Words Ending in ZE

2-letter words ending in ZE

• ze11n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.

3-letter words ending in ZE

• eze12n. A chief of the Igbo people.

4-letter words ending in ZE

• adze14n. A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the...
• baze15v. To stupefy; frighten; alarm.
• coze15n. A cosy, friendly talk.
• daze14n. The state of being dazed.
• dize14v. To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
• doze14v. To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
• faze16v. To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the...
• fuze16n. Synonym of detonator, an auxiliary device used to ignite an explosive...
• gaze14v. To stare intently or earnestly.
• haze16n. Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture)...
• laze13v. To be lazy, waste time.
• maze15n. A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or...
• meze15n. Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine...
• naze13n. A promontory or headland.
• nize13v. To shut up; to stop talking.
• ooze13n. Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac...
• raze13v. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to...
• size13n. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
• zeze22n. A stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.

5-letter words ending in ZE

• amaze16v. To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to...
• baize16n. A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored...
• blaze16n. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and...
• bonze16n. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
• booze16n. Any alcoholic beverage.
• braze16v. To cover with brass, or as with brass.
• brize16n. The breezefly.
• cloze16n. A form of written examination in which candidates are required to...
• craze16n. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
• croze16n. A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of...
• furze17n. A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of...
• gauze15n. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
• glaze15n. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a...
• graze15n. The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
• heeze17v. To hoist.
• maize16n. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
• prize16n. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by...
• seize14v. To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• smize16v. To smile with one's eyes.
• weeze17v. To ooze, exude; drain away; distil gently.

6-letter words ending in ZE

• ablaze17adj. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
• assize15n. A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
• breeze17n. A light, gentle wind.
• bronze17n. A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in...
• cheeze20n. A vegan substitute for cheese.
• freeze18v. Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
• frieze18n. A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted...
• gueuze16n. A Belgian beer made by blending young and old lambics and bottling them...
• ionize15v. To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to...
• quinze24n. An old French card game of Spanish origin, players attempting to make...
• resize15v. To alter the size of something.
• sleaze15n. Low moral standards.
• sneeze15v. To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
• snooze15v. To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
• tweeze18v. To pluck or grasp using tweezers.
• upsize17v. To make larger or more numerous.
• wheeze21v. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as...

7-letter words ending in ZE

• agonize17v. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
• analyze19v. To subject to analysis.
• anodize17v. To coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either...
• atomize18v. To separate or reduce into atoms.
• baptize20v. To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over...
• capsize20v. To overturn.
• cognize19v. To know, perceive, or become aware of.
• deglaze18v. To remove glaze from.
• idolize17v. To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.
• itemize18v. To state in items, or by particulars.
• lionize16v. To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
• outsize16n. An unusually large garment size.
• oxidize24v. To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
• realize16v. To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation...
• squeeze25v. To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once.
• stylize19v. To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
• trapeze18n. A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by...
• utilize16v. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilise.

8-letter words ending in ZE

• amortize19v. To alienate (property) in mortmain.
• bulldoze20v. To destroy with a bulldozer.
• canonize19v. To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the...
• catalyze22v. To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.
• civilize22v. American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
• colonize19v. To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a...
• colorize19v. To add color to.
• demonize20v. To turn into a demon.
• deputize20v. To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to...
• digitize19v. To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured...
• downsize21v. To reduce in size or number.
• energize18v. To invigorate; to make energetic.
• equalize26v. To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.
• eulogize18v. To praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an...
• finalize20v. To make final or firm; to finish or complete.
• humanize22v. To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a...
• idealize18v. To regard something as ideal.
• immunize21v. To make someone or something immune to something.
• kamikaze27n. An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially...
• legalize18v. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something...
• localize19v. To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
• maximize28v. To make as large as possible.
• memorize21v. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn...
• minimize21v. To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
• mobilize21v. To make something mobile.
• monetize19v. To convert something (especially a security) into currency.
• moralize19v. To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to...
• optimize21v. To act optimistically or as an optimist.
• organize18v. To arrange in working order.
• oversize20adj. Larger than normal.
• paralyze22v. To afflict with paralysis.
• penalize19v. To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or...
• polarize19v. To cause to have a polarization.
• quantize26v. To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a...
• quatorze26n. The four aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, in the game of piquet...
• refreeze20v. To freeze again.
• sanitize17v. To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
• satirize17v. To make a satire of; to mock.
• schmooze24v. To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a...
• shoegaze21n. Synonym of shoegazing.
• sodomize20v. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of sodomise.
• stargaze18v. To look at the stars at night.
• theorize20v. To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject.
• unfreeze20v. To defrost something.
• unionize17v. To organize workers into a trade union.
• vaporize22v. To turn into vapor.
• vitalize20v. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of vitalise.
• vocalize22v. To express with the voice, to utter.

