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7-letter words with Z as the 3rd letter and S as the 6th letter

7-letter words with Z as the 3rd letter and S as the 6th letter number 12, led by LAZYISH at 22 points.

12 wordsTop pick LAZIESTHighest score LAZYISH 22

With Z in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (77 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 12 · most-used first

  • LAZIEST16
  • COZIEST18
  • SIZEIST16
  • HAZIEST19
  • SIZEISM18
  • DOZIEST17
  • FOZIEST19
  • GAZIEST17
  • LAZYISH22
  • MAZIEST18
  • OOZIEST16
  • SIZIEST16
All valid words 12

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

  • COZIEST18
  • DOZIEST17
  • FOZIEST19
  • GAZIEST17
  • HAZIEST19
  • LAZIEST16
  • LAZYISH22
  • MAZIEST18
  • OOZIEST16
  • SIZEISM18
  • SIZEIST16
  • SIZIEST16
Letters by positionIn 83% of these words the 7th letter is T.
1st letter
  1. S25%
  2. L17%
  3. C8%
2nd letter
  1. A42%
  2. O33%
  3. I25%
4th letter
  1. I75%
  2. E17%
  3. Y8%
5th letter
  1. E75%
  2. I25%
7th letter
  1. T83%
  2. H8%
  3. M8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
LAZYISH2221All three
HAZIEST1918All three
FOZIEST1919All three
COZIEST1819All three
SIZEISM1819Collins · NWL
MAZIEST1819All three
DOZIEST1717All three
GAZIEST1718Collins only
LAZIEST1617All three
SIZEIST1616Collins · NWL
OOZIEST1616All three
SIZIEST1616All three

Nine of the 12 words in ??Z??S? are superlatives ending in -IEST: LAZIEST, COZIEST, HAZIEST and their cousins. Add SIZEIST, SIZEISM and LAZYISH and the list is complete. Not one passes the common-word test, even though LAZIEST looks ordinary.

??Z??S? in five facts

  • Collins holds all 12, NWL2023 holds 11 and ENABLE holds 9.
  • T ends ten words; H and M end one each.
  • S opens three words, L opens two, and seven other letters open one each.
  • LAZYISH scores 22, HAZIEST and FOZIEST 19, and the average is 17.7.
  • None is a common word, and 9 of the 12 have definitions.

What are the nine -IEST words?

LAZIEST, COZIEST, HAZIEST, DOZIEST, FOZIEST, GAZIEST, MAZIEST, OOZIEST and SIZIEST. Each adds -IEST to a Z-word, so a rack with Z, I, E, S and T plus a consonant opener is almost always worth testing against this list.

The score depends on the first tile. HAZIEST and FOZIEST reach 19, COZIEST and MAZIEST 18, DOZIEST and GAZIEST 17, and LAZIEST, OOZIEST and SIZIEST 16.

What about the other three?

LAZYISH is the top scorer at 22, with Y and H worth 4 each on top of the Z. SIZEISM scores 18 and SIZEIST 16.

SIZEIST and SIZEISM are valid in Collins and NWL2023 but not ENABLE, and GAZIEST is Collins-only. NWL2023 therefore holds 11 and ENABLE 9, so check your game's word list before using GAZIEST or the SIZE- pair.

Players reach for LAZIEST and COZIEST in speech, but at 16 and 18 points they trail LAZYISH by four to six points, so the odd word often wins the turn.

How does it compare?

Note

R third with S sixth has 152 matches, more than 12 times this list. Z third is rare, and the -IEST ending is the reason this one even reaches 12.

Questions people ask

Which seven-letter words have Z as the third letter and S as the sixth?
Twelve fit: LAZIEST, COZIEST, HAZIEST, DOZIEST, FOZIEST, GAZIEST, MAZIEST, OOZIEST, SIZIEST, SIZEIST, SIZEISM and LAZYISH. Collins accepts all 12 and NWL2023 accepts 11, while ENABLE accepts 9. Nine of the twelve end in -IEST.
Is HAZIEST a good Scrabble play?
HAZIEST scores 19 points and is valid in all three dictionaries, tied with FOZIEST for the second-best score in the pattern. Only LAZYISH scores more, at 22.
Which of these Z-S words are not valid everywhere?
GAZIEST is Collins-only, and SIZEIST and SIZEISM are valid in Collins and NWL2023 but not ENABLE. The other nine are accepted in all three dictionaries.

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