ZEE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ZEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZEE?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZEE is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZEE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZEE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,450.
What does ZEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
The name of the letter Z in American English.
Zee won in America because eighteenth-century spelling books preferred it: it rhymes with bee, cee and dee, and the older name does not. Everywhere else the other form held its ground, which makes this one of the quickest ways to place a speaker inside a single sentence.
How ZEE is used
Countable: a zee, two zees. American; elsewhere the letter is called zed.
- He spelled the name out and finished with a zee.
- A zee at the end of the alphabet marks the speaker as American.
- The song teaches the alphabet and rhymes on zee.
- Two zees in one word is unusual in English.
- She says zee at work and zed at home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZEE
2 longer words begin with ZEE.
Words ending in ZEE
6 words end in ZEE. Useful as a back hook: play ZEE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZEE inside
10 words contain ZEE in the middle. Words that start with ZEE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZEE
Common questions about ZEE
- Is ZEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZEE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZEE worth?
- ZEE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZEE mean?
- The name of the letter Z in American English.
- What letters can be added to ZEE?
- ZEE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZEE:
Open ZEE in the Word Finder