Words Containing VES
We found 710 words containing VES. Common examples are ADDITIVES, ADJECTIVES, AIRWAVES, ALTERNATIVES. Bold words are common everyday words; the number shows Scrabble points.
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HANDKERCHIEVEStop score (30 pts)
ADDITIVEScommon word
4-letter words (3)
5-letter words (29)
6-letter words (80)
- calves11
- cloves11
- craves11
- curves11
- divest10
- drives10
- droves10
- gloves10
- graves10
- groves10
- halves12
- hooves12
- invest9
- knives13
- leaves9
- nerves9
- olives9
- proves11
- reeves9
- selves9
- serves9
- shaves12
- shoves12
- slaves9
- solves9
- valves12
- vessel9
- vested10
- wolves12
- aboves11
- agaves10
- beeves11
- braves11
- breves11
- carves11
- chives14
- claves11
- corves11
- deaves10
- delves10
- devest10
- fauves12
- heaves12
- helves12
- keeves13
- knaves13
- livest9
- loaves9
- mauves11
- naives9
- nieves9
- ogives10
- peeves11
- pelves11
- pooves11
- reaves9
- reives9
- revest9
- salves9
- shives12
- sieves9
- skives13
- soaves9
- staves9
- stoves9
- swives12
- traves9
- troves9
- turves9
- varves12
- verves12
- vesica11
- vesper11
- vespid12
- vestal9
- vestas9
- vestee9
- vestry12
- waives12
- weaves12
7-letter words (68)
- arrives10
- bravest12
- derives11
- dwarves14
- gravest11
- grieves11
- harvest13
- motives12
- natives10
- removes12
- scarves12
- shelves13
- sleeves10
- thieves13
- thrives13
- vespers12
- vessels10
- wharves16
- actives12
- alcoves12
- behaves15
- behoves15
- cleaves12
- datives11
- devests11
- divests11
- endives11
- evolves13
- glaives11
- greaves11
- grooves11
- invests10
- lievest10
- naivest10
- octaves12
- regives11
- releves10
- relives10
- repaves12
- revests10
- revives13
- scrives12
- sheaves13
- sheeves13
- shrives13
- sleaves10
- starves10
- steeves10
- strives10
- suavest10
- swerves13
- thraves13
- twelves13
- unlives10
- updives13
- vesicae12
- vesical12
- vesicle12
- vespids13
- vespine12
- vestals10
- vestees10
- vestige11
- vesting11
- vestral10
- vesture10
- wherves16
- zouaves19
8-letter words (110)
- airwaves14
- archives16
- behooves16
- believes13
- captives15
- deserves12
- forgives15
- improves15
- invested12
- involves14
- lovesick17
- midwives17
- receives13
- reserves11
- revolves14
- survives14
- travesty14
- absolves13
- achieves16
- alewives14
- approves15
- beehives16
- behalves16
- bereaves13
- bivalves16
- codrives14
- commoves17
- concaves15
- connives13
- cursives13
- deceives14
- decurves14
- deleaves12
- depraves14
- deprives14
- devested13
- devolves15
- dissaves12
- distaves12
- divested13
- elatives11
- enclaves13
- engraves12
- enslaves11
- exclaves20
- harvests14
- huswives17
- incurves13
- innerves11
- investor11
- inweaves14
- jussives18
- khedives19
- lovesome13
- lowlives14
- midlives14
- misgives14
- mislives13
- mismoves15
- missives13
- nonlives11
- observes13
- oldwives15
- outgives12
- outlives11
- outloves11
- outmoves13
- outraves11
- passives13
- plosives13
- prelives13
- recurves13
- redrives12
- reinvest11
- relieves11
- reproves13
- reshaves14
- resolves11
- revested12
- reweaves14
- scrieves13
- shrieves14
- skydives19
- statives11
- ungloves12
- unnerves11
- unreeves11
- unweaves14
- upcurves15
- upheaves16
- vesicant13
- vesicate13
- vesicles13
- vesicula13
- vesperal13
- vespiary16
- vesseled12
- vestally14
- vestiary14
- vestiges12
- vestigia12
- vestings12
- vestless11
- vestlike15
- vestment13
- vestries11
- vestural11
- vestured12
