4-letter words starting with Z

There are 35 4-letter words that start with Z in the Scrabble dictionary, less than 1% of all 3,996 4-letter words. Every one is valid in US Scrabble play.

The highest scoring is Zyme, worth 18 points without any bonuses. The commonest second letter is E: 11 of these words begin ZE. Words like Zarf, Zeps, Zinc, Zoea and Zoos are on the list.

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