ZIZZ is a valid Scrabble word — 31 points
Yes. ZIZZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 31 points in Scrabble and 31 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZIZZ?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZIZZ is to know. It scores 31 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZIZZ
No single letter turns ZIZZ into another word.
How ZIZZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZIZZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 3 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ZIZZ needs 2 blank tiles.
What stands out about ZIZZ
- ZIZZ uses the letter Z three times — almost nothing else in the four lists we check does.
- At 31 points, ZIZZ is among the ten highest-scoring 4-letter words we list.
- ZIZZ averages 7.8 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 ZIZZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
British slang for a short daytime sleep, imitating the sound of snoring the way comics spell it.
Zizz is British and imitates snoring as comics write it, which is almost certainly where it came from. It also names a buzzing noise, and the two senses have sat side by side since the 1940s.
How ZIZZ is used
Countable: a zizz, two zizzes. Informal and British.
- He had a zizz in the chair and denied it afterwards.
- The word zizz imitates snoring as comics spell it.
- A zizz of twenty minutes is worth an hour of anything else.
- Zizz also means a buzzing noise.
- Two zizzes in one afternoon is a habit, not a rest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZIZZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZIZZ
7 longer words begin with ZIZZ.
Shorter words from the letters in ZIZZ
Common questions about ZIZZ
- Is ZIZZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZIZZ, where it scores 31 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZIZZ worth?
- ZIZZ is worth 31 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZIZZ mean?
- British slang for a short daytime sleep, imitating the sound of snoring the way comics spell it.
- What letters can be added to ZIZZ?
- No single letter can be added to ZIZZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZIZZ:
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