98 words
5 Letter Words Starting With Z
There are 98 5-letter words that start with Z. The highest-scoring word is ZUZIM, worth 25 points, valid in TWL and SOWPODS/CSW. 47 of these words — including ZABRA, ZACKS, ZAKAT — aren't valid across all three major Scrabble dictionaries (TWL, SOWPODS/CSW and WWF).
Best play
The highest-scoring 5-letter word for this list.
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25 ptsFull word list
ZABRA16
CSWZACKS20
CSWZAIRE14
ZAKAT18
CSWZAMAN16
CSWZAMBO18
CSWZAMIA16
ZANJA21
CSWZANTE14
CSWZANZA23
ZANZE23
CSWZAPPY21
ZARFS17
ZATIS14
CSWZAXES21
ZAYIN17
ZAZEN23
ZEALS14
ZEBEC18
ZEBRA16
ZEBUB18
CSWZEBUS16
ZEINS14
ZERDA15
CSWZERKS18
ZEROS14
ZESTS14
ZESTY17
ZETAS14
ZEXES21
CSWZEZES23
CSWZHOMO19
CSWZIBET16
ZIFFS20
CSWZIGAN15
CSWZILAS14
CSWZILCH19
ZILLA14
CSWZILLS14
ZIMBI18
CSWZIMBS18
CSWZINCO16
CSWZINCS16
ZINCY19
ZINEB16
ZINES14
TWL+CSWZINGS15
ZINGY18
ZINKE18
CSWZINKY21
ZIPPO18
CSWZIPPY21
ZIRAM16
ZITIS14
ZIZEL23
CSWZIZIT23
ZLOTE14
ZLOTY17
ZOAEA14
CSWZOBOS16
CSWZOBUS16
CSWZOCCO18
CSWZOEAE14
ZOEAL14
ZOEAS14
ZOISM16
CSWZOIST14
CSWZOMBI18
ZONAE14
TWL+CSWZONAL14
ZONDA15
CSWZONED15
ZONER14
ZONES14
ZONKS18
ZOOEA14
CSWZOOEY17
TWL+CSWZOOID15
ZOOKS18
ZOOMS16
ZOONS14
ZOOTY17
ZOPPA18
CSWZOPPO18
CSWZORIL14
ZORIS14
ZORRO14
CSWZOUKS18
TWL+CSWZOWIE17
ZULUS14
CSWZUPAN16
CSWZUPAS16
CSWZURFS17
CSWZUZIM25
TWL+CSWZYGAL18
CSWZYGON18
CSWZYMES19
ZYMIC21
CSWThe number on each tile is its Scrabble point value. Words without a tag are valid in TWL, SOWPODS (Collins/CSW) and ENABLE (Words with Friends); tagged words (e.g. "CSW", "TWL+WWF") are only valid under the dictionaries shown.