5 letter words starting with Z
There are 114 5 letter words starting with z in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 5 letter words starting with z, and what they mean
These are the 12 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- zones
- nounAny given region or area of the world.
- zhang
- nounA traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.
- zeros
- nounThe decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.
- zaire
- noun(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.
- zonal
- adjectiveRelated to, associated with, or similar to zones.
- zebra
- nounAny of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
- zheng
- nounSynonym of guzheng.
- zohar
- noun(Judaism) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century AD. Modern critics believe it to…
- zoned
- adjectiveIncluded in a zone.
- zelda
- noun(video games) Ellipsis of The Legend of Zelda.
- zhong
- nounA county of Chongqing, China.
- zulus
- nounA member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 114 words in this list, 94 can be used as a noun, including zones, zhang, zeros, zaire, zebra. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
Using this for Wordle
Puzzle answers lean heavily on everyday words rather than obscure ones, and this list is sorted by exactly that: how often each word actually turns up in written English. So start at the top. On this list that means zones, zhang, zeros, zaire, zonal, zebra.
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How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many 5 letter words starting with z are there?
This list holds 114, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a 5 letter word starting with Z be a noun?
Yes. 94 of the 114 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.