Words that end in tives

We found 150 words ending with tives for word games like Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Highest scoring words ending with tives suffix

WordsScrabble pointsWords With Friends points
Votives1315
Motives1214
Actives1214
Datives1112
Natives1012

7 letter words

8 letter words

9 letter words

  • Fixatives
  • Ejectives
  • Laxatives
  • Vomitives
  • Vocatives
  • Fugitives
  • Positives
  • Optatives
  • Locatives
  • Eruptives
  • Electives
  • Curatives
  • Creatives
  • Additives
  • Ablatives
  • Sedatives
  • Negatives
  • Genitives
  • Ergatives
  • Duratives
  • Donatives
  • Auditives
  • Agentives
  • Relatives
  • Lenitives
  • Illatives

10 letter words

  • Objectives
  • Adjectives
  • Quotatives
  • Expletives
  • Executives
  • Effectives
  • Defectives
  • Privatives
  • Invectives
  • Fricatives
  • Formatives
  • Siccatives
  • Primitives
  • Inceptives
  • Calmatives
  • Adventives
  • Reductives
  • Purgatives
  • Directives
  • Detectives
  • Partitives
  • Operatives
  • Incentives
  • Digestives
  • Causatives
  • Tentatives
  • Sensitives
  • Nutritives
  • Nonnatives
  • Narratives

11 letter words

  • Subjectives
  • Pejoratives
  • Extractives
  • Perfectives
  • Preventives
  • Inchoatives
  • Locomotives
  • Imperatives
  • Derivatives
  • Definitives
  • Correctives
  • Copulatives
  • Connectives
  • Collectives
  • Appositives
  • Accusatives
  • Pendentives
  • Infinitives
  • Indicatives
  • Diminutives
  • Recitatives
  • Palliatives
  • Nominatives
  • Constatives
  • Initiatives

12 letter words

  • Subjunctives
  • Conjunctives
  • Hyperactives
  • Disjunctives
  • Affricatives
  • Affirmatives
  • Provocatives
  • Perspectives
  • Deverbatives
  • Consumptives
  • Comparatives
  • Preparatives
  • Obstructives
  • Cooperatives
  • Carminatives
  • Appellatives
  • Adversatives
  • Prerogatives
  • Diapositives
  • Superlatives
  • Substantives
  • Restrictives
  • Nonelectives
  • Nonadditives
  • Correlatives
  • Attributives
  • Legislatives
  • Restoratives
  • Nonrelatives
  • Alternatives

13 letter words

  • Nonobjectives
  • Nonexecutives
  • Imperfectives
  • Performatives
  • Reproductives
  • Preventatives
  • Preservatives
  • Conservatives
  • Manipulatives
  • Nondirectives
  • Disincentives
  • Denominatives
  • Augmentatives
  • Ditransitives
  • Nonnarratives

14 letter words

  • Frequentatives
  • Commemoratives
  • Contraceptives
  • Contemplatives
  • Retrospectives
  • Nonderivatives
  • Collaboratives
  • Determinatives
  • Demonstratives
  • Interrogatives
  • Antinarratives

15 letter words

  • Noncooperatives
  • Contrapositives
  • Antiderivatives
  • Representatives
  • Nonrestrictives

How many words end with tives?

There are a total of 145 words ending in tives. The shortest word is 7 letters long and the longest word is 15 letters long.

The TWL dictionary contains 196601 unique English words.

Distribution of found words

LettersWord count
75
83
926
1030
1125
1230
1315
1411
155

Most common letters before the suffix -tives

What are the most common last letters of stems that end with tives? We analyzed letter frequency of the first letters before this suffix. Our findings help you make strategic tile placement decisions in word games.

Memorize the letters from the table below.

Word countLast letter of stemFrequency
80a55.2%
31c21.4%
18i12.4%
7n4.8%
5p3.4%
4u2.8%
3o2.1%
1s0.7%

Words with the same suffixes

Frequency of words ending with letters 'T I V E S'