5-Letter Words Starting with Z
There are 47 five-letter words that start with Z on Word.ws, from zaddy to zygon. The most common are zhang, zebra, zoned, zeros and ziggy.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 47 five-letter words that start with Z
ZA
- zaddy19n. A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.
- zahid18n. An ascetic.
- zahir17n. The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an.
- zaire14n. The unit of currency of Zaire from 1967 to 1998.
- zakat18n. Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of...
- zamak20n. Any of a family of alloys with a zinc base and alloying elements of...
- zaman16n. Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
- zamia16n. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia.
- zanja21n. An irrigation canal in Latin America.
- zanza23n. A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
- zappy21adj. Lively or energetic.
- zarda15n. The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
- zarka18n. A cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of...
- zatch19n. The stomach.
- zayat17n. A building in Myanmar used for meetings and religious assemblies and to...
- zayde18n. Grandfather.
- zazen23n. A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.
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- zebra16n. Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus...
- zeist14n. One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra.
- zendo15n. A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation...
- zeros14n. The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.
- zesty17adj. Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy.
ZH
- zhang18n. A traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese...
- zheng18n. Synonym of guzheng.
ZI
- ziggy19adj. Zigzaggy.
- zilch19n. Nothing, zero.
- zilla14n. A subdivision of a province or state.
- zimbo18n. A particular univalve mollusc once used as currency.
- zineb16n. An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit...
- zingy18adj. Full of zest.
- zippo18adj. Zero; none whatsoever.
- zippy21adj. Energetic and lively.
ZL
- zloty17n. The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
ZO
- zonal14adj. Divided into zones.
- zonda15n. A hot, dry wind of the Andes.
- zoned15adj. Included in a zone.
- zoner14n. Someone who zones things.
- zooey17adj. Resembling or characteristic of a zoo.
- zooid15n. An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or...
- zooks18interj. Synonym of gadzooks.
- zoomy19adj. That goes zoom!
- zorro14n. A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually...
- zowie17interj. An indication of astonishment or admiration.
ZU
- zupan16n. The leader of a župa, or administrative unit, among various South...
- zuppa18n. Any of various Italian soups.
- zurek18n. Sour cereal soup (a type of sour rye soup, originating from Poland).
ZY
- zygon18n. In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs...
77 rare five-letter words that start with Z
- zabra
- zaisu
- zajal
- zalat
- zanje
- zaque
- zarbi
- zarph
- zavah
- zayin
- zazzy
- zebro
- zebub
- zeera
- zeese
- zeism
- zemmi
- zemni
- zenik
- zerda
- zerde
- zeren
- zeroa
- zerok
- zeuhl
- zhlub
- ziara
- zibar
- zibet
- zibib
- ziega
- ziege
- zihar
- zilde
- zimbi
- zimun
- zinar
- zinco
- zincy
- ziner
- ziram
- zisha
- zitan
- zitty
- zizel
- zizzy
- zocco
- zoeal
- zogan
- zoiks
- zoism
- zoist
- zoite
- zokor
- zolly
- zomdu
- zomma
- zonar
- zonic
- zonko
- zonky
- zooty
- zoppo
- zorch
- zorid
- zorse
- zosui
- zrazy
- zurna
- zutho
- zveno
- zygal
- zylon
- zymad
- zymic
- zymin
- zyxin
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with Z are there?
- Word.ws lists 47 five-letter words that start with Z, plus 77 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with Z?
- zhang, zebra, zoned, zeros, ziggy, zaire, zheng and zorro.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with Z has the highest letter score?
- zazen scores 23 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Source and license
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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