4-letter words starting with Z
56 4-letter words starting with Z, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble & Words With Friends scores.
Here are 56 4-letter words that begin with Z, pulled from our 270,000-word dictionary. They're handy when you've locked the opening letter in Wordle, or when Z is the only tile you can lead with on a Scrabble or Words With Friends board.
Each word shows its Scrabble and Words With Friends point values so you can spot the highest-scoring openers at a glance.
The strongest Scrabble play in this list is ZIZZ (31 points).
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a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and…
a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
a buzzing or whizzing sound
pertaining to animals or animal life or action
(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
a rapid rise
a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now…
Definitions from Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0), incorporating Princeton WordNet data