ZYZZYVA is a valid Scrabble word — 43 points

Yes. ZYZZYVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 43 points in Scrabble and 42 in Words with Friends.

Which word lists accept ZYZZYVA?

Word power: 65 / 100

Our own measure of how useful ZYZZYVA is to know. It scores 43 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ZYZZYVA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ZYZZYVA scores

Face value of the 7 tiles in ZYZZYVA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ZYZZYVA needs 2 blank tiles.

What stands out about ZYZZYVA

• ZYZZYVA uses the letter Z three times — almost nothing else in the four lists we check does.
• ZYZZYVA gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
• At 43 points, ZYZZYVA is among the ten highest-scoring 7-letter words we list.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with ZYZZYVA

1 longer words begin with ZYZZYVA.

Shorter words from the letters in ZYZZYVA

Common questions about ZYZZYVA

Is ZYZZYVA valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZYZZYVA, where it scores 42 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is ZYZZYVA worth?

ZYZZYVA is worth 43 points in Scrabble and 42 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ZYZZYVA?

ZYZZYVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.