Words Ending in Z
There are 116 words ending in Z on Word.ws, from 3 to 10 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (41 words). The words used most often are jazz, buzz, cuz, quiz and quartz.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
3-letter words ending in Z
- baz14n. A metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity...
- bez14n. The second tine of an antler's beam.
- biz14n. Business, especially showbusiness.
- bzz23interj. The buzzing sound of a bee, wasp, etc.
- coz14n. Cousin (usually as a term of address).
- cuz14n. A cousin.
- diz13n. A tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool...
- fez15n. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a...
- guz13n. A unit of length used in parts of Asia, ranging from 24 to 41 inches...
- jaz19n. Dated spelling of jazz (“musical style”).
- juz19n. Any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is...
- luz12n. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish...
- onz12adj. Taking place.
- poz14adj. HIV positive.
- rez12v. To spawn or load into the game.
- saz12n. The baglama.
- utz12v. To prod; goad; push someone's buttons.
- wiz15n. A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular...
- yez15pron. You (plural).
- zuz21n. An ancient Hebrew silver coin, one quarter of a shekel.
- zzz30interj. A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.
4-letter words ending in Z
- batz15n. A batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland).
- benz15n. The drug amphetamine, used recreationally for its stimulant effects.
- bruz15n. Brother, mate, friend.
- buzz24n. A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of...
- bzzz33interj. Elongated form of bzz.
- chez18prep. At the home of.
- dizz23n. MDMA.
- entz13n. Social and entertainment events provided for the students.
- fizz25n. An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.
- futz16v. To be frivolous and waste time.
- fuzz25n. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
- geez14interj. An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.
- jazz29n. A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical...
- knez17n. A duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries.
- lutz13n. A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one...
- marz15n. A first-level administrative entity in Armenia; usually translated as...
- menz15n. Synonym of men.
- mezz24n. Marijuana.
- mozz24v. To jinx or give bad luck to.
- muzz24v. To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse.
- oyez16interj. Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three...
- phiz18n. The face.
- pitz15n. Synonym of pok-ta-pok.
- putz15n. The penis.
- quiz22n. An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.
- razz22n. A version of seven-card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called...
- ritz13n. A display of ostentatious elegance.
- rizz22n. Of a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female...
- rozz22n. The police.
- sitz13v. To take, or place in, a sitz bath.
- sizz22n. Fizz, sizzle.
- tazz22v. To move quickly; to dash; to rush.
- tizz22n. A tizzy; a state of worried confusion.
- trez13n. The third tine of an antler's beam.
- vitz16n. Joke.
- whiz19v. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object...
- yinz16pron. You.
- yutz16v. To waste time.
- zazz31n. Energetic charisma; zest; vitality.
- zotz22v. To murder, knock off.
5-letter words ending in Z
- abuzz25adj. Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz...
- arroz14n. Any Spanish rice-based dish.
- blitz16n. A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the...
- bortz16n. Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive...
- capiz18n. The windowpane oyster.
- cheez19n. Composition.
- fritz17n. The state of being defective.
- frizz26v. Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
- glitz15n. Garish, brilliant showiness.
- grizz24n. A grizzly bear.
- grosz15n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
- hafiz20n. A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an.
- hertz17n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency...
- karez18n. A qanat, in parts of central southern Asia.
- namaz16n. Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).
- oontz14n. The game of craps.
- platz16v. To become aggravated.
- plotz16v. To flop down wearily.
- riyaz17n. The rigorous practice of Hindustani classical music.
- schiz19n. An insane person.
- scuzz25n. A scuzzy person, an unpleasant or disgusting person.
- spitz16n. Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.
- steez14n. Style; panache.
- swizz26n. A swindle, con.
- thizz26n. MDMA; Ecstasy.
- topaz16n. A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by...
- waltz17n. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
- wootz17n. A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
6-letter words ending in Z
- ansatz15n. A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon...
- blintz17n. A thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded...
- chintz20n. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and...
