5 Letter Words Starting with Z

Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with Z. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.

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1. zaire Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
   n.. a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
2. zakat Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
   n.. the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled"
3. zaman Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
   n.. large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
4. zambo Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
   n.. The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.
5. zamia Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
   n.. A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.
6. zante Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
   n.. See Zantewood.
7. zapus Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
   n.. type genus of the Zapodidae
8. zaria Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
   n.. a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
9. zarqa Scrabble 23 · WWF 23
   n.. city in northwestern Jordan
10. zayat Scrabble 17 · WWF 16
    n.. A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.
11. zayin Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
    n.. the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
12. zebec Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. See Xebec.
13. zebra Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
    n.. Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or b...
14. zebub Scrabble 18 · WWF 21
    n.. A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.
15. zemni Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
    n.. The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tin...
16. zeppo Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)
17. zerda Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
    n.. The fennec.
18. zeros Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
    pl.. of Zero
19. zesty Scrabble 17 · WWF 16
    a.. marked by spirited enjoyment
20. zibet Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
    n.. Alt. of Zibeth
21. zibit Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
    n.. a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits
22. ziega Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
    n.. Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.
23. zilch Scrabble 19 · WWF 20
    n.. a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg";...
24. zilla Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
    n.. A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.
25. zinco Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
    A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.
26. zinky Scrabble 21 · WWF 21
    a.. See Zincky.
27. zippo Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg";...
28. zippy Scrabble 21 · WWF 22
    a.. marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
29. zizel Scrabble 23 · WWF 24
    n.. The suslik.
30. zloty Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
    n.. the basic unit of money in Poland
31. zocco Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. Alt. of Zoccolo
32. zocor Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
    n.. an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks
33. zokor Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
    n.. An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.
34. zomba Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
35. zombi Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    n.. several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
36. zonae Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
    pl.. of Zona
37. zonal Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
    a.. Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.
38. zonar Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
    n.. A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.
39. zoned Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
    a.. Wearing a zone, or girdle.
40. zooid Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
    a.. Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.
41. zoril Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
    n.. Same as Zorilla.
42. zulus Scrabble 14 · WWF 17
    n. pl.. The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive co...
43. zweig Scrabble 18 · WWF 19
    n.. Austrian writer (1881-1942)
44. zymic Scrabble 21 · WWF 22
    a.. Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.