Words That Start with ZA
There are 64 words that start with ZA on Word.ws, from 2 to 11 letters. The most common length is 5 letters (17 words). The words used most often are zack, za, zak, zap and zayn.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
2-letter words that start with ZA
- za11n. Pizza.
3-letter words that start with ZA
- 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.
4-letter words that start with ZA
- zack19n. Sixpence.
- zail13n. An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj...
- zaim15n. An influential figure or leader in Lebanon.
- zain13n. A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
- zale13n. Any of the genus Zale of erebid moths.
- zama15n. Synonym of zama-zama.
- zami15n. A lesbian.
- zany16adj. Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
- zarb15n. Synonym of tombak (“a type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian...
- zari13n. A fine gold or silver thread used in traditional Indian, Pakistani and...
- zark17interj. Fuck.
- zati13n. Macaca radiata, a macaque native to India and Sri Lanka with a...
- zayn16n. The letter ز in the Arabic script.
- zaza22n. Exotic marijuana.
- zazz31n. Energetic charisma; zest; vitality.
5-letter words that start with 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.
6-letter words that start with ZA
- zaatar15n. A particular herb, similar in flavor to thyme or oregano, used in...
- zaftig19adj. Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous...
- zambra19n. A flamenco dance associated with Andalusia.
- zander16n. A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to...
- zapper19n. A remote control for a television.
- zawiya21n. In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or...
7-letter words that start with ZA
8-letter words that start with ZA
- zaibatsu19n. A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan...
- zaleplon19n. A sedative hypnotic drug of the pyrazolopyrimidine class, mainly used...
- zamindar20n. An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the...
- zaniness17n. The state or condition of being zany.
- zapatera19n. A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition.
- zarzuela26n. A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic...
9-letter words that start with ZA
10-letter words that start with ZA
- zabaglione22n. A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.
11-letter words that start with ZA
- zafirlukast27n. A leukotriene antagonist C₃₁H₃₃N₃O₆S that is administered orally to...
- zanthoxylum35n. Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and...
147 rare words that start with ZA
- zaalouk
- zabernism
- zabiba
- zabicipril
- zabiciprilat
- zabillion
- zabra
- zabt
- zabumba
- zabuton
- zabuyelite
- zacate
- zacatuche
- zaccagnaite
- zaccariniite
- zaccho
- zachun
- zacopride
- zacusca
- zadakat
- zadovite
- zadruga
- zaffre
- zafrani
- zafu
- zafuleptine
- zagamiite
- zagger
- zagotzerno
- zaguan
- zaherite
- zaikai
- zaildar
- zaimet
- zairite
- zaisan
- zaisu
- zaitech
- zajacite
- zajal
- zajalesque
- zakatchi
- zakharovite
- zakuska
- zalabiya
- zalambdalestid
- zalambdodont
- zalat
- zalcitabine
- zaldaride
- zalospirone
- zaltidine
- zaltoprofen
- zalutumumab
- zamacueca
- zamandoque
- zamarra
- zambomba
- zamboninite
- zamboorak
- zambuk
- zamburak
- zamiaceous
- zamifenacin
- zamindarni
- zamindarship
- zaminkand
- zamioculcas
- zamite
- zamouse
- zampanolide
- zampogna
- zampolit
- zampone
- zamzawed
- zanazziite
- zanbara
- zanclid
- zanclodontid
- zandmole
- zandoli
- zanfirico
- zangboite
- zangee
- zanidatamab
- zanily
- zanje
- zanjero
- zankiren
- zanolimumab
- zanoterone
- zansae
- zantedeschia
- zantewood
- zanthochroite
- zanubrutinib
- zanyish
- zanyism
- zanzhi
- zapadnichestvo
- zapatalite
- zapateado
- zapateo
- zaphrentid
- zaphrentoid
- zapiekanka
- zapizolam
- zapodid
- zapoterin
- zapotin
- zappable
- zappee
- zappily
- zappiness
- zappingly
- zappozap
- zaprinast
- zaprorid
- zaptieh
- zapupe
- zaque
- zaratan
- zaratite
- zarbi
- zarbist
- zardaverine
- zardozi
- zarf
- zarilamid
- zarking
- zarnec
- zarph
- zarthe
- zaspopathy
- zate
- zatebradine
- zatherian
- zatosetron
- zatracheid
- zatrachydid
- zauschneria
- zavah
- zavaritskite
- zavegepant
- zawn
- zayin
- zazzy
Questions about these words
- How many words that start with ZA are there?
- Word.ws lists 64 words that start with ZA, plus 147 rare ones.
- What are common words that start with ZA?
- zack, za, zak, zap, zayn, zaire, zag and zany.
- Which of the words that start with ZA has the highest letter score?
- zanthoxylum scores 35 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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