Here are the 50 most played words in Scrabble that contain the letter "Z". The words are presented in playrank order, meaning ZA is the most often played word of the bunch, ZAG is the second most often played word, and so on down the list. This information only applies to games played under the OWL2 official tournament word list.
There are 7,124 legal z-words in the OWL2 list, but the 50 words presented below account for over 52% of all z-word plays! Putting that another way, if a z-word is used in a game then there is a 52% chance that it is in the list below; however, much of this lopsided ratio is due to one word: ZA.
All of these words are commonly played and should be memorized.
1. za
2. zag
3. zap
4. zas
5. zee
6. zax
7. zin
8. zed
9. zit
10. adz
11. azo
12. lez
13. fez
14. zoa
15. wiz
16. ziti
17. biz
18. zig
19. zoo
20. zags
21. adze
22. coz
23. zep
24. zein
25. zine
26. ditz
27. bize
28. fiz
29. izar
30. ritz
31. zeta
32. zaps
33. zoeae
34. geez
35. zero
36. azon
37. quiz
38. ooze
39. zip
40. zaire
41. zek
42. zoea
43. zees
44. zori
45. nertz
46. oyez
47. zoon
48. tzar
49. zing
50. lutz
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