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46 results for pattern ??AVE

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NYT : 22 from Modern Era daily puzzles
AGAVE ASAVE AWAVE BRAVE CLAVE CRAVE GRAVE HEAVE IGAVE IHAVE KNAVE LEAVE PIAVE PWAVE REAVE SHAVE SLAVE SOAVE STAVE SUAVE TRAVE WEAVE
These pre-Shortz words have never appeared in any Modern Era crossword:
NYT : 4 from pre-Shortz puzzles
DRAVE GLAVE HUAVE ROAVE
These words from our word lists have never appeared in any NYT crossword:
Private : 1 from the XWord Info word lists
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Regular Users see 1 basic word here from the XWord Info Word List.
These unscored dictionary words aren't found in either NYT puzzles or our word lists:
Abridged : 3 from internal dictionaries
CHAVE DEAVE LOAVE
These words found only in our unabridged dictionary tend to be obscure. Use with caution.
Unabridged : 16 from our unabridged dictionary
ABAVE FLAVE GOAVE KEAVE NEAVE PRAVE QUAVE SEAVE SPAVE SWAVE TEAVE THAVE TYAVE WHAVE YEAVE YHAVE
The RegEx equivalent for this search is ^..AVE$
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