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5-letter words starting with Z
There are 51 5-letter words starting with Z in the standard word-game list. The most common are zebra, zeros, zilch, zippy, zaire, zloty. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| zebra | any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines | 16 |
| zeros | The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s. | 14 |
| zilch | a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular;… | 19 |
| zippy | quick and energetic | 21 |
| zaire | the basic unit of money in Zaire | 14 |
| zloty | the basic unit of money in Poland | 17 |
| zamia | any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads | 16 |
| zanza | A kind of thumb piano from Africa. | 23 |
| zayin | the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | 17 |
| zazen | A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism. | 23 |
| zesty | having an agreeably pungent taste | 17 |
| zibet | The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha). | 16 |
| zincy | Containing zinc. | 19 |
| zineb | An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc. | 16 |
| zingy | Full of zest. | 18 |
| ziram | A zinc salt C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 Zn used as a fungicide. | 16 |
| zoeal | Of or pertaining to zoeae. | 14 |
| zombi | (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body | 18 |
| zonal | relating to or of the nature of a zone | 14 |
| zoner | Someone who zones things. | 14 |
| zooid | one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan | 15 |
| zooty | Stylish, flashy, snappy. | 17 |
| zoril | muishond of northern Africa | 14 |
| zowie | An indication of astonishment or admiration. | 17 |