Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like VES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: ablatives, abrasives, additives.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| ablatives | 9 | 4 | |
| abrasives | 9 | 4 | |
| additives | 9 | 4 | |
| adhesives | 9 | 4 | |
| agentives | 9 | 4 | |
| aggrieves | 9 | 3 | |
| auditives | 9 | 4 | |
| burgraves | 9 | 3 | |
| coderives | 9 | 4 | |
| coevolves | 9 | 3 | |
| conceives | 9 | 3 | |
| conclaves | 9 | 3 | |
| conserves | 9 | 3 | |
| contrives | 9 | 3 | |
| convolves | 9 | 3 | |
| curatives | 9 | 4 | |
| disproves | 9 | 3 | |
| disserves | 9 | 3 | |
| dissolves | 9 | 3 | |
| donatives | 9 | 4 | |
| duratives | 9 | 4 | |
| ejectives | 9 | 4 | |
| electives | 9 | 4 | |
| endleaves | 9 | 3 | |
| eruptives | 9 | 4 | |
| farmwives | 9 | 3 | |
| fishwives | 9 | 3 | |
| fixatives | 9 | 4 | |
| flyleaves | 9 | 3 | |
| folklives | 9 | 3 | |
| foxgloves | 9 | 3 | |
| fugitives | 9 | 4 | |
| genitives | 9 | 4 | |
| goodwives | 9 | 3 | |
| halflives | 9 | 3 | |
| illatives | 9 | 4 | |
| kalewives | 9 | 4 | |
| ladyloves | 9 | 4 | |
| laxatives | 9 | 4 | |
| lenitives | 9 | 4 | |
| locatives | 9 | 4 | |
| mangroves | 9 | 3 | |
| margraves | 9 | 3 | |
| misdrives | 9 | 3 | |
| negatives | 9 | 4 | |
| nonselves | 9 | 3 | |
| nosedives | 9 | 4 | |
| optatives | 9 | 4 | |
| ourselves | 9 | 3 | |
| outbraves | 9 | 3 | |
| outcurves | 9 | 3 | |
| outdrives | 9 | 3 | |
| outserves | 9 | 3 | |
| overlives | 9 | 4 | |
| overloves | 9 | 4 | |
| oversaves | 9 | 4 | |
| penknives | 9 | 3 | |
| perceives | 9 | 3 | |
| positives | 9 | 4 | |
| preserves | 9 | 3 | |
| regrooves | 9 | 3 | |
| relatives | 9 | 4 | |
| reprieves | 9 | 3 | |
| restrives | 9 | 3 | |
| retrieves | 9 | 3 | |
| ringdoves | 9 | 3 | |
| sedatives | 9 | 4 | |
| subserves | 9 | 3 | |
| tipstaves | 9 | 3 | |
| trivalves | 9 | 3 | |
| trueloves | 9 | 3 | |
| univalves | 9 | 4 | |
| vocatives | 9 | 4 | |
| vomitives | 9 | 4 | |
| werwolves | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about VES-ending words?
VES often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.