Scrabble Words with Z but no E
There are 1,938 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter Z but not a single E, ranging up to 15 letters. They're grouped by length below, longest first. Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List), the official North American Scrabble tournament dictionary.
15-letter words
96 wordsacclimatization30
adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
- alkalinizations28
- anagrammatizing30
- antagonizations25
- automatizations26
- axiomatizations33
- bastardizations27
- bipolarizations28
- bituminizations28
- cannibalization28
- capitalizations28
- chaptalizations31
circularization28
circulating printed notices as a means of advertising
- civilianization29
- colonialization26
- colonizationist26
- commoditization31
- corporatization28
criminalization28
legislation that makes something illegal
- cryptozoologist32
crystallization29
a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
- customizability33
diagonalization26
changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
dichotomization32
the act of dividing into two sharply different categories
- digitalizations26
disorganization26
a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
- divisionalizing29
- dolomitizations27
familiarization29
the experience of becoming familiar with something
- fictionizations29
- formularization29
- fractionalizing30
- graphitizations30
- historicization29
hospitalization29
a period of time when you are confined to a hospital
- hypnotizability37
hypostatization32
regarding something abstract as a material thing
- immobilizations30
- immortalization28
- individualizing30
- industrializing26
- infantilization27
- initializations24
- lyophilizations32
- macadamizations31
marginalization27
the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society)
masculinization28
the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
- militarizations26
miniaturization26
act of making on a greatly reduced scale
- missionizations26
- misutilizations26
- misvocalization31
- modularizations27
- monopolizations28
- musicalizations28
mythologization33
the restatement of a message as a myth
nationalization24
changing something from private to state ownership or control
- naturalizations24
- nominalizations26
- orthogonalizing29
+ 36 more 15-letter words
14-letter words
133 words- actualizations25
- alkalinization27
- aluminizations25
- anglicizations26
- animalizations25
- annuitizations23
- anonymizations28
- antagonization24
- apostrophizing31
- arabicizations27
- aromatizations25
- attitudinizing25
- authorizations26
- automatization25
- axiomatization32
- balkanizations29
- barbarizations27
bastardization26
an act that debases or corrupts
- bilingualizing27
- bipolarization27
- bituminization27
- brutalizations25
capitalization27
an estimation of the value of a business
- carbonizations27
- carburizations27
- casualizations25
- chaptalization30
- chronologizing30
- cicatrizations27
- civilizational28
- cliticizations27
- cocainizations27
- colourizations25
- communizations29
- customizations27
- diazotizations33
digitalization25
the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders
- diphthongizing34
- disharmonizing30
- dogmatizations27
- dollarizations24
- dolomitization26
- dramatizations26
- factorizations28
- fictionalizing29
- fictionization28
- formalizations28
- fossilizations26
- gallicizations26
- galvanizations27
- glamorizations26
- globalizations26
- graphitization29
- harmonizations28
- historicizings29
- hybridizations32
immobilization29
fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
initialization23
(computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position
- insolubilizing26
- isocarboxazids35
+ 73 more 14-letter words
13-letter words
182 words- acclimatizing29
- achromatizing30
actualization24
making real or giving the appearance of reality
- aldolizations23
- aluminization24
- amortizations24
- analyzability30
anglicization25
the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance
animalization24
a depiction in the form of an animal
- annuitization22
- anonymization27
- anthologizing27
- arabicization26
- arborizations24
- aromatization24
authorization25
a document giving an official instruction or command
- balkanization28
barbarization26
an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
brutalization24
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
- canalizations24
- cannibalizing27
- canonizations24
carbonization26
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
- carburization26
- casualization24
- catholicizing30
- cicatrization26
- circularizing27
- civilianizing28
- civilizations27
- cliticization26
- cocainization26
- colonializing25
- colonizations24
- colorizations24
- colourization24
- commoditizing30
- communalizing29
communization28
a change from private property to public property owned by the community
- corporatizing27
- criminalizing27
- cryptozoology33
crystallizing28
the formation of crystals
- curarizations24
- customization26
- diagonalizing25
- diazotization32
- dichotomizing31
- digitizations24
- disorganizing25
- divinizations26
- dogmatization26
- dollarization23
