DZO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. DZO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DZO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DZO is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DZO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dzosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DZO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DZO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What stands out about DZO
- DZO scores 13 points, more than twice the average for a 3-letter word (6.3).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DZO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A yak crossed with a cow, in another of its English spellings.
Which form a writer picks says more about the route than about the beast: dzo follows the Tibetan sound most closely, while the versions beginning with z came through other hands. The female is the more useful of the two sexes and carries a separate name again, which is the part most English accounts leave out.
How DZO is used
Countable: a dzo, two dzos. Also written zho and zo.
- The dzo does the ploughing and the yak stays high.
- A dzo is quieter than either animal it comes from.
- They sold the dzo and kept the calf.
- The spelling dzo is closest to what the word sounds like.
- Every village in that valley keeps at least one dzo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DZO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DZO
1 longer words begin with DZO.
Words with DZO inside
23 words contain DZO in the middle. Words that start with DZO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DZO
Common questions about DZO
- Is DZO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DZO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DZO worth?
- DZO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DZO mean?
- A yak crossed with a cow, in another of its English spellings.
- What letters can be added to DZO?
- DZO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DZO:
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