20
- admissive15
- advective18
- adventive16
- affective20
- agitative13
- ascensive14
- assuasive12
- bijective23
- bioactive16
- calmative16
- caressive14
- causative14
- cognitive15
- collusive14
- corrasive14
- corrosive14
- decretive15
- deductive16
- depletive15
- detersive13
- diffusive19
- educative15
- emanative14
- embracive18
- emulative14
- exceptive23
- excursive21
- expansive21
- expletive21
- expulsive21
- extortive19
- extrusive19
- exudative20
- factitive17
- forgetive16
- formative17
- fricative17
- gerundive14
- hortative15
- imitative14
- impactive18
- impassive16
- implosive16
- inceptive16
- inclusive14
- inductive15
- infective17
- ingestive13
- injective21
- intrusive12
- invective17
- inversive15
- irruptive14
- iterative12
- laudative13
- mediative15
- nonnative12
- normative14
- nutritive12
- obtrusive14
- occlusive16
- ostensive12
- oxidative20
- partitive14
- pervasive17
- placative16
- plaintive14
- pollutive14
- portative14
- prelusive14
- privative17
- probative16
- promotive16
- purgative15
- purposive16
- radiative13
- recessive14
- recursive14
- reductive15
- reflexive22
- rejective21
- resistive12
- retentive12
- revulsive15
- seclusive14
- suffusive18
- summative16
- undeceive15
- violative15
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Frequently asked questions
How many 9-letter words ending in IVE are there?
There are 136 9-letter words ending in IVE in our word list, for example ADDICTIVE.
What is the highest scoring 9-letter word ending in ive in Scrabble?
BIJECTIVE scores 23 points in Scrabble (before bonus squares) and 28 points in Words With Friends.