dramatization25
a dramatic representation
factorization27
(mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity
familiarizing28
serving to make familiar
- finalizations25
- fluidizations26
- focalizations27
formalization27
the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)
+ 122 more 13-letter words
12-letter words
158 words- absolutizing24
- aggrandizing25
- aldolization22
- alkalinizing26
amortization23
payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
- analyzations24
- anodizations22
- antagonizing23
- antiozonants21
- apostatizing24
- arborization23
- atomizations23
- audibilizing25
- automatizing24
- autotomizing24
- axiomatizing31
- bastardizing25
bilharziasis26
an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected
- biohazardous27
- bipolarizing26
- bituminizing26
- burglarizing25
canalization23
management through specified channels of communication
canonization23
(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
- capitalizing26
- catabolizing26
- chaptalizing29
civilization26
a particular society at a particular time and place
- classicizing26
colonization23
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
- colorization23
- crystalizing27
- curarization23
- cyclizations28
- digitalizing24
digitization23
conversion of analog information into digital information
- divinization25
- dolomitizing25
- fanaticizing27
- fictionizing27
finalization24
the act of finalizing
- fluidization25
focalization26
the act of bringing into focus
- francization26
- glamourizing25
- gormandizing26
- graphitizing28
- hominization26
- homologizing28
homozygosity33
the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene
- homozygously33
horizontally27
in a horizontal direction
humanization26
the act of making more human
- idolizations22
immobilizing28
the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
immunization25
the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
- initializing22
- italianizing22
- journalizing29
- laicizations23
+ 98 more 12-letter words
11-letter words
166 words- actualizing23
agonizingly25
in a very painful manner
- alprazolams24
- altazimuths25
- aluminizing23
- analogizing22
- analyzation23
- anatomizing23
- anglicizing24
- animalizing23
- annualizing21
- annuitizing21
- anodization21
- anonymizing26
- antiozonant20
- apologizing24
- arabicizing25
- aromatizing23
atomization22
annihilation by reducing something to atoms
- authorizing24
- azimuthally28
- balkanizing27
- bamboozling27
- barbarizing25
- blizzarding33
- brazilwoods26
- brutalizing23
- bumfuzzling37
- capsulizing25
- carbolizing25
- carbonizing25
- carburizing25
- cicatrizing25
- climatizing25
- cliticizing25
- cocainizing25
- colourizing23
- communizing27
- criticizing25
- customizing25
- cyclization27
- diabolizing24
- diazotizing31
- dogmatizing25
- dollarizing22
- downsizings25
- dramatizing24
- drizzlingly34
- factorizing26
- fantasizing24
- formalizing26
- formulizing26
- fossilizing24
- gallicizing24
galvanizing25
affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
- gazillionth24
- glamorizing24
- globalizing24
- gorgonizing23
- gothicizing27
+ 106 more 11-letter words
10-letter words
169 words- activizing25
- alkalizing24
alprazolam23
an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class
altazimuth24
an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation
- amazonians21
- amortizing22
- anthozoans22
- aphorizing25
- arborizing22
- archaizing25
- atticizing22
- autolyzing23
- avianizing23
- banalizing22
- bazillions21
- bilharzial24
- bilharzias24
- biohazards25
- blazonings22
- blizzardly34
- botanizing22
brazilwood25
heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
- bulldozing23
- calorizing22
- canalizing22
- canonizing22
- caponizing24
- catalyzing25
- chalazions24
- chromizing27
- civilizing25
- cognizably27
- colonizing22
- colorizing22
- comprizing26
- curarizing22
- cutinizing22
dazzlingly33
in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder
- diazoniums22
- digitizing22
- disprizing23
- divinizing24
- dizzyingly36
downsizing24
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- downzoning24
- dumbsizing25
- faradizing24
- finalizing23
- fluidizing24
- focalizing25
- francizing25
- gazillions20
- haphazards28
- hominizing25
homozygous28
having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
horizontal22
something that is oriented horizontally
- humanizing25
- hydrozoans26
- hylozoisms27
- hylozoists25
+ 109 more 10-letter words
9-letter words
195 words- agatizing20
agonizing20
extremely painful
- albizzias29
- alguazils19
- alizarins18
amazingly24
in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise
- amazonian20
- analyzing22
- anodizing20
anthozoan21
sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
- anthozoic23
- apprizing23
- arabizing21
- atomizing21
azimuthal23
of or relating to or in azimuth
- azotising19
- azotizing28
- azoturias18
- baptizing23
- bartizans20
- bazillion20
bilharzia23
an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected
biohazard24
any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare
- blazingly24
- blazoning21
- blizzards30
- blizzardy33
- bouzoukia24
- bouzoukis24
- brazilins20