- vestures11
- vesuvian14
9-letter words (102)
- additives14
- dissolves13
- eavesdrop15
- fugitives16
- investing13
- investors12
- laxatives19
- livestock18
- negatives13
- ourselves12
- positives14
- preserves14
- relatives12
- sedatives13
- vestibule14
- vestigial13
- ablatives14
- abrasives14
- adhesives16
- agentives13
- aggrieves14
- auditives13
- burgraves15
- coderives15
- coevolves17
- conceives16
- conclaves16
- conserves14
- contrives14
- convolves17
- curatives14
- devesting14
- disinvest13
- disproves15
- disserves13
- divesting14
- donatives13
- duratives13
- ejectives21
- electives14
- endleaves13
- eruptives14
- farmwives20
- fishwives21
- fixatives22
- flyleaves18
- folklives19
- foxgloves23
- genitives13
- goodwives17
- graveside14
- halflives18
- harvested16
- harvester15
- illatives12
- kalewives19
- ladyloves16
- lenitives12
- locatives14
- mangroves15
- margraves15
- misdrives15
- nonselves12
- nosedives13
- optatives14
- outbraves14
- outcurves14
- outdrives13
- outserves12
- overlives15
- overloves15
- oversaves15
- penknives18
- perceives16
- regrooves13
- reinvests12
- reprieves14
- restrives12
- retrieves12
- revesting13
- ringdoves14
- subserves14
- tipstaves14
- trivalves15
- trueloves12
- univalves15
- vesicants14
- vesicated15
- vesicates14
- vesiculae14
- vesicular14
- vesperals14
- vestigium15
- vestments14
- vestryman17
- vestrymen17
- vesturing13
- vesuvians15
- vocatives17
- vomitives17
- waveshape20
- werwolves18
10-letter words (104)
- adjectives23
- detectives16
- executives22
- explosives22
- housewives19
- incentives15
- investment15
- objectives24
- operatives15
- themselves18
- werewolves19
- yourselves16
- aardwolves17
- adventives17
- afterlives16
- autoclaves15
- calmatives17
- causatives15
- champleves22
- coinvestor15
- cookstoves19
- corrosives15
- cowlstaves18
- defectives19
- defensives17
- detersives14
- digestives15
- directives16
- disinvests14
- divestment16
- drawknives21
- drawshaves20
- driveshaft20
- eavesdrops16
- effectives21
- effervesce21
- exclusives22
- expletives22
- flagstaves17
- forehooves19
- formatives18
- fricatives18
- gerundives15
- gravesides15
- gravestone14
- harvesters16
- harvesting17
- harvestman18
- harvestmen18
- implosives17
- inceptives17
- intensives13
- intrusives13
- invectives18
- investable15
- jackknives30
- kerchieves22
- livestocks19
- longleaves14
- meatloaves15
- microwaves20
- misbehaves20
- mooncalves17
- narratives13
- nonnatives13
- obsessives15
- offensives19
- overdrives17
- palsgraves16
- pikestaves19
- positivest15
- preharvest18
- primitives17
- privatives18
- purgatives16
- reapproves17
- recessives15
- reengraves14
- reflexives23
- reinvested14
- reobserves15
- semibreves17
- sensitives13
- shinleaves16
- shortwaves19
- stavesacre15
- superwaves18
- superwives18
- tentatives13
- travestied14
- travesties13
- undeceives16
- unreserves13
- vesicating16
- vesiculate15
- vespertine15
- vespiaries15
- vestiaries13
- vestibular15
- vestibuled16
- vestibules15
- vestmental15
- waveshapes21
- woodstoves17
11-letter words (72)
- bookshelves23
- disapproves19
- initiatives14
- investigate15
- investments16
- accusatives18
- aftershaves20
- apperceives20
- appositives18
- architraves19
- coinvestors16
- collectives18
- connectives18
- constatives16
- copulatives18
- correctives18
- definitives18
- depressives17
- derivatives18
- diminutives17
- disbelieves17
- disinvested16
- divestiture15
- divestments17
