Words With the Letter Z

Z is one of the hardest letters to play and one of the most valuable in word games. Here are 2,378 words of up to ten letters that contain Z, 661 of them common, sorted from shortest to longest.

Common words (661)

fez
wiz
zip
zoo
buzz
cozy
czar
daze
doze
faze
fizz
fuzz
gaze
haze
hazy
jazz
lazy
maze
ooze
quiz
raze
size
whiz
zany
zeal
zero
zest
zeta
zinc
zips
zone
zoom
zoos
amaze
azure
blaze
blitz
booze
craze
crazy
czars
dazed
dazes
dizzy
dozed
dozen
dozes
fazed
fazes
fizzy
froze
fuzzy
gauze
gazed
gazes
glaze
graze
hazed
hazel
hazes
maize
mazes
oozed
oozes
ozone
pizza
plaza
prize
razed
razes
razor
seize
sized
sizer
sizes
topaz
waltz
zebra
zeros
zests
zincs
zoned
zones
zooms
ablaze
amazed
amazes
azalea
azures
bazaar
blazed
blazer
blazes
brazen
breeze
breezy
bronze
buzzed
buzzer
buzzes
chintz
cozier
cozies
cozily
crazed
crazes
dazing
dazzle
dozens
dozing
eczema
enzyme
fazing
fezzes
fizzed
fizzes
fizzle
freeze
frenzy
frieze
frizzy
frozen
fuzzed
fuzzes
gazing
glazed
glazes
grazed
grazes
guzzle
hazard
hazels
hazier
hazing
jazzed
jazzes
lazied
lazier
lazies
lizard
maizes
muzzle
nozzle
nuzzle
oozing
pizzas
plazas
prized
prizes
puzzle
quartz
razing
razors
seized
seizes
sizing
sizzle
sleazy
sneeze
snooze
stanza
wheeze
wizard
zanier
zanies
zebras
zenith
zeroed
zigzag
zipped
zipper
zodiac
zombie
zoning
zoomed
agonize
amazing
analyze
azaleas
baptize
bazaars
bizarre
blazers
blazing
blitzed
blitzes
brazens
brazier
breezed
breezes
bronzed
bronzes
buzzard
buzzers
buzzing
capsize
citizen
coziest
crazier
crazies
crazily
crazing
dazzled
dazzles
dizzied
dizzier
dizzies
drizzle
enzymes
fizzing
fizzled
fizzles
freezer
freezes
friezes
fuzzier
fuzzing
gazelle
gazette
gizzard
glazing
grazing
grizzly
guzzled
guzzles
hazards
haziest
horizon
idolize
itemize
jazzing
laziest
lazying
lizards
lozenge
muzzled
muzzles
nozzles
nuzzled
nuzzles
oxidize
pretzel
prizing
puzzled
puzzles
quizzed
quizzes
realize
seizing
seizure
sizable
sizzled
sizzles
sneezed
sneezes
snoozed
snoozes
squeeze
stanzas
topazes
trapeze
utilize
waltzed
waltzes
wheezed
wheezes
whizzed
whizzes
wizards
wizened
zaniest
zealous
zeniths
zeroing
zigzags
zillion
zincked
zippers
zipping
zodiacs
zombies
zoology
zooming
agonized
agonizes
analyzed
analyzer
analyzes
baptized
baptizes
blitzing
blizzard
brazened
braziers
breezier
breezing
bronzing
bulldoze
buzzards
capsized
capsizes
citizens
civilize
colonize
coziness
craziest
dazzling
digitize
dizziest
dizzying
drizzled
drizzles
embezzle
equalize
eulogize
finalize
fizzling
freezers
freezing
frenzied
frenzies
frizzier
fuzziest
gazelles
gazetted
gazettes
gizzards
grizzled
guzzling
hazarded
horizons
humanize
idealize
idolized
idolizes
immunize
itemized
itemizes
laziness
legalize
localize
lozenges
magazine
maximize
memorize
minimize
mobilize
motorize
muzzling
nuzzling
optimize
organize
oxidized
oxidizes
paralyze
penalize
polarize
pretzels
puzzling
quizzing
realized
realizes
satirize
seizures
sizzling
sleazier
sneezing
snoozing
squeezed
squeezes
theorize
timezone
trapezes
