Verified pattern list
9 Letter Words With Z
This verified list contains 349 CORE words with Z, plus 297 entries in the broader extended tier.
Z · anywhere
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12 deterministic CORE selections
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What the Z list contains
Where Z appears
Vowels per word
- 1 vowel1 words
- 2 vowels18 words
- 3 vowels86 words
- 4 vowels212 words
- 5 vowels32 words
Repeated letters
84%
294 of 349 CORE words repeat at least one letter.
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9 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns
Explore useful two-letter patterns related to Z. Each card opens a matching list or a prefilled 9-letter Finder search.
9 Letter Words With adjacent AZ35 CORE · 35 extendedamazement, amazingly, brazening, craziness9 Letter Words With adjacent CZ0 CORE · 2 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent DZ0 CORE · 1 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent EZ14 CORE · 5 extendedbreeziest, embezzled, embezzles, mezzanine9 Letter Words With adjacent GZ1 CORE · 2 extendedzigzagged9 Letter Words With adjacent IZ231 CORE · 178 extendedagonizing, apologize, appetizer, authorize9 Letter Words With adjacent NZ5 CORE · 9 extendedinfluenza, unzipping, credenzas, garbanzos9 Letter Words With adjacent OZ11 CORE · 15 extendedbamboozle, bulldozed, bulldozer, bulldozes9 Letter Words With adjacent RZ0 CORE · 6 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent TZ16 CORE · 8 extendedglitziest, klutziest, schmaltzy, chintzier9 Letter Words With adjacent UZ12 CORE · 4 extendedbuzzwords, buzzkills, fuzzballs, fuzziness9 Letter Words With adjacent WZ2 CORE · 0 extendedblowziest, frowziest9 Letter Words With adjacent YZ9 CORE · 6 extendedanalyzing, paralyzed, paralyzes, analyzers9 Letter Words With adjacent ZA14 CORE · 20 extendedblizzards, haphazard, hazarding, hazardous9 Letter Words With adjacent ZB2 CORE · 0 extendedfuzzballs, whizzbang9 Letter Words With adjacent ZC0 CORE · 1 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent ZD1 CORE · 0 extendedsamizdats9 Letter Words With adjacent ZE240 CORE · 171 extendedamazement, apologize, appetizer, authorize9 Letter Words With adjacent ZG0 CORE · 1 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent ZI52 CORE · 46 extendedagonizing, amazingly, analyzing, baptizing9 Letter Words With adjacent ZK1 CORE · 0 extendedbuzzkills9 Letter Words With adjacent ZL14 CORE · 3 extendedbamboozle, drizzling, embezzled, embezzles9 Letter Words With adjacent ZM0 CORE · 1 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent ZO16 CORE · 41 extendedtrapezoid, zoologist, emblazons, blazoning9 Letter Words With adjacent ZU2 CORE · 5 extendedzucchinis, gazumping9 Letter Words With adjacent ZW1 CORE · 1 extendedbuzzwords9 Letter Words With adjacent ZY3 CORE · 13 extendedschmaltzy, lazybones, enzymatic9 Letter Words With adjacent ZZ33 CORE · 6 extendedblizzards, dizziness, drizzling, embezzled
Pattern guide
How to use 9-letter words with Z
The CORE list contains 349 9-letter words with Z in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.
Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 297 extended entries.
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Questions about this word list
How many 9-letter words contain Z?
This verified set contains 349 CORE words and 297 extended words, for 646 total matches.
What is the average Scrabble score for this Z group?
The 349 CORE words average 22.7 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.
Do these Z words often repeat letters?
294 of 349 CORE words repeat at least one letter.