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10-Letter Words Starting with Z

There are 8 ten-letter words that start with Z on Word.ws, from zabaglione to zwitterion. The most common are zoological, zigzagging, zeaxanthin, zidovudine and zoomorphic.

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All 8 ten-letter words that start with Z

  • zabaglione22n. A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.
  • zeaxanthin29n. A yellow crystalline carotenoid alcohol that occurs widely with lutein...
  • zidovudine24n. A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type...
  • zigzagging32adj. Winding, twisting, turning or sinuous.
  • zoledronic22adj. Of or pertaining to zoledronic acid or its derivatives.
  • zoological22adj. Of, or relating to, animals.
  • zoomorphic28adj. Having the shape, form, or likeness of an animal.
  • zwitterion22n. A molecule, such as an amino acid, that carries both a positive and a...
208 rare ten-letter words that start with Z

Questions about these words

How many ten-letter words that start with Z are there?
Word.ws lists 8 ten-letter words that start with Z, plus 208 rare ones.
What are common ten-letter words that start with Z?
zoological, zigzagging, zeaxanthin, zidovudine, zoomorphic, zoledronic, zabaglione and zwitterion.
Which of the ten-letter words that start with Z has the highest letter score?
zigzagging scores 32 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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