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5 Letter Words Ending in AVE

15 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 15 5 letter words ending in AVE, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Words found
15
Most used
leave
Most common first letter
S

Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in AVE

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    Common 5 letter words ending in AVE

    #WordMeaning
    1leavego away from a place
    2bravepossessing or displaying courage
    3gravedeath of a person
    4slavea person who is owned by someone
    5shaveremove body hair with a razor
    6weaveinterlace by or as if by weaving
    7cravehave a craving, appetite, or great desire for
    8stave(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
    9heaveutter a sound, as with obvious effort
    10suavehaving a sophisticated charm
    11agavetropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes
    12knavea deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
    13travea horizontal beam that extends across something
    14soavedry white Italian wine from Verona

    All 5 letter words ending in AVE

    • leave
    • brave
    • grave
    • slave
    • shave
    • weave
    • crave
    • stave
    • heave
    • suave
    • agave
    • knave
    • clave
    • trave
    • soave

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    Questions people ask

    How many 5 letter words ending in AVE are there?

    This list has 15, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

    What are common 5 letter words ending in AVE?

    leave, brave, grave, slave, shave, weave, crave, stave.

    Which 5 letter words ending in AVE are good Wordle guesses?

    brave, grave, slave, shave, crave use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

    Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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