How many words with ZZ are there?

This page lists 344 words with ZZ from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With ZZ

All 344 words in our dictionary that contain ZZ — sorted by Scrabble score.

344 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

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Why ZZ words matter

Words containing ZZ are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

What the numbers say

Inside this list: 344 words spanning 4–14 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 7 letters (90 words), 15 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 90 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is RAZZAMATAZZES, worth 51.

The five biggest scorers on the page: RAZZAMATAZZES (51), RAZZMATAZZES (50), RAZZAMATAZZ (49), RAZZMATAZZ (48), QUIZZICALITY (44). QUIZZICALITIES (14 letters) stretches furthest, while the list-wide average score sits near 30 points. Letter-wise, Z is the workhorse — it appears in 344 of these words, ahead of E (224) and I (201).

Start with these three

Playing LEZZES across a double-word square turns its base 24 points into 48 — solid value for 6 tiles.
LEZZIE is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 24 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
NOZZLE — 6 letters for 24 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.

Five more everyday options from the same list: NUZZLE (24), RAZZES (24), ROZZER (24), SIZZLE (24), TAZZAS (24).

One chunk, many words: ZZ

If you are studying English, ZZ is a high-leverage chunk: instead of memorising each word cold, anchor the ZZ pattern and let the surrounding letters vary. Word-game players get a parallel benefit — when a crossword grid or a Wordle guess reveals the ZZ sequence, this page is the complete candidate pool, already sorted by Scrabble value.

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