ZO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZO 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 ZO?
| 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: 65 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZO is to know. It scores 11 from 2 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZO scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in ZO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 619.
What stands out about ZO
- Only 3 words of 2 letters carry a Z, and ZO is one of them.
- At 11 points, ZO is among the ten highest-scoring 2-letter words we list.
- ZO 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 ZO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hybrid of a yak and a cow, bred in the Himalaya as a pack animal.
How ZO is used
- A zo carries more than a yak at lower altitudes.
- Each zo was loaded before first light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZO and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZO
Showing 24 of 408 words that begin with ZO.
Words ending in ZO
Showing 24 of 37 words that end in ZO. Useful as a back hook: play ZO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZO inside
Showing 24 of 780 words that contain ZO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about ZO
- Is ZO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZO is not in it.
- How many points is ZO worth?
- ZO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZO mean?
- A hybrid of a yak and a cow, bred in the Himalaya as a pack animal.
- What letters can be added to ZO?
- ZO takes 6 hooks: 2 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of ZO:
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