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Words With Z

1,328 of them, all valid in ENABLE. Ten points a tile, up to seven letters.

The Z is the joint highest-scoring tile in Scrabble, and on a double- or triple-letter square it is worth more than most whole words. These are the words up to seven letters that use it, so they can be played from a rack without help from the board.

The words

The 400 most common of 1,328, everyday words first. The word finder below reaches all of them.

Everyday words 45

Word-game words 355

What is in this list

Every entry here appears in ENABLE, so a word game will accept it. Scores are raw tile totals in Scrabble, with the Words With Friends score on hover—the two games value tiles differently, and the gap is largest exactly where it matters, on the high-value letters.

Words in total
1,328
Everyday words
45
Highest Scrabble score
zyzzyva at 43
Average Scrabble score
19.1
Longest
amazing at 7 letters
Letters that turn up most
Z 100%, E 60%, A 46%, I 46%, S 37%, O 33%

Questions

How many words with z are there?
1,328 in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs validate against. This page lists them all where the list is short enough, and the most common of them where it is not.
Which one scores highest?
zyzzyva, at 43 points in Scrabble and 42 in Words With Friends. That is raw tile value: a bonus square can multiply it, and a seven-tile play adds fifty on top.
What is the longest?
amazing, at 7 letters. The list spans 3 to 7 letters.
Which are worth learning first?
The ones you will actually get a chance to play: size, zip, amazon, zone, zoom, zero, jazz, brazil. The list is ordered that way, most common first.

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