ZA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ZA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 63 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZA is to know. It scores 11 from 2 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZA scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in ZA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 550.
What stands out about ZA
- Only 3 words of 2 letters carry a Z, and ZA is one of them.
- At 11 points, ZA is among the ten highest-scoring 2-letter words we list.
- ZA averages 5.5 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Pizza, in student slang.
How ZA is used
- We ordered za at two in the morning.
- There was cold za in the fridge by Sunday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZA and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZA
Showing 24 of 183 words that begin with ZA.
Words ending in ZA
Showing 24 of 76 words that end in ZA. Useful as a back hook: play ZA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZA inside
Showing 24 of 1659 words that contain ZA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about ZA
- Is ZA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZA worth?
- ZA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZA mean?
- Pizza, in student slang.
- What letters can be added to ZA?
- ZA takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of ZA:
Open ZA in the Word Finder