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3-Letter Words Starting with Z

There are 35 three-letter words that start with Z on Word.ws, from zaa to zzz. The most common are zoo, zip, zen, zoe and zee.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 35 three-letter words that start with Z

  • zaa12n. The letter ظ in the Arabic script.
  • zag13n. One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.
  • zai12adj. Extremely skilled; talented.
  • zak16n. Money.
  • zam14interj. Shortened form of kazaam.
  • zao12v. To leave hastily, to take off.
  • zap14n. A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
  • zar12n. A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa...
  • zav15n. A state of ritual impurity arising from abnormal seminal discharge by...
  • zax19n. A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.
  • zay15n. Zayin, the seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets.
  • zea12n. Any plant of the genus Zea.
  • zed13n. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
  • zee12n. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
  • zef15n. A South African counterculture movement associated with the white lower...
  • zek16n. A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet...
  • zem14n. A zemidjan.
  • zen12n. Synonym of enlightenment, particularly the kind acquired through Zen...
  • zep14n. A certain type of submarine sandwich.
  • zhe15n. The letter Ж, ж.
  • zhu15n. An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet...
  • zig13n. A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.
  • zij19n. An Islamic book that tabulates parameters used for various astronomical...
  • zin12n. Zinfandel wine.
  • zip14n. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • zir12n. A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since...
  • zit12n. Pimple.
  • zod13n. A loser; a contemptible or uncool person.
  • zoe12n. Bare or universal life.
  • zol12n. A cannabis cigarette.
  • zoo12n. A park where live animals are exhibited.
  • zot12v. To zap, kill, or destroy.
  • zun12n. A type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or...
  • zuz21n. An ancient Hebrew silver coin, one quarter of a shekel.
  • zzz30interj. A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words that start with Z are there?
Word.ws lists 35 three-letter words that start with Z.
What are common three-letter words that start with Z?
zoo, zip, zen, zoe, zee, zhu, zig and zak.
Which of the three-letter words that start with Z has the highest letter score?
zzz scores 30 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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