5-Letter Words With Z as the Fourth Letter
There are 144 five-letter words with Z as the fourth letter, including 23 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern ___Z_ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With Z as the Fourth Letter
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- CRAZY Mentally deranged or extremely foolish
- PRIZE Something given for victory in a contest or competition
- PIZZA An Italian flatbread topped with tomato sauce and cheese
- PLAZA A public square or open area in a city or town
- SEIZE To take hold of or grab something
- BLAZE A bright, strong flame
- BOOZE Alcoholic drinks
- FUZZY Indistinct, blurred, or unclear in outline or detail
- DIZZY Having or causing a whirling sensation liable to falling
- FROZE Changed to ice or became frozen
- CRAZE An interest or enthusiasm followed with exaggerated zeal; a fad
- MAIZE Corn, a tall cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
More Common Puzzle Answers
- GLAZE
- AMAZE
- GRAZE
- JAZZY
- GAUZE
- FIZZY
- GONZO
- MEZZO
- BOOZY
- WOOZY
- TIZZY
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: B (13%), F (8%), M (8%)
- Most common last letter: E (38%), Y (20%), A (19%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 52% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, E, I, O, Y
- Most have 2 vowels (53%)
- 50% contain a repeated letter
- 23 of the 144 are common puzzle answers (16%)
Other Valid Words
121 additional dictionary words have Z as the fourth letter — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- FORZA
- MIRZA
- HAMZA
- GHAZI
- WHIZZ
- DOOZY
- BUZZY
- FRIZZ
- ABUZZ
- SWIZZ
- DITZY
- RITZY
- MATZO
- PIEZO
- SENZA
- GAUZY
- KUDZU
- MUZZY
- FURZE
- JEEZE
- BIZZY
- MANZO
- GYOZA
- YOWZA
- BRIZE
- BRAZE
- BAIZE
- DIAZO
- PONZU
- SABZI
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- MEZZE
- TAZZA
- CLOZE
- SCUZZ
- DARZI
- TERZA
- MATZA
- MEZZA
- BONZA
- BAOZI
- COOZE
- SEIZA
- BONZE
- FORZE
- MAUZY
- MIZZY
- FRIZE
- SPAZA
- CROZE
- ZANZA
- MOTZA
- LEEZE
- COLZA
- LEZZY
- SMIZE
- LAZZO
- HEEZE
- SADZA
- PEAZE
- TEAZE
- SEAZE
- TAZZE
- CEAZE
- LEAZE
- WINZE
- FEAZE
- WANZE
- SMAZE
- GRIZE
- BUAZE
- CHIZZ
- AVIZE
- BRAZA
- TOUZE
- POZZY
- AGAZE
- GLAZY
- BEZZY
- TOAZE
- TOUZY
- PEIZE
- BAIZA
- NAZZY
- GLOZE
- FEZZY
- HUZZY
- REEZE
- BIZZO
- ADOZE
- WEIZE
- WIZZO
- LAZZI
- FEEZE
- LEZZA
- PHIZZ
- TARZY
- BIRZE
- FURZY
- HUZZA
- GINZO
- LEZZO
- PUTZA
- ZANZE
- NEEZE
- AFIZZ
- TOWZE
- TOWZY
- BIRZZ
- KARZY
- NIOZA
- AVYZE
- BWAZI
- KHAZI
- COBZA
- DURZI
- NEOZA
- NYUZE
- PZAZZ
- KANZU
- NUDZH
- ZHUZH
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.