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7-letter words with W as the 2nd letter and Z as the 5th letter

10 7-letter words have W as the 2nd letter and Z as the 5th letter, and they average 25 points, from SWIZZED at 29 to TWEEZER at 19.

10 wordsTop pick SWIZZLEHighest score SWIZZED 29

With W in 2nd place, T is the most common 5th letter (36 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • SWIZZLE28
  • TWEEZER19
  • TWIZZLE28
  • TWEEZED20
  • SWAZZLE28
  • TWEEZES19
  • KWANZAS23
  • SWIZZED29
  • SWIZZES28
  • SWOZZLE28
All valid words 10

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • KWANZAS23
  • SWAZZLE28
  • SWIZZED29
  • SWIZZES28
  • SWIZZLE28
  • SWOZZLE28
  • TWEEZED20
  • TWEEZER19
  • TWEEZES19
  • TWIZZLE28

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SWIZZED2929Collins only
SWIZZLE2829All three
TWIZZLE2829Collins · NWL
SWAZZLE2829Collins only
SWIZZES2828Collins only
SWOZZLE2829Collins only
KWANZAS2324All three
TWEEZED2020All three
TWEEZER1919All three
TWEEZES1919All three

Six of the ten words double the Z, which puts 20 points on the board before any other tile counts. The other four are KWANZAS and the three TWEEZ- words. Between them, W and Z make this one of the richest scoring patterns you can hold.

All ten words and their scores

  • SWIZZED 29, SWIZZLE 28, TWIZZLE 28, SWAZZLE 28, SWIZZES 28 and SWOZZLE 28.
  • KWANZAS scores 23, TWEEZED 20, and TWEEZER and TWEEZES 19.
  • Collins accepts all 10, NWL2023 accepts 6 and ENABLE accepts 5.
  • No word ranks among the top 25,000 English words.
  • The mean score is 25 points.

Which words have a double Z?

Six: SWAZZLE, SWIZZED, SWIZZES, SWIZZLE, SWOZZLE and TWIZZLE. The first four letters are SW or TW plus a vowel and the Zs, so a vowel choice of A, I or O picks the word.

Two Zs are worth 20 points between them, which is why six of these words land on 28 or 29.

Place one Z of SWIZZLE on a double-letter square and the word makes 38 instead of 28. The same trick lifts TWEEZER from 19 to 29.

What are the TWEEZ- words and KWANZAS?

TWEEZED, TWEEZER and TWEEZES score 20, 19 and 19 with one Z each. KWANZAS adds a 5-point K and a Z for 23, and it is a plural currency name.

TWEEZED, TWEEZER, TWEEZES and KWANZAS are the four words with a single Z, and they are accepted by Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE.

SWIZZLE, SWAZZLE and SWOZZLE share every letter except the vowel, and TWIZZLE swaps the first letter of SWIZZLE. Four words come from one frame.

Where the big scores are risky

Note

SWIZZLE is accepted by all three lists, but SWIZZED, SWIZZES, SWAZZLE and SWOZZLE appear only in Collins. TWIZZLE is accepted by Collins and NWL2023.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have W second and Z fifth?
There are 10 of them. Collins accepts all ten, NWL2023 accepts 6 and ENABLE accepts 5, so the dictionary you play with decides most of the big scoring options.
What is the highest-scoring word with W second and Z fifth?
SWIZZED scores 29 points in Scrabble, from two 10-point Zs and a 4-point W. SWIZZLE, TWIZZLE, SWAZZLE, SWIZZES and SWOZZLE follow at 28, and KWANZAS at 23.
Which of these words are safe in a North American game?
SWIZZLE, KWANZAS, TWEEZED, TWEEZER and TWEEZES are accepted by ENABLE, NWL2023 and Collins alike. TWIZZLE is accepted by NWL2023 and Collins, and the other four words are Collins-only.

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