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7-letter words with Z as the 1st letter and T as the 4th letter

7-letter words starting with Z with T as the 4th letter number 18, led by ZOOTAXY at 26 points and ZLOTYCH at 24.

18 wordsTop pick ZESTFULHighest score ZOOTAXY 26

With Z in 1st place, A is the most common 4th letter (18 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 18 · most-used first

  • ZESTFUL19
  • ZLOTIES16
  • ZESTING17
  • ZLOTYCH24
  • ZESTIER16
  • ZESTILY19
  • ZAATARS16
  • ZABTIEH21
  • ZAITECH21
  • ZAPTIAH21
  • ZAPTIEH21
  • ZEATINS16
  • ZESTERS16
  • ZOOTAXY26
  • ZOOTIER16
  • ZOOTOMY21
  • ZOOTYPE21
  • ZOSTERS16
All valid words 18

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

  • ZAATARS16
  • ZABTIEH21
  • ZAITECH21
  • ZAPTIAH21
  • ZAPTIEH21
  • ZEATINS16
  • ZESTERS16
  • ZESTFUL19
  • ZESTIER16
  • ZESTILY19
  • ZESTING17
  • ZLOTIES16
  • ZLOTYCH24
  • ZOOTAXY26
  • ZOOTIER16
  • ZOOTOMY21
  • ZOOTYPE21
  • ZOSTERS16
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 5th letter is I.
2nd letter
  1. E33%
  2. A28%
  3. O28%
3rd letter
  1. S33%
  2. O33%
  3. P11%
5th letter
  1. I50%
  2. E17%
  3. Y11%
6th letter
  1. E28%
  2. R17%
  3. N11%
7th letter
  1. H28%
  2. S28%
  3. Y17%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ZOOTAXY2625Collins only
ZLOTYCH2424All three
ZAPTIAH2121All three
ZAPTIEH2121All three
ZOOTOMY2121All three
ZABTIEH2121Collins only
ZAITECH2121Collins only
ZOOTYPE2121Collins only
ZESTFUL1921All three
ZESTILY1919Collins · NWL
ZESTING1719All three
ZLOTIES1617All three

A Z at the front and a T in fourth place give a compact list built on two stems. ZEST- covers five words and ZOOT- covers four, while five more end in H. The average score is 19.1, and none of the 18 counts as a common word.

Z??T??? at a glance

  • Collins takes 17 of the 18, NWL2023 takes 14 and ENABLE takes 12.
  • H and S each end five words; Y ends three and R ends two.
  • ZOOTAXY scores 26, ZLOTYCH 24, and four words tie on 21.
  • The average is 19.1, and 15 of the 18 have definitions.
  • Twelve words are accepted by all three dictionaries.

Which stems build the list?

ZEST- gives ZESTFUL, ZESTING, ZESTIER, ZESTILY and ZESTERS. ZOOT- gives ZOOTAXY, ZOOTIER, ZOOTOMY and ZOOTYPE. The pairs ZAPTIAH and ZAPTIEH, and ZLOTIES and ZLOTYCH, differ by only a letter or two.

ZABTIEH, ZAITECH, ZEATINS, ZAATARS and ZOSTERS fill out the rest. The five H-enders are ZLOTYCH, ZABTIEH, ZAITECH, ZAPTIAH and ZAPTIEH, and they hold four of the six highest scores.

Which words are safe to play?

Twelve are accepted everywhere: ZLOTYCH, ZAPTIAH, ZAPTIEH, ZOOTOMY, ZESTFUL, ZESTING, ZESTIER, ZESTERS, ZEATINS, ZLOTIES, ZOOTIER and ZOSTERS. ZESTILY is valid in Collins and NWL2023, and ZAATARS only in NWL2023.

Four are Collins-only: ZOOTAXY, ZABTIEH, ZAITECH and ZOOTYPE. That matters, because ZOOTAXY is the top scorer at 26 (Z 10, X 8, Y 4 and four 1-point tiles) and cannot be played in a North American game.

The best everywhere-valid play is ZLOTYCH at 24, with ZAPTIAH, ZAPTIEH and ZOOTOMY at 21. Check your game's word list before you plan a turn around any of the Collins-only four.

How rare is this pattern?

Tip

S first with T fourth has 313 matches, more than 17 times this list, and P first with T fourth has 293. Z is the thin slice of this shape.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with Z and have T as the fourth letter?
Eighteen fit. Collins accepts 17, NWL2023 accepts 14 and ENABLE accepts 12. ZESTFUL, ZESTING and ZLOTIES are among the words accepted in all three, so the pattern has a solid safe core despite its Z start.
Which ZEST words are seven letters long?
Five: ZESTFUL, ZESTING, ZESTIER, ZESTILY and ZESTERS. ZESTILY is valid in Collins and NWL2023 but not in ENABLE, while the other four are accepted by all three dictionaries.
What is the top-scoring seven-letter word with Z first and T fourth?
ZOOTAXY scores 26 points but is Collins-only. ZLOTYCH scores 24 and is valid in every list. ZAPTIAH, ZAPTIEH, ZOOTOMY, ZABTIEH, ZAITECH and ZOOTYPE all score 21.

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