tweezers
unionize
utilized
utilizes
vaporize
waltzing
wheezing
whizzing
zillions
zincking
zippered
zucchini
agonizing
amazement
amazingly
analyzing
apologize
appetizer
authorize
bamboozle
baptizing
blizzards
brazening
breeziest
bulldozed
bulldozer
bulldozes
capsizing
civilized
civilizes
colonized
colonizes
craziness
criticize
customize
deodorize
digitized
digitizes
dizziness
dramatize
drizzling
economize
embezzled
embezzles
emphasize
equalized
equalizes
eulogized
eulogizes
fertilize
finalized
finalizes
formalize
fossilize
frizziest
galvanize
gazetting
glamorize
grizzlier
grizzlies
haphazard
harmonize
hazarding
hazardous
humanized
humanizes
hypnotize
idealized
idealizes
idolizing
immunized
immunizes
influenza
italicize
itemizing
legalized
legalizes
localized
localizes
magazines
magnetize
maximized
maximizes
mechanize
memorized
memorizes
mezzanine
minimized
minimizes
mobilized
mobilizes
modernize
motorized
motorizes
optimized
optimizes
organized
organizer
organizes
ostracize
oxidizing
paralyzed
paralyzes
patronize
penalized
penalizes
polarized
polarizes
privatize
publicize
pulverize
quizzical
realizing
recognize
satirized
satirizes
sleaziest
socialize
squeezing
stabilize
sterilize
subsidize
summarize
symbolize
tantalize
tenderize
terrorize
theorized
theorizes
trapezoid
tyrannize
unionized
unionizes
utilizing
vandalize
vaporized
vaporizes
victimize
visualize
zigzagged
zippering
zoologist
zucchinis
antagonize
antifreeze
apologized
apologizes
appetizers
appetizing
authorized
authorizes
bamboozled
bamboozles
bulldozers
bulldozing
capitalize
categorize
centralize
chimpanzee
civilizing
colonizing
criticized
criticizes
customized
customizes
demoralize
deodorized
deodorizes
digitizing
dramatized
dramatizes
economized
economizes
embezzling
emphasized
emphasizes
equalizing
eulogizing
fertilized
fertilizer
fertilizes
finalizing
formalized
formalizes
fossilized
fossilizes
fraternize
galvanized
galvanizes
generalize
glamorized
glamorizes
grizzliest
harmonized
harmonizes
homogenize
horizontal
humanizing
hypnotized
hypnotizes
idealizing
immobilize
immunizing
initialize
italicized
italicizes
jeopardize
legalizing
liberalize
localizing
magnetized
magnetizes
maximizing
mechanized
mechanizes
memorizing
mezzanines
minimizing
mobilizing
modernized
modernizes
monopolize
motorizing
naturalize
neutralize
optimizing
organizers
organizing
ostracized
ostracizes
paralyzing
pasteurize
patronized
patronizes
penalizing
plagiarize
polarizing
popularize
privatized
privatizes
publicized
publicizes
pulverized
pulverizes
recognized
recognizes
rendezvous
reorganize
satirizing
scandalize
scrutinize
socialized
socializes
specialize
stabilized
stabilizes
sterilized
sterilizes
subsidized
subsidizes
summarized
summarizes
symbolized
symbolizes
sympathize
synthesize
tantalized
tantalizes
tenderized
tenderizes
terrorized
terrorizes
theorizing
trapezoids
traumatize
tyrannized
tyrannizes
unionizing
vandalized
vandalizes
vaporizing
victimized
victimizes
visualized
visualizes
zigzagging
zoological
zoologists

