ZZZ is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 30 points
Yes for Scrabble. ZZZ is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept ZZZ?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZZZ is to know. It scores 30 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 1.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZZZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zzzsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZZZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZZZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 3 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ZZZ needs 2 blank tiles.
What stands out about ZZZ
- ZZZ uses the letter Z three times — almost nothing else in the four lists we check does.
- ZZZ has no vowel at all, not even a Y — one of 19 such words at 3 letters.
- ZZZ is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZZZ mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
The sound of sleep, as written in comic strips.
The repeated letter is a drawing rather than a spelling: nobody actually makes that noise, and zzz began in American comics of the 1910s, when a snore had to be shown without any sound at all. It has since become the standard mark for sleep everywhere, including on screens where no letters are drawn.
How ZZZ is used
Written as three letters or more; the count suggests how deep the sleep is.
- The last panel is a chair, a blanket and a row of zzz.
- She drew zzz over his head and left the note on the table.
- A single zzz is a doze and four is a coma.
- The icon uses zzz because no other mark reads as sleep.
- Nobody has ever said zzz out loud and meant it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZZZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZZZ
1 longer words begin with ZZZ.
Common questions about ZZZ
- Is ZZZ valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZZZ is not in it.
- How many points is ZZZ worth?
- ZZZ is worth 30 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZZZ mean?
- The sound of sleep, as written in comic strips.
- What letters can be added to ZZZ?
- ZZZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZZZ:
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