- britzskas24
- bromizing23
- bronzings21
- bryozoans23
- buzzbaits31
- buzzingly33
- buzzkills33
- buzzwords33
- calabazas22
capsizing23
(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
chalazion23
a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
- chalutzim25
- chazzanim34
chintzily26
in a stingy manner
- chutzpahs28
cognizant21
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
- cognizing22
- cyclizing26
- czaritzas29
- dialyzing23
- diazinons19
diazonium21
the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes
dizygotic25
derived from two separately fertilized eggs
drizzling29
(of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
- dualizing20
- forzandos22
- frazzling31
- frizzling31
- fuzzballs32
- garbanzos21
+ 135 more 9-letter words
8-letter words
213 words- agnizing19
- albizias19
albizzia28
any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia
- alcazars19
- alguazil18
alizarin17
an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
- arrhizal20
- azimuths22
azoturia17
excess of urea in the urine
- bartizan19
- bazookas23
- bizarros19
- biznagas20
blazonry22
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
- blitzing20
blizzard29
a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
- blowzily25
- bonanzas19
- boozings20
- borazons19
- bouzouki23
- brazilin19
- britzkas23
- britzska23
- bronzing20
bryozoan22
sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
- buzzards29
- buzzbait30
- buzzcuts30
- buzzings29
- buzzkill32
- buzzwigs32
buzzword32
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
- calabaza21
- canzonas19
- chalazal22
- chalazas22
- chalazia22
- chazanim24
- chazzans31
- chorizos22
chutzpah27
(Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
- chutzpas24
- crazings20
- cruzados20
- czardoms22
- czarinas19
- czarisms21
- czarists19
czaritza28
the wife or widow of a czar
- danazols18
dazzling28
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; ; - Janet Flanner; - Idwal Jones
- diazinon18
dizygous22
derived from two separately fertilized eggs
- dizzying31
- fizzling30
- foozling21
- forzandi21
- forzando21
- frizzily32
+ 153 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
233 words- adzukis21
albizia18
any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia
alcazar18
any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
amazing19
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville
- amazons18
azimuth21
the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
azygous20
occurring singly; not one of a pair
- banzais18
- bazaars18
bazooka22
a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon
- bazzing28
- bizarro18
- biznaga19
bizonal18
relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones
blazing19
a strong flame that burns brightly
- blazons18
bonanza18
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- boozily21
boozing19
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
- borazon18
- borzois18
- brazils18
- brazing19
- britzka22
- buzukia22
- buzukis22
buzzard28
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
- buzzcut29
buzzing28
noisy like the sound of a bee
- buzzwig31
- byzants21
- calzoni18
- canzona18
- canzoni18
chalaza21
basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined
- chalutz21
- chazans21
- chazzan30
chintzy24
embarrassingly stingy
chorizo21
a spicy Spanish pork sausage
chutzpa23
(Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
- corozos18
- coryzal21
- coryzas21
- cozying22
crazily21
in an insane manner
- crazing19
- cruzado19
- czardas19
- czardom21
czarina18
the wife or widow of a czar
- czarism20
czarist18
of or relating to or characteristic of a czar
- danazol17
- diazins17
dizzily29
in a giddy light-headed manner
drizzly29
wet with light rain
- fizgigs21
- fizzily31
fizzing29
hissing and bubbling
+ 173 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
186 words- adzing17
- adzuki20
amazon17
(Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
- ansatz15
- azlons15
azonal15
not divided into zones
azonic17
not restricted to any particular zone or region
- azoths18
azotic17
of or containing nitrogen
- azukis19
azygos19
occurring singly; not one of a pair
- baizas17
banzai17
a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph
bazaar17
a sale of miscellany; often for charity
- bazars17
- bazoos17
blazon17
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
blintz17
(Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked
blowzy23
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
borzoi17
tall fast-moving dog breed
- brazas17
brazil17
the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
bronzy20
of the color of bronze
- buzuki21
byzant20
a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
- chazan20
chintz20
a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
- colzas17
corozo17
any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts
coryza20
an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge)
cozily20
in a cozy manner
- dazing17
- diazin16
- diazos16
- dozily19
- dozing17
- fazing19
fizgig20
a firework that fizzes as it moves
floozy21
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- frazil18
frizzy30
