Words Ending In VES
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There are 512 words that end in VES in the ENABLE list, which is roughly 0.30% of the words Letterpile uses. Lengths range from 4 letters (AVES and EVES) to 18 (NONREPRESENTATIVES and ULTRACONSERVATIVES). By common tile values the top scorer is ARCHCONSERVATIVES (30 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 94 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 512 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.30% |
| Longest | NONREPRESENTATIVES and ULTRACONSERVATIVES (18 letters) |
| Shortest | AVES and EVES (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | ARCHCONSERVATIVES, 30 |
| No repeated letters | 94 |
Most common letter before VES
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| I | 266 |
| A | 89 |
| O | 46 |
| L | 39 |
| E | 35 |
Patterns in this list
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 42 leave another word when the final
VESis taken off, for exampleABOVES,AGAVES,BEEVES,BELIEVESandBRAVES→ABO,AGA,BEE,BELIEandBRA. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 166 of these words.
- The average length is 9.2 letters.
- Before VES, the letter
Iappears most often (266 words).
All -VES words
4 letters 2
aves eves
5 letters 27
caves coves dives doves eaves elves faves fives gives gyves haves hives jives laves lives loves moves naves neves oaves paves raves rives roves saves waves wives
6 letters 66
aboves agaves beeves braves breves calves carves chives claves cloves corves craves curves deaves delves drives droves fauves gloves graves groves halves heaves helves hooves keeves knaves knives leaves loaves mauves naives nerves nieves ogives olives peeves pelves pooves proves reaves reeves reives salves selves serves shaves shives shoves sieves skives slaves soaves solves staves stoves swives traves troves turves valves varves verves waives weaves wolves
7 letters 45
actives alcoves arrives behaves behoves cleaves datives derives dwarves endives evolves glaives greaves grieves grooves motives natives octaves regives releves relives removes repaves revives scarves scrives sheaves sheeves shelves shrives sleaves sleeves starves steeves strives swerves thieves thraves thrives twelves unlives updives wharves wherves zouaves
8 letters 80
absolves achieves airwaves alewives approves archives beehives behalves behooves believes bereaves bivalves captives codrives commoves concaves connives cursives deceives decurves deleaves depraves deprives deserves devolves dissaves distaves elatives enclaves engraves enslaves exclaves forgives huswives improves incurves innerves involves inweaves jussives khedives lowlives midlives midwives misgives mislives mismoves missives nonlives observes oldwives outgives outlives outloves outmoves outraves passives plosives prelives receives recurves redrives relieves reproves reserves reshaves resolves revolves reweaves scrieves shrieves skydives statives survives ungloves unnerves unreeves unweaves upcurves upheaves
9 letters 75
ablatives abrasives additives adhesives agentives aggrieves auditives burgraves coderives coevolves conceives conclaves conserves contrives convolves curatives disproves disserves dissolves donatives duratives ejectives electives endleaves eruptives farmwives fishwives fixatives flyleaves folklives foxgloves fugitives genitives goodwives halflives illatives kalewives ladyloves laxatives lenitives locatives mangroves margraves misdrives negatives nonselves nosedives optatives ourselves outbraves outcurves outdrives outserves overlives overloves oversaves penknives perceives positives preserves regrooves relatives reprieves restrives retrieves ringdoves sedatives subserves tipstaves trivalves trueloves univalves vocatives vomitives werwolves
10 letters 73
aardwolves adjectives adventives afterlives autoclaves calmatives causatives champleves cookstoves corrosives cowlstaves defectives defensives detectives detersives digestives directives drawknives drawshaves effectives exclusives executives expletives explosives flagstaves forehooves formatives fricatives gerundives housewives implosives incentives inceptives intensives intrusives invectives jackknives kerchieves longleaves meatloaves microwaves misbehaves mooncalves narratives nonnatives objectives obsessives offensives operatives overdrives palsgraves pikestaves primitives privatives purgatives reapproves recessives reengraves reflexives reobserves semibreves sensitives shinleaves shortwaves superwaves superwives tentatives themselves undeceives unreserves werewolves woodstoves yourselves
11 letters 48
accusatives aftershaves apperceives appositives architraves bookshelves collectives connectives constatives copulatives correctives definitives depressives derivatives diminutives disapproves disbelieves extractives imperatives inchoatives indicatives infinitives ingressives initiatives interfluves interleaves interweaves locomotives misbelieves nominatives outachieves palliatives pejoratives pendentives perfectives possessives preapproves preventives recitatives reconceives redissolves semidwarves spokeshaves subjectives subversives sugarloaves theirselves turtledoves
12 letters 42
adversatives affirmatives affricatives alternatives antitussives appellatives attributives carminatives cloverleaves comparatives conjunctives consumptives cooperatives correlatives countermoves deverbatives diapositives disjunctives hyperactives hypotensives legislatives microgrooves misconceives misperceives nonelectives nonrelatives obstructives overachieves perspectives pocketknives preconceives preparatives prerogatives progressives provocatives restoratives restrictives shirtsleeves subcuratives subjunctives substantives superlatives
13 letters 25
augmentatives conservatives contraoctaves cryopreserves denominatives disincentives ditransitives hypertensives imperfectives interinvolves leatherleaves mantelshelves neckerchieves noneffectives nonexecutives nonexplosives nonnarratives normotensives performatives photoengraves preservatives preventatives quarterstaves reproductives underachieves
14 letters 12
anticorrosives collaboratives commemoratives contemplatives contraceptives demonstratives determinatives frequentatives handkerchieves interrogatives nonderivatives retrospectives
15 letters 7
anticonvulsives antiderivatives antisubversives contrapositives interoperatives nonprogressives representatives
16 letters 3
neoconservatives nonconservatives subcontraoctaves
17 letters 5
antihypertensives archconservatives counterincentives counteroffensives ultraprogressives
18 letters 2
nonrepresentatives ultraconservatives
Using these words
To find words ending in VES from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with VES in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???VES in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.