Words With Z

236 English words contain the letter Z somewhere inside them, ranging from 2 to 16 letters. Browse them grouped by length.

Key facts about this word list

Words in this list
236
Word lengths
2–16 letters
Most common length
6 letters (33)
Shortest
za, biz, viz
Longest
characterization
Share of the dictionary
1%

6-letter words are the largest group here — 33 words, 14% of the list.

The longest entry is “characterization” (16 letters); the shortest are “za”, “biz”, “viz”.

The most frequently used are “size”, “magazine”, “organization”, “zip”, “amazon”.

Z appears somewhere in 1% of our dictionary — anywhere in the word, not only at the start or end.

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2-letter words (1)

  • za

3-letter words (4)

  • biz
  • viz
  • zip
  • zoo

4-letter words (20)

  • buzz
  • cozy
  • ezra
  • gaze
  • haze
  • jazz
  • lazy
  • maze
  • nazi
  • quiz
  • ritz
  • size
  • zach
  • zero
  • zeta
  • ziff
  • zinc
  • zion
  • zone
  • zoom

5-letter words (29)

  • bezel
  • blaze
  • blitz
  • crazy
  • czech
  • dozen
  • eliza
  • franz
  • fritz
  • fuzzy
  • hazel
  • heinz
  • hertz
  • maize
  • mazda
  • nazis
  • ozone
  • pizza
  • plaza
  • prize
  • razor
  • seize
  • sized
  • sizes
  • topaz
  • waltz
  • zaire
  • zebra
  • zones

6-letter words (33)

  • amazed
  • amazon
  • bazaar
  • blazer
  • brazil
  • breeze
  • bronze
  • dozens
  • enzyme
  • freeze
  • frenzy
  • frozen
  • glazed
  • hazard
  • lizard
  • mozart
  • nozzle
  • piazza
  • prizes
  • puzzle
  • quartz
  • resize
  • seized
  • sizing
  • suzuki
  • wizard
  • zambia
  • zenith
  • zipper
  • zodiac
  • zombie
  • zoning
  • zurich

7-letter words (27)

  • amazing
  • analyze
  • arizona
  • bizarre
  • citizen
  • enzymes
  • ezekiel
  • freezer
  • gazette
  • glazing
  • grazing
  • grizzly
  • hazards
  • horizon
  • leipzig
  • lorenzo
  • puzzles
  • quizzes
  • realize
  • schultz
  • seizure
  • squeeze
  • suzanne
  • utilize
  • wizards
  • zealand
  • zoology

8-letter words (23)

  • analyzed
  • analyzer
  • analyzes
  • blizzard
  • citizens
  • diazepam
  • freezers
  • freezing
  • horizons
  • magazine
  • martinez
  • maximize
  • minimize
  • optimize
  • organize
  • realized
  • seizures
  • tanzania
  • utilized
  • utilizes
  • zeppelin
  • zimbabwe
  • zirconia

9-letter words (27)

  • alzheimer
  • amazingly
  • analyzing
  • apologize
  • authorize
  • brazilian
  • customize
  • elizabeth
  • emphasize
  • hazardous
  • influenza
  • localized
  • magazines
  • motorized
  • optimized
  • organized
  • organizer
  • oversized
  • polarized
  • realizing
  • recognize
  • rodriguez
  • summarize
  • swaziland
  • utilizing
  • venezuela
  • zoophilia

10-letter words (24)

  • appetizers
  • authorized
  • authorizes
  • criticized
  • customized
  • emphasized
  • emphasizes
  • fertilizer
  • horizontal
  • initialize
  • italicized
  • maximizing
  • minimizing
  • mozambique
  • normalized
  • optimizing
  • organizers
  • organizing
  • randomized
  • recognized
  • recognizes
  • specialize
  • summarized
  • summarizes

11-letter words (13)

  • authorizing
  • categorized
  • centralized
  • citizenship
  • customizing
  • generalized
  • personalize
  • realization
  • recognizing
  • specialized
  • specializes
  • switzerland
  • utilization

12-letter words (16)

  • amortization
  • characterize
  • civilization
  • computerized
  • customizable
  • immunization
  • localization
  • mobilization
  • optimization
  • organization
  • personalized
  • polarization
  • specializing
  • standardized
  • synchronized
  • unauthorized

13-letter words (12)

  • authorization
  • characterized
  • customization
  • globalization
  • modernization
  • optimizations
  • organizations
  • privatization
  • schizophrenia
  • stabilization
  • uncategorized
  • visualization

14-letter words (4)

  • initialization
  • organizational
  • reorganization
  • specialization

15-letter words (2)

  • standardization
  • synchronization

16-letter words (1)

  • characterization

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Frequently asked questions

How many words contain the letter Z?

236 words — about 1% of our dictionary — contain Z in any position.

What is the shortest word with Z in it?

“za”, “biz”, “viz” — 2 letters. The longest here is “characterization”.

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