ZIZEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 23 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZIZEL 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 23 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZIZEL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZIZEL is to know. It scores 23 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZIZEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zizelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZIZEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZIZEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 2 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ZIZEL needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about ZIZEL
- Two Zs in one word: ZIZEL doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
- ZIZEL scores 23 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZIZEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyrare
A small European ground squirrel, known too as the suslik.
The zizel is a burrowing rodent found in parts of central and eastern Europe, related to other ground squirrels and often known by its other common name, the suslik. It lives in colonies in open grassland and spends much of the year in hibernation underground.
How ZIZEL is used
A specialist zoological term, rarely met outside natural-history writing.
- The field guide described how the zizel digs its burrow.
- A zizel darted across the meadow and vanished underground.
- Researchers tagged several zizel to track the colony.
- The zizel hibernates for much of the winter.
- Farmers considered the zizel a pest of grain fields.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZIZEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZIZEL
1 longer words begin with ZIZEL.
Shorter words from the letters in ZIZEL
Common questions about ZIZEL
- Is ZIZEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZIZEL is not in it.
- How many points is ZIZEL worth?
- ZIZEL is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZIZEL mean?
- A small European ground squirrel, known too as the suslik.
- What letters can be added to ZIZEL?
- ZIZEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZIZEL:
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