7-letter words with Z as the 3rd letter and T as the 6th letter
7-letter words with Z third and T sixth have 11 matches, including gazette and bizjets.
1 of 11 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
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
- GAZETTE17
- BEZANTS18
- HAZMATS21
- DOZENTH20
- BIZJETS25
- BYZANTS21
- MAZOUTS18
- MOZETTA18
- MOZETTE18
- PEZANTS18
- SIZISTS16
All valid words 11
- BEZANTS18
- BIZJETS25
- BYZANTS21
- DOZENTH20
- GAZETTE17
- HAZMATS21
- MAZOUTS18
- MOZETTA18
- MOZETTE18
- PEZANTS18
- SIZISTS16
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIZJETS | 25 | 28 | NWL only |
| HAZMATS | 21 | 21 | Collins · NWL |
| BYZANTS | 21 | 22 | All three |
| DOZENTH | 20 | 20 | All three |
| BEZANTS | 18 | 20 | All three |
| MOZETTA | 18 | 19 | All three |
| MOZETTE | 18 | 19 | All three |
| MAZOUTS | 18 | 20 | Collins only |
| PEZANTS | 18 | 20 | Collins only |
| GAZETTE | 17 | 18 | All three |
| SIZISTS | 16 | 16 | Collins only |
The fixed pattern leaves just 11 tournament-dictionary words, and their endings are strikingly lopsided: seven finish in S. Gazette is the only entry tagged common. The rest include less familiar forms such as bezants, hazmats and dozenth, so the letter positions narrow the search more than everyday vocabulary does.
The pattern at a glance
- Eleven words fit Z in position three and T in position six.
- Gazette is the sole entry tagged common.
- Seven words end in S; two end in E.
- Bizjets leads the scoring list at 25 points.
7-letter words with Z third and T sixth
Gazette is the familiar outlier among the 11 matches; the other ten are not tagged common. The opening letters are more varied than the endings: B and M each start three words, while D, G, H, P and S each start one. A known first letter among those five therefore points to a single word.
The S-ending group includes bezants, hazmats, bizjets, byzants, mazouts, pezants and sizists. Gazette and mozette end in E, mozetta in A and dozenth in H. If the final tile is S, compare the seven options; an E ending narrows play to gazette or mozette.
Which matches score the most?
Bizjets tops the scoring list at 25 points. Hazmats and byzants tie at 21, followed by dozenth at 20; bezants, mozetta, mozette, mazouts and pezants each score 18. Gazette scores 17, and the group averages 19.1 points.
The source counts are 6 in ENABLE, 10 in Collins and 8 in NWL2023; those dictionaries overlap, so their counts are not separate piles of words. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry, especially a form such as sizists.
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