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Words Ending With Z

Browse words that finish with Z, compare their Scrabble values, and use the list to solve a known final letter. Use your browser's page search to check a specific word.

All 180 words in the ENABLE dictionary that end with the letter Z.

Words ending in Z are rare. The Z tile is worth 10 points in Scrabble.

Use these words when you know the final letter of your Wordle answer or when you need to hook a word onto a board tile in Scrabble. Every word is shown with its Scrabble point value.

Use the 5-Letter Words Ending With Z page for Wordle-specific filtering.

How to Use This Page

Every word below comes from the ENABLE word list (Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon Environment), a public-domain dictionary of roughly 172,823 English words commonly used to power word game tools. Here is how to get the most out of this list of words ending in Z.

Scan by word length. The list below is grouped into sections for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7-letter words ending in Z, plus a combined section for words of 8 letters or more. Go straight to the 5-letter section if you are solving Wordle.
Read the Scrabble score. The small gold number beside each word is its raw Scrabble tile value, the sum of each letter's point value, before any double or triple letter or word bonuses from the board.
Check the 5-letter section for Wordle. This section is highlighted so you can quickly find which of the 10 five-letter words ending in Z match a green tile you have in the final position.
Cross-reference with other tools. If you have several known letters and positions, plug them into the Wordle Helper to narrow this list further. If you are working from a scrambled set of letters instead of a fixed ending, try the Word Unscrambler or the Anagram Solver. For Scrabble racks where the ending tile is already fixed on the board, use the Scrabble Word Finder to rank valid plays by score.

2-letter words ending with Z (0)

3-letter words ending with Z (7)

adz13biz14coz14fez15fiz15lez12wiz15

4-letter words ending with Z (20)

buzz24chez18ditz14fizz25friz16futz16fuzz25geez14jazz29jeez20lutz13oyez16phiz18prez15putz15quiz22razz22ritz13spaz15whiz19

5-letter words ending with Z (18)

abuzz25blitz16bortz16fritz17frizz26glitz15grosz15hafiz20hertz17klutz18nertz14plotz16soyuz17spitz16topaz16trooz14waltz17whizz29

6-letter words ending with Z (15)

bezazz35blintz17chintz20ersatz15halutz18kibitz21kolhoz22kolkoz23kuvasz22pazazz35pizazz35quartz24schnoz20speltz17spritz17

7-letter words ending with Z (10)

chalutz21kibbitz24kibbutz24kolkhoz27schmalz23schnozz30shegetz20shmaltz21showbiz24sovkhoz26

8+ letter words ending with Z (11)

gigahertz23kilohertz25krummholz29megahertz24razzamatazz49razzmatazz48rheumatiz23schmaltz24slivovitz24solonetz17weltschmerz30

Words Ending With Z in Scrabble

Words ending in Z are rare. The Z tile is worth 10 points in Scrabble. When a board tile ending in Z is already open for you to build onto, the 7 three-letter and 20 four-letter words ending in Z on this page are the fastest way to find a legal short play. Among the words indexed here, RAZZAMATAZZ carries the highest raw tile value at 49 points, making it worth prioritizing on a bonus square. Longer words ending in Z, such as RAZZAMATAZZ in the 8+ letter section, are rarer but can clear your whole rack for a 50-point bingo if all seven of your tiles fit.

Using Z Words in Wordle

There are 10 five-letter words ending in Z in the ENABLE list, and 4 of the five-letter Z words shown on this page have been used as an official Wordle answer in the past. If a green tile in position five confirms your answer ends in Z, scan the 5-letter section above and eliminate any candidate that contains a letter you have already marked gray. This narrows a full board of guesses down to a short, manageable shortlist quickly.

Word Lengths and Patterns for Z

Word length matters differently depending on the game. In Scrabble, shorter words ending in Z are more flexible because more open spots on a crowded board can fit them. In Wordle, the 10 five-letter Z words above are your entire candidate pool once the final letter is confirmed. In word searches and crosswords, longer words ending in Z, up to 11 letters in this list, help fill long rows or columns. For a specific length outside this grouping, the site's 5-Letter Words and 6-Letter Words hubs let you browse an entire length category across every ending letter.

Quick Tips

Check the 3 and 4-letter sections first when you need a quick Scrabble hook onto an existing tile.
In Wordle, cross out any Z-ending candidate that repeats a letter you already know is not in the word.
Words ending in S are almost always plural nouns or third-person verbs, so treat an S ending as a strong early guess in word games.
Use the letter strip below to jump directly to a different ending letter without returning to the browse page.
Pair this list with the Scrabble Word Finder if you also know the rest of the letters on your rack.

Frequently Asked Questions

The ENABLE word list contains 180 words ending with the letter Z. Words ending in Z are rare. The Z tile is worth 10 points in Scrabble. For Wordle specifically, there are 10 five-letter words ending in Z in the ENABLE list.

Among the words indexed on this page (2 through 7 letters, plus a combined 8+ group), RAZZAMATAZZ is one of the longest, at 11 letters. Words of 8 letters or more that end in Z are grouped together in the final section rather than split out by exact length, since these occur less often in typical gameplay.

Based on raw tile value alone, RAZZAMATAZZ scores 49 points among the words ending in Z shown on this page, not counting board bonuses. Words ending in Z are rare. The Z tile is worth 10 points in Scrabble. A high-value ending letter like this is most useful when you can land it on a double or triple letter square.

This list is built from the ENABLE word list, which closely tracks but is not identical to the official Scrabble dictionaries (TWL in North America, Collins/SOWPODS internationally). Most words ending in Z shown here are valid in both, but for short or unusual two and three-letter entries it is worth double-checking your tournament's official word list before playing them.

Knowing words that end in Z is useful in two common situations. In Wordle, a green tile in position five tells you the answer ends with that letter, and there are 10 five-letter words ending in Z to check against your remaining guesses. In Scrabble, when a board tile is fixed at the end of an open space, you need a word that ends in Z exactly to complete that play.

There are 7 three-letter words and 20 four-letter words ending in Z in the ENABLE list shown on this page. Short words ending in a specific letter are especially handy in Scrabble because they let you build off an existing tile without needing much open space on the board.