- driveshafts21
- effervesced23
- effervesces22
- extractives23
- gravestones15
- harvestable19
- harvesttime19
- imperatives18
- inchoatives19
- indicatives17
- infinitives17
- ingressives15
- interfluves17
- interleaves14
- interweaves17
- investiture14
- locomotives18
- misbelieves18
- nominatives16
- outachieves19
- overharvest20
- palliatives16
- pejoratives23
- pendentives17
- perfectives21
- possessives16
- postharvest19
- preapproves20
- preharvests19
- preventives19
- recitatives16
- reconceives18
- redissolves15
- reinvesting15
- semidwarves20
- spokeshaves23
- stavesacres16
- subjectives25
- subversives19
- sugarloaves15
- theirselves17
- travestying18
- turtledoves15
- unharvested18
- vesiculated17
- vesiculates16
- vestigially18
- vesuvianite17
12-letter words (63)
- alternatives15
- eavesdropped21
- investigated17
- investigates16
- investigator16
- perspectives21
- transvestite15
- adversatives19
- affirmatives23
- affricatives23
- antitussives15
- appellatives19
- attributives17
- carminatives19
- cloverleaves20
- comparatives21
- conjunctives26
- consumptives21
- cooperatives19
- correlatives17
- countermoves19
- deverbatives21
- diapositives18
- disinvesting17
- disjunctives25
- divestitures16
- eavesdropper20
- effervescent23
- effervescing24
- harvesttimes20
- hyperactives25
- hypotensives23
- investitures15
- legislatives16
- lovesickness21
- microgrooves20
- misconceives21
- misperceives21
- nonelectives17
- nonrelatives15
- obstructives19
- overachieves23
- overharvests21
- pocketknives27
- preconceives21
- preparatives19
- prerogatives18
- progressives18
- provocatives22
- reinvestment17
- restoratives15
- restrictives17
- shirtsleeves18
- subcuratives19
- subjunctives26
- substantives17
- superlatives17
- transvestism17
- vesicularity20
- vesiculating18
- vesiculation17
- vespertilian17
- vesuvianites18
13-letter words (41)
- eavesdropping22
- investigating18
- investigation17
- investigative20
- investigators17
- preservatives21
- transvestites16
- augmentatives19
- conservatives21
- contraoctaves20
- cryopreserves23
- defervescence24
- denominatives19
- disincentives19
- disinvestment19
- ditransitives17
- eavesdroppers21
- effervescence26
- hypertensives24
- imperfectives25
- interinvolves19
- investigatory20
- leatherleaves19
- mantelshelves21
- neckerchieves27
- noneffectives24
- nonexecutives25
- nonexplosives25
- nonnarratives16
- normotensives18
- overharvested23
- performatives23
- photoengraves22
- preventatives21
- quarterstaves25
- reinvestigate17
- reinvestments18
- reproductives21
- transvestisms18
- underachieves22
- vesiculations18
14-letter words (24)
- contraceptives23
- investigations18
- anticorrosives19
- coinvestigator20
- collaboratives21
- commemoratives25
- contemplatives23
- defervescences25
- demonstratives20
- determinatives20
- disinvestments20
- effervescences27
- effervescently28
- frequentatives29
- handkerchieves30
- interrogatives18
- lovesicknesses23
- nonderivatives21
- overharvesting24
- overinvestment22
- reinvestigated19
- reinvestigates18
- retrospectives21
- vesicularities19
15-letter words (14)
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Frequently asked questions
How many words containing VES are there?
There are 710 words containing VES in our word list, for example ADDITIVES.
What is the highest scoring word containing ves in Scrabble?
HANDKERCHIEVES scores 30 points in Scrabble (before bonus squares) and 31 points in Words With Friends.