6 letter words with Z

407 words, all 6 letters. Highest score BEZAZZ (30 points).

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bezazz₃₀
jazzed₃₀
jazzer₂₉
jazzes₂₉
muzjik₂₉
pazazz₂₉
pizazz₂₉
zizzle₂₈
frizzy₂₆
mizzly₂₆
queazy₂₆
buzzed₂₅

Words by first letter

Starting with A 20

ablaze
adzuki
agnize
amazed
amazes
amazon
assize
azalea
azides
azines
azlons
azoles
azonal
azonic
azoted
azotes
azoths
azotic
azures
azygos

Starting with B 47

baizas
baizes
banzai
bazaar
bazars
bazoos
beezer
begaze
benzal
benzin
benzol
benzyl
bezant
bezazz
bezels
bezils
bezoar
bizone
bizzes
blazed
blazer
blazes
blazon
blintz
blowzy
bonzer
bonzes
boozed
boozer
boozes
borzoi
braize
brazas
brazed
brazen
brazer
brazes
brazil
breeze
breezy

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Starting with C 16

chazan
chintz
clozes
colzas
coryza
cozens
cozeys
cozied
cozier
cozies
cozily
cozzes
crazed
crazes
crozer
crozes

Starting with D 15

dazing
dazzle
defuze
dezinc
diazin
ditzes
dizens
donzel
doozer
doozie
dozens
dozers
dozier
dozily
dozing

Starting with E 6

eczema
enzyme
enzyms
epizoa
ersatz
evzone

Starting with F 34

fazing
feazed
feazes
feezed
feezes
fezzed
fezzes
fizgig
fizzed
fizzer
fizzes
fizzle
floozy
foozle
fozier
frazil
freeze
frenzy
frieze
frized
frizer
frizes
frizzy
frouzy
frowzy
frozen
furzes
futzed
futzes
fuzees
fuzils
fuzing
fuzzed
fuzzes

Starting with G 22

gauzes
gazabo
gazars
gazebo
gazers
gazing
gazump
geezer
ghazis
gizmos
glazed
glazer
glazes
glitzy
glozed
glozes
grazed
grazer
grazes
grosze
groszy
guzzle

Starting with H 16

halutz
hamzah
hamzas
hazans
hazard
hazels
hazers
hazier
hazily
hazing
hazzan
heezed
heezes
hutzpa
huzzah
huzzas

Starting with I 3

iodize
ionize
izzard

Starting with J 4

jazzed
jazzer
jazzes
jezail

Starting with K 9

kazoos
khazen
kibitz
klutzy
kolhoz
kolkoz
kudzus
kuvasz
kwanza

Starting with L 11

lazars
lazied
lazier
lazies
lazily
lazing
lazuli
lezzes
lezzie
lizard
lutzes

Starting with M 25

mahzor
maizes
matzah
matzas
matzoh
matzos
matzot
mazard
mazers
mazier
mazily
mazing
mazuma
mezcal
mezuza
mezzos
mirzas
mizens
mizzen
mizzle
mizzly
momzer
muzhik
muzjik
muzzle

Starting with N 4

nazify
nizams
nozzle
nuzzle

Starting with O 6

oozier
oozily
oozing
ouzels
ozones
ozonic

Starting with P 19

panzer
patzer
pazazz
phizes
piazza
piazze
pizazz
pizzas
pizzle
plazas
podzol
potzer
prezes
prized
prizer
prizes
putzed
putzes
puzzle

Starting with Q 3

quartz
queazy
quezal

Starting with R 12

razeed
razees
razers
razing
razors
razzed
razzes
rebozo
resize
rezone
ritzes
rozzer

Starting with S 29

schizo
schizy
schnoz
scuzzy
seized
seizer
seizes
seizin
seizor
sizars
sizers
sizier
sizing
sizzle
sleaze
sleazo
sleazy
smazes
snazzy
sneeze
sneezy
snooze
snoozy
sozine
sozins
speltz
spritz
stanza
syzygy

Starting with T 8

tarzan
tazzas
teazel
teazle
touzle
tweeze
tzetze
tzuris

Starting with U 2

unzips
upgaze

Starting with V 5

vizard
vizier
vizirs
vizors
vizsla

Starting with W 7

wheeze
wheezy
winzes
wizard
wizens
wizzen
wurzel

Starting with Z 84

zaddik
zaffar
zaffer
zaffir
zaffre
zaftig
zagged
zaikai
zaires
zamias
zanana
zander
zanier
zanies
zanily
zanzas
zapped
zapper
zareba
zariba
zayins
zazens
zealot
zeatin
zebeck
zebecs
zebras
zechin
zenana
zenith
zephyr
zeroed
zeroes
zeroth
zested
zester
zeugma
zibeth
zibets
zigged

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This page shows 356 of the 407 words; the finder lists all of them and can copy them as text.

What is in this list

This list holds 407 words, 0.2% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. Every word here has 6 letters, and they average 6 letters by construction — so the interesting differences are in which letters they use. Of the 16 lists in this group it is the 5th largest: “6 letter words with A” leads with 6,569 and “4 letter words with Q” has the fewest, 16.

Points and vowels

Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 17.2 points (median 16); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 11, so this list runs 6.2 points richer. The top scorers are BEZAZZ (30), JAZZED (30), JAZZER (29), JAZZES (29). Point for point, BEZAZZ earns the most per letter: 30 points over 6 letters, 5 each. Z itself is worth 8 points here, which is why so many of these words outscore their length.

Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 38.2% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 10 words are more than half vowels. 1 word has none of them at all, leaning on Y instead — for example SYZYGY. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is B: 2.5% of the letters, against 1.8% overall.

How the words are built

Z opens 84 words (20.6%), closes 12 and sits inside the other 311. 55 words use it more than once, such as BEZAZZ, BIZZES, BUZZED and BUZZER. 98 words have a doubled letter (24.1%); the most common doubles are ZZ (49), EE (17), OO (17). The most common three-letter openings are HAZ- (8, as in HAZANS), AZO- (7, as in AZOLES), BRA- (7, as in BRAIZE). The most common endings are -ZES (39, as in AMAZES), -ZED (22, as in AMAZED), -ZER (21, as in BEEZER). 28.7% end in a single S — mostly plurals and verb forms of shorter words.

Word play in this list

The biggest anagram family here is AZINES and ZANIES — 2 words from the same 6 letters. Altogether 15 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 30 words. BAZAAR is the longest word here that uses only one kind of vowel, ahead of BAZARS.

40.8% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word (ADZUKI, AGNIZE and AMAZON among them); after S, the most useful end letter is D, which extends 27 words. At the front, B turns 6 words into new ones (LAZING → BLAZING); C turns 5 words into new ones (HALUTZ → CHALUTZ); G turns 5 words into new ones (IZZARD → GIZZARD).

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