Less common and rare words (1,717)

A selection of 500; the rest are mostly technical or very rare.

zap
zed
zit
adze
bozo
jeez
laze
razz
zaps
zebu
zeds
zing
zits
abuzz
adzes
baize
boozy
bozos
cozen
frizz
furze
gauzy
gazer
gizmo
glitz
hertz
jazzy
klutz
kudzu
lazed
lazes
matzo
ritzy
tizzy
unzip
whizz
woozy
zebus
zilch
zings
amazon
assize
blazon
blintz
blowzy
boozed
boozer
boozes
cozens
ersatz
floozy
frowzy
futzed
futzes
gazebo
gazers
geezer
gizmos
glitzy
hazily
hazmat
iodize
ionize
kazoos
kibitz
klutzy
kudzus
lazily
matzoh
matzos
matzot
piazza
razzed
razzes
scuzzy
sleaze
snazzy
spritz
unzips
zapped
zapper
zealot
zephyr
zinged
zinger
zinnia
zircon
zither
zonked
zygote
amazons
assizes
azimuth
benzene
blazons
blintze
bonanza
boozers
boozier
boozing
cadenza
chintzy
cozened
crozier
czarina
denizen
dizzily
fanzine
fizzier
frazzle
frizzed
frizzes
frizzle
futzing
fuzzily
gauzier
gazebos
geezers
guzzler
hazings
iodized
ionized
ionizer
ionizes
jazzier
kibbutz
klutzes
lionize
matzoth
mazurka
mestizo
mizzens
nonzero
outsize
palazzi
palazzo
piazzas
pizzazz
puzzler
razzing
rhizome
ritzier
scherzo
seltzer
showbiz
sleazes
stylize
tizzies
viziers
woozier
zappers
zapping
zealots
zephyrs
zestful
zingers
zinging
zinnias
zippier
zircons
zithers
zygotes
amortize
atomizer
azimuths
bazookas
bedazzle
blintzes
blowzier
bonanzas
booziest
brazenly
breezily
buzzkill
buzzword
cadenzas
canonize
catalyze
chutzpah
cozening
credenza
croziers
czarinas
deputize
downsize
emblazon
energize
ersatzes
fizziest
floozies
frazzled
frazzles
frizzing
frizzled
frizzles
frowzier
garbanzo
gauziest
gazpacho
glaziers
glitzier
guzzlers
hazelnut
haziness
howitzer
iodizing
ionizers
ionizing
jazziest
kamikaze
kibitzed
kibitzer
kibitzes
klutzier
lionized
lionizes
marzipan
mazurkas
mestizos
monetize
moralize
muezzins
nasalize
notarize
outsizes
oversize
oxidizer
pizzeria
protozoa
puzzlers
reprized
rhizomes
ritziest
sanitize
scherzos
schizoid
schmaltz
schmooze
scuzzier
sizeable
sleazily
snazzier
spritzed
spritzes
stylized
stylizes
unzipped
urbanize
vitalize
vocalize
vuvuzela
wheezier
wizardry
womanize
wooziest
zaniness
zeppelin
zippiest
zwieback
actualize
amortized
amortizes
atomizers
bedazzled
bedazzles
bizarrely
blazoning
blowziest
brutalize
buzzkills
buzzwords
canonized
canonizes
catalyzed
catalyzes
catechize
cauterize
chintzier
cognizant
colonizer
credenzas
downsized
downsizes
embezzler
emblazons
empathize
energized
energizer
energizes
epitomize
equalizer
factorize
fantasize
frazzling
frizzling
frowziest
fuzziness
garbanzos
gazetteer
gazillion
gigahertz
glitziest
hazelnuts
howitzers
humanizer
kamikazes
kibbutzim
kibitzers
kibitzing
kilohertz
klutziest
lazybones
lionizing
liquidize
megahertz
mercerize
mesmerize
monetized
monetizes
nasalizes
normalize
notarized
notarizes
optimizer
oversized
oxidizers
pauperize
pizzerias
pizzicati
pizzicato
pluralize
protozoan
randomize
routinize
rubberize
sanitized
sanitizes
schizoids
schmaltzy
schmoozed
schmoozes
schnauzer
sensitize
serialize
sermonize
signalize
snazziest
solemnize
spritzing
squeezers
stargazer
stylizing
supersize
temporize
unzipping
urbanized
urbanizes
vaporizer
verbalize
vitalized
vitalizes
vocalized
vocalizes
vulcanize
vulgarize
vuvuzelas
wheeziest
winterize
womanized
womanizer
womanizes
wooziness
zealously
zeppelins
zestfully
zirconium
actualized
actualizes
aggrandize
amortizing
bedazzling
bowdlerize
brazenness
breeziness
brutalized
brutalizes
burglarize
canonizing
catalyzing
catechized
catechizes
cauterized
cauterizes
chintziest
cognizance
colonizers
decolonize
dehumanize
demobilize
deodorizer
deputizing
downsizing
embezzlers
emblazoned
empathized
empathizes
energizers
energizing
epitomized
epitomizes
equalizers
evangelize
fantasized
fantasizes
frenziedly
gazetteers
gazillions
humanizers
hybridized
ionization
legitimize
liquidized
liquidizes
mercerized
mercerizes
mesmerized
mesmerizes
metabolize
militarize
mizzenmast
moisturize
monetizing
moralizing
mozzarella
nasalizing
normalized
normalizes
notarizing
pauperized
pauperizes
pluralized
pluralizes
politicize
pressurize
prioritize
prizefight
protozoans
puzzlement
randomized
randomizes
realizable
recognizer
regularize
revitalize
rhapsodize
routinized
routinizes
rubberized
rubberizes
sanitizing
schmoozing
schnauzers
secularize
sensitized
sensitizes
serialized
serializes
sermonized
sermonizes
signalized
sleaziness
slenderize
solemnized
solemnizes
stabilizer
stargazers
sterilizer
stigmatize
supersizes
temporized
temporizes
trivialize
undersized
unrealized
urbanizing
vaporizers
verbalized
verbalizes
vitalizing
vocalizing
vulcanized
vulcanizes
vulgarized
vulgarizes
weatherize
westernize
winterized
winterizes
womanizers
womanizing

How to use it

Short words are at the top of each section; they fit tight spots on a board.
Use the Scrabble word finder to check which ones your rack can make.

Tips

Z is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.

Questions

What are short words with Z?

The shortest are at the top of the list, for example FEZ, WIZ, ZIP, ZOO, ZAP.