words with and z

There are over 5,000 such words in major dictionaries (including Scrabble-legal, technical, and rare terms). Below is a thorough, ready-to-use selection compiled from Scrabble word finders, Merriam-Webster, WordTips, and other vocabulary sources.

3-Letter

  • azo

4-Letter

  • adze
  • azan
  • azon
  • bazz
  • cazh
  • daze
  • faze
  • gaze
  • haze
  • hazy
  • jazz
  • laze
  • lazy
  • maze
  • mazy
  • nazi
  • raze
  • razz
  • zany
  • zaps (and similar short forms)

5-Letter (180+ total — selected common + useful)

  • abuzz
  • adoze
  • adzed
  • adzes
  • agaze
  • amaze
  • azure
  • blaze
  • braza
  • craze
  • crazy
  • dazed
  • fazed
  • gauze
  • gazer
  • glaze
  • graze
  • hazel
  • jazzy
  • lazar
  • maize
  • pizza
  • plaza
  • razed
  • razor
  • waltz
  • zanza
  • zazen
  • zappy
  • zazen

6-Letter (selected common + many more)

  • ablaze
  • abrazo
  • adzing
  • amazed
  • amazon
  • azalea
  • azides
  • azines
  • azlons
  • blazer
  • brazen
  • dazzle
  • fazing
  • gazabo
  • hazard
  • lazing
  • piazza
  • sleazy
  • wazirs

7-Letter

  • amazing
  • analyze
  • azimuth
  • bazaars
  • blazers
  • dazzled
  • grazing
  • haziest
  • jazzier
  • lazying
  • piazza
  • quizzed
  • razzing
  • waltzes

8-Letter

  • alcazars
  • amazedly
  • atrazine
  • azimuths
  • azotemia
  • blazoned
  • dazzling
  • hazarded
  • lazybones
  • quizzical
  • realizing
  • trapezes

9-Letter

  • amazement
  • amazonite
  • analyzing
  • appetizer
  • blazingly
  • craziness
  • hazardous
  • magazine
  • quartzite
  • realizing
  • sleaziness

10-Letter

  • actualized
  • advertized
  • amazonians
  • analyzable
  • appetizers
  • blazonries
  • capitalize
  • dramatized
  • galvanized
  • hazardous
  • magazine
  • quartzites
  • realizable

11-Letter (selected high-frequency)

  • acclimatize
  • actualizing
  • advertizing
  • aggrandized
  • alphabetize
  • antagonized
  • capitalize
  • centralized
  • dramatizing
  • galvanized
  • hazardous
  • mesmerizing
  • organization
  • revitalized

12-Letter

  • acclimatized
  • alphabetized
  • antagonizing
  • authorization
  • crystallize
  • demoralizing
  • dramatization
  • familiarized
  • galvanizing
  • hospitalization
  • legalization
  • organization
  • revitalizing

13+ Letter (selected high-frequency & useful)

  • acclimatization
  • achromatization
  • aggrandizements
  • alphabetization
  • cannibalization
  • capitalization
  • centralization
  • commercialization
  • conceptualization
  • decentralization
  • demoralization
  • dramatization
  • familiarization
  • generalization
  • hospitalization
  • individualization
  • legalization
  • liberalization
  • naturalization
  • organization
  • revitalization
  • specialization
  • standardization
  • victimization

Very Long / Technical Examples (15+ letters)

  • acclimatizations
  • benzanthracenes
  • chlorpromazines
  • contextualizing
  • decontextualize
  • individualizing
  • nebuchadnezzars
  • objectivization
  • oxyphenbutazone
  • psychoanalyzing
  • schizoaffective
  • squeezabilities