ZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZE 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 76 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZE is to know. It scores 11 from 2 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZE scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in ZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 413.
What stands out about ZE
- Only 3 words of 2 letters carry a Z, and ZE is one of them.
- At 11 points, ZE is among the ten highest-scoring 2-letter words we list.
- ZE 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 ZE mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
A pronoun used in place of he or she when gender is not specified.
How ZE is used
- The author asks that ze be used throughout the piece.
- Ze arrived early and waited by the desk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZE and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZE
Showing 24 of 189 words that begin with ZE.
Words ending in ZE
Showing 24 of 1315 words that end in ZE. Useful as a back hook: play ZE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZE inside
Showing 24 of 3870 words that contain ZE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about ZE
- Is ZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZE is not in it.
- How many points is ZE worth?
- ZE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZE mean?
- A pronoun used in place of he or she when gender is not specified.
- What letters can be added to ZE?
- ZE takes 9 hooks: 0 in front and 9 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of ZE:
Open ZE in the Word Finder