Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 7-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IVE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abusive, amative, amusive.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abusive | 7 | 3 | |
| amative | 7 | 3 | |
| amusive | 7 | 3 | |
| archive | 7 | 2 | |
| beehive | 7 | 2 | |
| captive | 7 | 2 | |
| codrive | 7 | 2 | |
| connive | 7 | 2 | |
| costive | 7 | 2 | |
| cursive | 7 | 2 | |
| deceive | 7 | 2 | |
| deprive | 7 | 2 | |
| elative | 7 | 3 | |
| elusive | 7 | 3 | |
| emotive | 7 | 3 | |
| erosive | 7 | 3 | |
| evasive | 7 | 3 | |
| festive | 7 | 2 | |
| fictive | 7 | 2 | |
| forgive | 7 | 2 | |
| furtive | 7 | 2 | |
| jussive | 7 | 2 | |
| khedive | 7 | 2 | |
| massive | 7 | 2 | |
| misgive | 7 | 2 | |
| mislive | 7 | 2 | |
| missive | 7 | 2 | |
| outgive | 7 | 2 | |
| outlive | 7 | 2 | |
| passive | 7 | 2 | |
| pensive | 7 | 2 | |
| plosive | 7 | 2 | |
| predive | 7 | 2 | |
| receive | 7 | 2 | |
| redrive | 7 | 2 | |
| restive | 7 | 2 | |
| skydive | 7 | 2 | |
| stative | 7 | 2 | |
| suasive | 7 | 2 | |
| survive | 7 | 2 | |
| tensive | 7 | 2 | |
| tussive | 7 | 2 | |
| unitive | 7 | 3 |
What’s typical about IVE-ending words?
IVE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.