(of hair) in small tight curls
- frouzy21
frowzy24
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
- fuzils18
- fuzing19
- gazabo18
- gazars16
- gazing17
gazump20
raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
- ghazal19
- ghazis19
- gizmos18
- glitzy19
- groszy19
- gyozas19
- halutz18
- hamzah23
- hamzas20
- hazans18
hazard19
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
+ 126 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
126 wordsabuzz25
noisy like the sound of a bee
- arroz14
- azans14
azido15
relating to or containing the azido group N3
- azlon14
azoic16
before the appearance of life
- azons14
- azoth17
- azuki18
baiza16
1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman
bazar16
a shop where a variety of goods are sold
- bazoo16
blitz16
(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
boozy19
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
- bortz16
- bozos16
- braza16
- buzzy28
capiz18
marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
colza16
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
crazy19
someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- czars16
diazo15
relating to or containing diazonium
- ditzy18
dizzy27
make dizzy or giddy
- doozy18
fizzy29
hissing and bubbling
- fritz17
frizz26
the condition of being formed into small tight curls
- furzy20
- fuzil17
fuzzy29
confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
gauzy18
so thin as to transmit light
- gazar15
- ghazi18
gizmo17
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- glazy18
glitz15
tasteless showiness
gonzo15
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
grosz15
100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland
- gyoza18
- hafiz20
- hamza19
hazan17
the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
- huzza26
- izard15
- izars14
jazzy33
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
kanzu18
(Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa
kazoo18
a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
klutz18
(Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
kudzu19
fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
lazar14
a person afflicted with leprosy
- matza16
matzo16
brittle flat bread eaten at Passover
- mauzy19
- mirza16
- mozos16
- muzak20
muzzy28
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
+ 66 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
59 words- azan13
- azon13
- bazz24
bozo15
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
buzz24
a confusion of activity and gossip
- cazh18
cozy18
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
czar15
a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
- ditz14
dozy17
half asleep
fizz25
an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
- fozy19
- friz16
- futz16
fuzz25
a hazy or indistinct representation
- griz14
hazy19
filled or abounding with fog or mist
izar13
a voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body
jazz29
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
lazy16
disinclined to work or exertion
- lutz13
mazy18
resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- mozo15
nazi13
a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
oozy16
leaking out slowly
orzo13
pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine
ouzo13
a Greek liquor flavored with anise
phiz18
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
putz15
(Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
quiz22
an examination consisting of a few short questions
razz22
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
ritz13
Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)
- sizy16
- tizz22
tzar13
a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
whiz19
a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- yutz16
- yuzu16
- zags14
zany16
a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- zaps15
zarf16
an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup
- zigs14
zill13
one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance
zinc15
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
zing14
a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
- zins13
- zips15
ziti13
medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
- zits13
zizz31
a buzzing or whizzing sound
zoic15
pertaining to animals or animal life or action
zona13
(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
- zonk17
zoom15
a rapid rise
- zoon13
- zoos13
zori13
a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
- zouk17
3-letter words
21 wordsadz13
an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
azo12
relating to or containing the azo radical
biz14
your occupation or line of work
- coz14
- cuz14
- fiz15
- tiz12
wiz15
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- wuz15
zag13
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zap14
a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- zas12
- zax19
zig13
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- zin12
zip14
a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
zit12
a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- zoa12
zoo12
the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- zuz21
- zzz30
2-letter words
1 word- za11