/ziː/
nounverb

Is ZEE a Scrabble word?

Yes. ZEE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

  2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.

  3. Sleep.

    “Time to get some zees.”

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: zee via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards.

Similar and opposite words

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ZEE at a glance

ZEE has 3 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (Z 10 + E 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #23,155 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -ZEE

More endings

Same last three letters as ZEE. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • CHIMPANZEE28
  • MZEE15
  • RAZEE14
  • DISSEIZEE19
  • FUZEE17
  • RECOGNIZEE22

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