5-Letter Words with Z

All 217 five-letter words with Z

A

• abuzz25adj. Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz...
• amaze16v. To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to...
• arroz14n. Any Spanish rice-based dish.
• azadi15n. Freedom, independence.
• azide15n. The univalent N₃ radical or functional group or any ester containing...
• azido15n. The univalent radical N₃- related to azide.
• azoic16adj. Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life.
• azole14n. Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three...
• azote14n. Nitrogen.
• azoth17n. The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly...
• azran14n. A position, often in polar coordinates, of an object located by radar.
• azure14n. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

B

• baize16n. A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored...
• baozi16n. A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.
• bazin16n. An unleavened bread in the cuisine of Libya prepared with barley, water...
• bazoo16n. A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
• benzo16adj. Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused...
• bezel16n. The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.
• bizen16n. Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.
• bizet16n. The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects...
• blaze16n. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and...
• blazy19adj. Blazing; resembling or characteristic of a blaze.
• blitz16n. A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the...
• bonza16n. A reddish apple originating in Australia.
• bonze16n. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
• booze16n. Any alcoholic beverage.
• boozy19adj. Intoxicated by alcohol.
• bortz16n. Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive...
• bozon16n. A notional particle of stupidity.
• braze16v. To cover with brass, or as with brass.
• brazy19adj. Crazy.
• brize16n. The breezefly.
• buzzy28adj. Having a buzzing sound.

C

• capiz18n. The windowpane oyster.
• cheez19n. Composition.
• cloze16n. A form of written examination in which candidates are required to...
• colza16n. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an...
• cozen16v. To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or...
• craze16n. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
• crazy19adj. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
• croze16n. A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of...

D

• danza15n. A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.
• dazed16adj. In a state of shock or confusion.
• diazo15adj. Containing a pair of double bonded nitrogen atoms, typically directly...
• ditzy18adj. Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
• dizzy27adj. Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or...
• doozy18n. Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or...
• dozen15n. A set of twelve.
• dozer15n. One who dozes.
• dunzo15adj. Done, finished.

E

• ezrin14n. Synonym of EZR gene Ellipsis of ezrin gene (“a human gene that encodes...

F

• fazed18adj. Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off.
• fizzy29adj. Containing bubbles.
• fritz17n. The state of being defective.
• frizz26v. Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
• furze17n. A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of...
• fuzed18adj. Being equipped with a fuze.
• fuzzy29adj. Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet...

G

• gauze15n. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
• gauzy18adj. Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.
• gazer15n. One who gazes.
• gazoo15n. Synonym of kazoo (“musical instrument”).
• ghazi18n. A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one...
• gizmo17n. Something, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or...
• glaze15n. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a...
• glitz15n. Garish, brilliant showiness.
• gonzo15adj. Using an unconventional, exaggerated, and highly subjective style...
• graze15n. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
• grizz24n. A grizzly bear.
• grosz15n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
• gyoza18n. A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and...

H

• hafiz20n. A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an.
• hamza19n. A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop....
• hanza17n. Boscia senegalensis, a perennial woody plant species of the genus...
• hazed18adj. Affected by haze; hazy.
• hazel17n. A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called...
• hazer17n. One who administers acts of hazing, or abusive initiation.
• heeze17v. To hoist.
• hertz17n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency...
• hozen17n. Stockings; hose.

I

• izard15n. A Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica).
• izzat23n. Honour, pride; reputation.

J

• jazzy33adj. In the style of jazz.
• jizya24n. A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim...

K

• kaizo18n. A philosophy of game design distinguished by very high difficulty...
• kanzo18n. A voodoo initiation ceremony.
• karez18n. A qanat, in parts of central southern Asia.
• kazan18n. A cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine.
• kazoo18n. A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with...
• kizzy30n. Only used in no kizzy.
• kudzu19n. An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly...

L

• lazar14n. Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person...
• lazer14n. One who lazes.
• lazzo23n. A stock comedic routine or physical action, traditionally associated...

M

• maize16n. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
• matzo16n. Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
• mauzy19adj. Hot and humid.
• mazal16adj. Relating to a maze.
• mazar16n. A mausoleum or shrine in the Arab world.
• mazed17adj. Amazed, astonished, bewildered.
• mazer16n. The maple tree, or maple wood.
• mazza25n. Madness; something that is mad; a crazy situation.
• mezzo25n. Mezzo-soprano.
• mirza16n. An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
• mizzy28n. A bog or quagmire.
• monzo16n. In microtonal music, a vector that represents the prime factorization...
• motza16n. A lot of money.
• mouza16n. An administrative district in parts of South Asia.
• murza16n. One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, up to the 19th...
• muzzy28adj. Blurred, hazy, indistinct, unfocussed.

N

• namaz16n. Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).
• nazar14n. An eye-shaped amulet supposed to protect against the evil eye in...
• nizam16n. The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.

O

• oontz14n. The game of craps.
• ouzel14n. A Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula).
• ozeki18n. A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.
• ozone14n. An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule...
• ozzie23n. A hospital.

P

• piezo16adj. Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves...
• pizer16n. A (front) porch (on a house).
• pizza25n. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped...
• pizzo25n. A glass pipe with a spherical bulb for freebasing drugs such as...
• platz16v. To become aggravated.
• plaza16n. A town's public square.
• plotz16v. To flop down wearily.
• ponzu16n. A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙...
• prize16n. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by...

R

• razed15adj. Slashed or striped in patterns.
• razee14n. An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the...
• razer14n. Someone who razes.
• razor14n. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the...
• rezai14n. A coverlet quilted with cotton.
• ritzy17adj. Elegant and luxurious.
• riyaz17n. The rigorous practice of Hindustani classical music.
• rizla14n. A rolling paper.
• rizzy26adj. Having or relating to rizz; charming, affectionate, seductive.
• runza14n. A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or...

S

• sabzi16n. Any green vegetable.
• sadza15n. Synonym of nshima (“maize porridge”).
• sanza14n. Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern...
• sazan14n. A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea...
• schiz19n. An insane person.
• scuzz25n. A scuzzy person, an unpleasant or disgusting person.
• seiza14n. A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs...
• seize14v. To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• sizar14n. An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of...
• sized15adj. Having a certain size. Usually used in combination with an adverb or a...
• sizer14n. An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their...
• smize16v. To smile with one's eyes.
• spaza16n. An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and...
• spitz16n. Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.
• steez14n. Style; panache.
• swizz26n. A swindle, con.

T

• tazia14n. A representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of...
• tazza23n. A shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a...
• thizz26n. MDMA; Ecstasy.
• tizzy26n. A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
• topaz16n. A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by...
• tuzla14n. A kind of central Anatolian rug.

U

• unzip16v. To open something using a zipper.

W

• waltz17n. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
• wazir17n. Vizier.
• wazoo17n. The anus.
• weeze17v. To ooze, exude; drain away; distil gently.
• wizzy29n. A wisdom tooth.
• wootz17n. A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
• woozy20adj. Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.
• wowza20adj. Wondrous, surprisingly impressive.
• wuzzy29part. Only used in fuzzy-wuzzy.

Y

• yazoo17n. A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by...

Z

• 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.
• 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.
• zhang18n. A traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese...
• zheng18n. Synonym of guzheng.
• 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.
• zloty17n. The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
• 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.
• 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).
• zygon18n. In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs...

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with Z are there?

Word.ws lists 217 five-letter words with Z, plus 222 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with Z?

crazy, prize, pizza, dozen, sized, plaza, seize and razor.

Which of the five-letter words with Z has the highest letter score?

jazzy scores 33 points with the standard letter tile values.

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