5-Letter Words Containing AVE
There are 71 five-letter words containing AVE, including 20 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters AVE together, in that order. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Containing AVE
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- LEAVE To go away from a place or person
- BRAVE Showing courage in the face of danger or difficulty
- GRAVE A place where a dead person is buried
- HAVEN A place of safety or shelter
- SHAVE The act of removing hair with a razor
- RAVEN A large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- WEAVE To interlace strands to create fabric or cloth
- CRAVE To have a strong desire or appetite for something
- SAVER Someone who saves money
- AVERT To prevent something bad from happening
- STAVE One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel
- NAVEL A scar where the umbilical cord was attached
More Common Puzzle Answers
- HEAVE
- SUAVE
- MAVEN
- WAVER
- AGAVE
- RAVEL
- GAVEL
- KNAVE
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: S (13%), R (10%), C (10%)
- Most common last letter: E (31%), S (20%), R (14%)
- Most common additional vowel: O, in 6% of these words
- AVE most often sits in positions 2–4 (63%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: R, S, L, D, N
- Most have 2 vowels (79%)
- 17% contain a repeated letter
- 20 of the 71 are common puzzle answers (28%)
Other Valid Words
51 additional dictionary words contain AVE — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SAVED
- WAVES
- SLAVE
- SAVES
- CAVES
- PAVED
- WAVED
- CAVED
- HAVES
- FAVES
- EAVES
- RAVES
- LAVER
- PAVES
- RAVED
- HAVEL
- CLAVE
- HAVER
- RAVER
- PAVER
- WAVEY
- AVERS
- NAVES
- TRAVE
- CAVER
- SOAVE
- DAVEN
- NAVED
- LAVES
- CHAVE
Show all 51 words All 51 words
- REAVE
- AVENS
- RAVEY
- FAVER
- FAVEL
- DRAVE
- JAVEL
- LAVED
- TAVER
- PAVEN
- DEAVE
- EAVED
- CAVEL
- AVELS
- EAVER
- SAVEY
- AWAVE
- OAVES
- LOAVE
- GOAVE
- NAVEW
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.