- ersatz15adj. An inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation.
- kibitz21v. To make small talk or idle chatter.
- krantz19n. An encircling or overhanging wall of rock.
- quartz24n. The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical...
- spritz17n. A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
- vityaz21n. A Russian noble knight who rode a horse.
7-letter words ending in Z
- chametz23n. Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed...
- kibbutz24n. A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high...
- kolkhoz27n. A farming collective in the former Soviet Union.
- merguez19n. A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef.
- pizzazz45n. Flair, vitality, or zest; energy; vigor.
- schmutz23n. Dirt, filth.
- sovkhoz26n. A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
8-letter words ending in Z
9-letter words ending in Z
- efavirenz24n. A nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₄H₉ClF₃NO₂ that is...
- gigahertz23n. One billion hertz, 10⁹ Hz.
- kilohertz25n. A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one...
- megahertz24n. A unit equal to one million cycles per second.
- slivovitz24n. A type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from...
- terahertz21n. A unit of measurement based on one trillion hertz.
10-letter words ending in Z
- hakenkreuz30n. The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
- razzmatazz48n. Ambiguous or meaningless language.
159 rare words ending in Z
- agribiz
- ajimez
- alfiz
- aliz
- alveloz
- amitraz
- ansuz
- antifrizz
- attohertz
- aveloz
- barometz
- barszcz
- behvarz
- breitschwantz
- breitschwanz
- brizz
- burkundaz
- buuz
- cahiz
- calaluz
- capataz
- cebularz
- chalutz
- chapandaz
- crillz
- cryptoquiz
- deafaz
- defrizz
- defuzz
- derezz
- driz
- electrojazz
- exahertz
- fackeltanz
- fahlerz
- flizz
- flurpiridaz
- fmz
- frobnitz
- garnetz
- gazoz
- gopuz
- gozz
- greetz
- guanabenz
- guanoxabenz
- gwerz
- haglaz
- haiz
- halutz
- hayz
- hizz
- howitz
- humbuzz
- huzz
- imazamethabenz
- kaletez
- kamatz
- kaputz
- khorovadz
- khubz
- kloyz
- kobyz
- koksaghyz
- komuz
- kontusz
- krummholz
- kubutz
- kugelblitz
- kukuruz
- kuvasz
- leggaz
- lezz
- lioz
- maghaz
- mannaz
- megaquartz
- microhertz
- microquartz
- midaz
- mijwiz
- millihertz
- miltz
- mittelschmerz
- monoquartz
- multigigahertz
- multikilohertz
- multimegahertz
- multiterahertz
- mustahfiz
- nanohertz
- nertz
- nizz
- nonjazz
- oltipraz
- outbuzz
- outjazz
- outrizz
- peachfuzz
- petahertz
- picohertz
- pikliz
- poetaz
- polyquartz
- postviz
- previz
- prochloraz
- pseudotopaz
- qafiz
- qwertz
- rabiz
- rabz
- requiz
- rheumatiz
- sbrinz
- schnozz
- shatnez
- shurangiz
- shvantz
- shvitz
- skaz
- skowitz
- skramz
- slepez
- snicklefritz
- snitz
- snooz
- solonetz
- sovnarkhoz
- squizz
- subhertz
- subkilohertz
- submegahertz
- subterahertz
- suroz
- swazz
- tafelspitz
- tafwiz
- tawiz
- terfez
- tiraz
- trobairitz
- trooz
- tuzz
- unfrizz
- upz
- vyaz
- waaz
- wazz
- wuckaz
- wukkaz
- wyngz
- xertz
- yartz
- yottahertz
- zettahertz
- zetz
- zhuz
- zizz
Questions about these words
- How many words ending in Z are there?
- Word.ws lists 116 words ending in Z, plus 159 rare ones.
- What are common words ending in Z?
- jazz, buzz, cuz, quiz, quartz, benz, blitz and fritz.
- Which of the words ending in Z has the highest letter score?
- razzmatazz scores 48 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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