The 48 most common of 57 are shown.

9-letter words ending in ZE

• actualize20v. To make real; to realize.
• apologize21v. To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense...
• authorize21v. To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something)...
• cauterize20v. To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic...
• criticize22v. To find fault (with something).
• customize22v. To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
• dramatize21v. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or...
• economize22v. To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in...
• empathize25v. To feel empathy for another person.
• emphasize25v. To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
• epitomize22v. To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
• euthanize21v. To carry out euthanasia on (a person or animal).
• fantasize21v. To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
• fertilize21v. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
• fetishize24v. To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
• formalize23v. To give something a definite form; to shape.
• galvanize22v. To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
• glamorize21v. To make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
• harmonize23v. To be in harmonious agreement.
• hybridize27v. To form a mixture of any kind.
• hydrolyze28v. To subject to hydrolysis.
• hypnotize26v. To induce a state of hypnosis in.
• magnetize21v. To make magnetic.
• mesmerize22v. To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or...
• modernize21v. To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or...
• normalize20v. To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
• ostracize20v. To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure...
• patronize20v. To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
• privatize23v. To release government control (of a business or industry) to private...
• pulverize23v. American and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
• randomize21v. US and Oxford British English standard spelling of randomise.
• recognize21v. To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a...
• sensitize18v. To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain...
• serialize18v. To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as...
• socialize20v. To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the...
• stabilize20v. To make stable.
• sterilize18v. To deprive of the ability to procreate.
• subsidize21v. To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.
• summarize22v. To prepare a summary of (something).
• supersize20v. To increase the size of something, especially to unusual proportions.
• symbolize25v. To be symbolic of; to represent.
• tantalize18v. To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but...
• terrorize18v. To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
• vandalize22v. American, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of...
• verbalize23v. To speak or to use words to express.
• victimize25v. To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.
• visualize21v. To perceive (something) visually; to see.
• weaponize23v. To make into a weapon.

The 48 most common of 76 are shown.

10-letter words ending in ZE

• antagonize20v. To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
• antifreeze22n. A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.
• burglarize22v. To commit burglary.
• capitalize23v. In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or...
• caramelize23v. To convert (sugar) into caramel.
• categorize22v. To assign a category; to divide into classes.
• centralize21v. To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or...
• decolonize22v. To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become...
• dehumanize25v. To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities...
• demobilize24v. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
• demoralize22v. To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
• evangelize23v. To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially...
• federalize23v. To unite into a federation.
• fraternize22v. To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
• generalize20v. To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
• homogenize25v. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
• immobilize25v. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
• initialize19v. To assign initial values to something.
• jeopardize29v. To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
• legitimize22v. To make legitimate.
• liberalize21v. To make liberal, free.
• metabolize23v. To undergo metabolism.
• militarize21v. To give a military character to something, such as government or...
• moisturize21v. To make more moist.
• monopolize23v. To have a monopoly on something.
• naturalize19v. To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
• neutralize19v. To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
• parasitize21v. To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.
• plagiarize22v. To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech...
• politicize23v. To engage in or discuss politics.
• polymerize26v. (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.
• popularize23v. American and Oxford British spelling of popularise.
• pressurize21v. To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.
• prioritize21v. To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
• radicalize22v. To make radical.
• regularize20v. To make regular.
• reorganize20v. To organize something again, or in a different manner.
• revitalize22v. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of revitalise.
• scandalize22v. To cause great offense to (someone); to shock with something scandalous.
• scrutinize21v. To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden...
• specialize23v. To narrow in scope.
• stigmatize22v. To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or...
• strategize20v. To formulate a strategy.
• sympathize29v. To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar...
• synthesize25v. To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
• traumatize21v. To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other...
• trivialize22v. To make something appear trivial.
• underglaze21n. A decorative slip applied to the surface of pottery before glazing.

The 48 most common of 73 are shown.

