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NYT : 91 from Modern Era daily puzzles
ACTIVA ACTIVE ADRIVE ALCOVE ALEAVE APTIVA ARRIVE ATFIVE BEHAVE BELOVE BULOVA BYJOVE CASAVA CLEAVE CUERVO DATIVE DDRIVE DEJAVU DENOVO DERIVE ENDIVE EVOLVE GENEVA GENEVE GODIVA GOLIVE GONAVY GREAVE GRIEVE GROOVE GROOVY HIFIVE ILEAVE INLOVE INVIVO KOSOVO LCDTVS LEDTVS LENOVO LTGOVS MOHAVE MOJAVE MOTIVE MYLOVE NATIVE NBAMVP NHLMVP NOJIVE OCTAVE OCTAVO ONLIVE OPTIVE OTTAVA OTTOVI PADOVA PAREVE PARTVI PAULVI PIUSVI RELIVE REMOVE REPAVE RESAVE REVIVE REWOVE SALIVA SATIVA SCHAVS SCURVE SHEAVE SHELVE SHROVE SLEEVE SMOOVE STARVE STEEVE STRIVE STROVE SWERVE THEYVE THIEVE THRIVE TOHAVE TOLIVE TOLOVE TWELVE UNGAVA USNAVY UVWAVE VLTAVA VOTIVE

NYT : 91 from Modern Era daily puzzles

These pre-Shortz words have never appeared in any Modern Era crossword:

NYT : 53 from pre-Shortz puzzles
AGLOVE AHLOVE ARGIVE ARRIVO ASLAVE BENZVI CANEVA CANOVA DERIVS ESPAVE ESTIVO EXNAVY GENOVA HALEVY IDGIVE ISERVE KENOVA MCMLVI MELOVE NAROVA NATIVO OBRAVE OFLAVA OLLAVE ORGIVE ORTIVE PILAVS REDIVE REDOVE REGIVE REHAVE RELEVE RELEVO RTREVS SATEVE SCURVY SHAIVA SHRIVE SLEAVE THEEVE THROVE TOFIVE TOGIVE TOSAVE TRYGVE UNHAVE UNLIVE UNLOVE VERAVA WEHAVE WELIVE WELOVE ZOUAVE

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Private : 16 from the XWord Info word lists
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Regular Users see 14 basic words here from the XWord Info Word List.
Angels see 2 additional premium words from Jeff Chen's Personal List.

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Abridged : 59 from internal dictionaries
AMOOVE BEHOVE BELIVE BYLIVE CHAVVY CHEVVY CHIVVY CLEEVE CROOVE CRUIVE EMMOVE ENCAVE ENERVE ENLEVE ENMOVE ESSIVE EXVIVO FIXIVE GANEVS GLEAVE IMPAVE INCAVE INCAVI INCAVO INWOVE LXXXVI MAULVI MOOLVI MOORVA MORDVA MUSIVE OLLAVS PREEVE PRIEVE REGAVE SATIVE SCLAVE SCRIVE SHEEVE SLIEVE SOLIVE SPIVVY STERVE STIEVE SWARVE THEAVE THRAVE UDRIVE UNGYVE UNHIVE UNROVE UNWIVE UNWOVE UPDIVE UPDOVE UPHOVE VISIVE WHARVE WHERVE

Abridged : 59 from internal dictionaries

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Unabridged : 162 from our unabridged dictionary
ACHEVE ADEAVE ADMOVE AGREVE AHEAVE ALEIVE ALLEVE ALLEVY ASERVE ASWEVE BEBOVE BEDOVE BELAVE BELEVE BEWAVE BIHEVE BILIVE BIWEVE BRIEVE CAPIVI CHEEVE CHERVE CHIEVE CLEEVY COLOVE CORIVE CORYVE CREAVE DELAVY DELUVY DESAVE DEVIVE DEVOVE DILAVY DILUVE DILUVY DIMOVE DRIEVE ENGYVE ENLIVE ENRIVE ENVIVE ENWAVE ESMEVE ESMOVE ESTIVE EVVIVA EXCAVE EXOLVE FOTIVE FUSIVE GINEVE GLAYVE GLEIVE GLEYVE GLOOVE GNEEVE GRAIVE GREAVY GREEVE GREIVE GREYVE GROAVE GROEVE GUAYVA HEALVE IGNAVE IGNAVY INHIVE INLIVE INMOVE INWAVE ITHAVE ITHEVE LATIVE LIXIVE LUSIVE LYEAVE MAHOVA MAYEVE MOTIVO NOCIVE OBLIVE OBLIVY OGRAVE ONHEVE PEHLVI PREIVE PROEVE QUEAVE RECEVE RECIVE RECYVE RELEVY RELOVE REMEVE RENOVE RESEVE SAULVE SCAVVY SCIEVE SCLEVE SEAIVY SEARVE SHEAVY SHEEVO SHERVE SHIEVE SHOLVE SHOOVE SHOWVE SHRAVE SHRAVY SHREVE SHRYVE SHURVY SKELVY SKIEVE SKLAVE SNOOVE SPAIVE SPEAVE STAIVE STARVY STEAVE STOAVE STOOVE STOUVE STRAVE STRYVE SWAYVE SYNOVY THAIVE THEIVE THREVE THRYVE TIDIVE TREAVE TULUVA TYAUVE UMGIVE UNGIVE UNHOVE UNPAVE UNRIVE UPGIVE UPRAVA UPRIVE USCOVA USTIVE VACIVE WHAUVE WHELVE WHOAVE WHOLVE YCLIVE YCLOVE YDOLVE YDRIVE YLEAVE YSHAVE YSRIVE

Unabridged : 162 from our unabridged dictionary

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