5-letter words with G as the 1st letter and Z as the 4th letter

The pattern is G _ _ Z _, and the short list mixes familiar choices with rarer entries such as GINZO and GRIZE. Only one of the 11 words is common by frequency. All 11 appear in Collins, while 9 appear in NWL2023 and 8 in ENABLE, so your game's dictionary matters.

The G-and-Z pattern at a glance

• 11 five-letter words match G in position one and Z in position four.
• GLAZE, GRAZE and GAUZE are familiar entries, each scoring 15 points.
• GHAZI, GAUZY, GYOZA and GLAZY tie for the top score at 18 points.
• Five words end in E; O and Y each finish two entries.

Which G-and-Z words score highest?

GHAZI, GAUZY, GYOZA and GLAZY lead this group at 18 points apiece in Scrabble. Their Z supplies much of that value, so keeping it on a premium square matters more than chasing a longer word.

GLAZE, GRAZE, GAUZE and GONZO each score 15 points, three below the leaders. The group's average is 16.1 points, but that does not make every entry an easy play: several are uncommon, and dictionary acceptance differs between Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE.

How to use 5-letter words with G first and Z fourth

For a puzzle, try the recognizable candidates GLAZE, GRAZE and GAUZE before less familiar forms such as GINZO, GLOZE or GRIZE. The ending is a useful filter: E appears five times, while O and Y appear twice each.

All 11 matches are allowed Wordle guesses, but only 3 are answers. That makes this pattern broader as a guess list than as an answer list. The answer names are not identified here, so use the full candidates to test your known letters rather than treating every entry as a likely solution.