A VE ending narrows this to 131 words, 37 of which are possible answers.
Everyday English accounts for 16 of these 131 words. The rest are worth reading before you need them.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 131 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- ALIVE: takes 131 down to 42 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- LEAVE: down to 45. It is on the answer list.
- BRAVE: down to 48. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The company these words keep: A (53), R (39) and O (32). 16 of the 131 are words you already use. That is a small share, so a guess made of the letters above beats a guess made of rare ones.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in VE
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ABOVE
- ALIVE
- BRAVE
- CARVE
- CLOVE
- CRAVE
- CURVE
- DELVE
- DRIVE
- DROVE
- GLOVE
- GRAVE
- GROVE
- HALVE
- HEAVE
- KNAVE
- LEAVE
- MAUVE
- NAIVE
- NERVE
- OLIVE
- PROVE
- SALVE
- SERVE
- SHAVE
- SHOVE
- SIEVE
- SLAVE
- SOLVE
- STAVE
- STOVE
- SUAVE
- TROVE
- VALVE
- VERVE
- WAIVE
- WEAVE
5 Letter Words Ending in VE by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in VE
- CARVE
- CLOVE
- CRAVE
- CURVE
- CALVE
- CEZVE
- CHAVE
- CHEVE
- CHIVE
- CLAVE
- CLEVE
- CLIVE
- CORVE
- COUVE
- CRUVE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with D and Ending in VE
- DELVE
- DRIVE
- DROVE
- DEAVE
- DEEVE
- DERVE
- DJAVE
- DOWVE
- DRAVE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in VE
- SALVE
- SERVE
- SHAVE
- SHOVE
- SIEVE
- SLAVE
- SOLVE
- STAVE
- STOVE
- SUAVE
- SAUVE
- SCOVE
- SEAVE
- SHIVE
- SKIVE
- SLIVE
- SLOVE
- SNIVE
- SOAVE
- SPAVE
- STEVE
- STIVE
- SUEVE
- SWIVE
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with A, B, E and other letters and Ending in VE
- ABOVE
- ALIVE
- ABAVE
- AGAVE
- AMOVE
- AWAVE
- BRAVE
- BEEVE
- BELVE
- BLIVE
- BREVE
- ELEVE
- EMOVE
- ETUVE
- FAUVE
- GLOVE
- GRAVE
- GROVE
- GLAVE
- GOAVE
- GREVE
- HALVE
- HEAVE
- HELVE
- HERVE
- HOOVE
- HOUVE
- HUAVE
- JAHVE
- KNAVE
- KEEVE
- KERVE
- KIEVE
- KIRVE
- KNIVE
- LEAVE
- LARVE
- LIEVE
- LOAVE
- LURVE
- MAUVE
- MIEVE
- MOOVE
- NAIVE
- NERVE
- NAEVE
- NEIVE
- NIEVE
- NJAVE
- NOOVE
- OLIVE
- OGIVE
- PROVE
- PARVE
- PEEVE
- PERVE
- POOVE
- PREVE
- QUAVE
- REAVE
- REEVE
- REIVE
- RIEVE
- ROOVE
- TROVE
- TARVE
- TEAVE
- THAVE
- TIRVE
- TORVE
- TRAVE
- VALVE
- VERVE
- VARVE
- VEUVE
- VOLVE
- WAIVE
- WEAVE
- WARVE
- WAUVE
- WOLVE
- WRIVE
- YOUVE
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in E
Less Familiar Words Here
A few here appear in puzzles more often than in speech. Worth reading before one of them costs you a guess.
- REAVE: Steal goods; take as spoils.
- SKIVE: Remove the surface of.
- TRAVE: A horizontal beam that extends across something.
- CALVE: Birth.
- BREVE: A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.
- CHIVE: Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
- KNAVE: A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. It is on the answer list.
- HALVE: Divide by two; divide into halves. It is on the answer list.
- MAUVE: A moderate purple. It is on the answer list.
- PEEVE: An annoyed or irritated mood.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in VE?
Yes. LEAVE, ABOVE and DRIVE all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. LEAVE and SERVE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is POOVE really a word?
Yes. Offensive term for an openly homosexual man. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
LEAVE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. WRIVE and WAUVE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.