11-letter words ending in ZE

• accessorize24v. To furnish with accessories.
• acclimatize26v. To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
• alphabetize27v. To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent)...
• anesthetize23v. To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through...
• catheterize25v. To insert a catheter into a cavity.
• circularize24v. To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars.
• computerize26v. To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
• criminalize24v. To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
• crystallize25v. To make something form into crystals.
• decarbonize25v. To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
• demagnetize24v. To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
• democratize25v. To make democratic.
• desensitize21v. To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or...
• deserialize21v. To parse (serialized data) so as to reconstruct the original object.
• destabilize23v. To make something unstable.
• disorganize22v. To make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
• electrolyze25v. To decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis.
• extemporize31v. To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an...
• externalize27v. To make something external or objective.
• familiarize25v. To make or become familiar with something or someone.
• hospitalize25v. To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
• hypothesize31v. To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
• immortalize24v. To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
• incentivize25v. To provide incentives for; to encourage.
• infantilize23v. To reduce (an adult) to the state or status of an infant.
• internalize20v. To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
• marginalize23v. To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the...
• masculinize24v. To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
• materialize22v. To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
• memorialize24v. To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
• metastasize22v. Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to form a metastasis (“a...
• miniaturize22v. To design or construct something on a miniature scale.
• mythologize29v. To construct a myth or mythology.
• nationalize20v. To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies...
• overanalyze26v. To analyze too much or in too much detail.
• parallelize22v. To make parallel (to each other).
• pathologize26v. To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person)...
• personalize22v. To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.
• proselytize25v. To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own...
• rationalize20v. To make something rational or more rational.
• reauthorize23v. To authorize again, to give authority to anew.
• reemphasize27v. To emphasize again; to reiterate.
• romanticize24v. To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic...
• standardize22v. American and Oxford British standard spelling of standardise.
• synchronize28v. To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
• systematize25v. To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as...
• tranquilize29v. To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer...

12-letter words ending in ZE

• anathematize26v. To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
• characterize28v. To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
• collectivize28v. To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of...
• decentralize24v. To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to...
• delegitimize25v. To make something less legitimate.
• demilitarize24v. To remove troops from (an area).
• denuclearize24v. To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.
• depoliticize26v. To remove something from political influence.
• depressurize24v. To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.
• destigmatize25v. To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove...
• editorialize22v. To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective...
• fictionalize26v. To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if...
• parameterize25v. To describe in terms of parameters.
• philosophize31v. To ponder or reason out philosophically.
• problematize27v. To make something into a problem.
• propagandize27v. To use or spread propaganda.
• recapitalize25v. To change how a corporation is structured.
• reinitialize21v. To initialize again.
• reprioritize23v. To arrange things in a new order of importance; to prioritize again.
• spiritualize23v. To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
• universalize24v. To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.

13-letter words ending in ZE

• catastrophize29v. To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic.
• collateralize24v. To secure a loan or other contract by using collateral.
• commercialize30v. To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone...
• conceptualize28v. To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
• contextualize31v. To place something or someone in a particular context.
• decriminalize27v. To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
• dematerialize25v. To disappear by becoming immaterial.
• depersonalize25v. To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from...
• individualize27v. To give something its own individuality; to characterize or...
• industrialize23v. To develop industry; to become industrial.
• overdramatize28v. To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.
• overemphasize32v. To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
• particularize26v. To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or...
• psychoanalyze35v. To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
• recrystallize27v. To crystallize again; especially as a means of purification.
• revolutionize25v. To radically or significantly change (something), as in a revolution.

14-letter words ending in ZE

• disincentivize29v. To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.
• operationalize25v. To make operational.
• sensationalize23v. To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to...
• sentimentalize25v. To give a sentimental feel to.

15-letter words ending in ZE

• intellectualize26v. To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express...
• mischaracterize33v. To characterize falsely or mistakenly.
• photosynthesize35v. To synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using the...
• professionalize29v. To make something professional.
• reconceptualize30v. To conceptualize afresh; to develop a replacement concept of.
• recontextualize33v. To set in a new context.

Questions about these words

How many words ending in ZE are there?

Word.ws lists 376 words ending in ZE, plus 3,069 rare ones.

What are common words ending in ZE?

size, realize, prize, recognize, bronze, apologize, freeze and organize.

Which of the words ending in ZE has the highest letter score?

psychoanalyze scores 35 points with the standard letter tile values.

Related word lists

• Words Ending in E
• Words That Start with ZE
• 5-Letter Words Ending in ZE
• Q Words Without U