6-letter words starting with Z

There are 87 6-letter words that start with Z in the Scrabble dictionary, less than 1% of all 15,756 6-letter words. Every one is valid in US Scrabble play.

The highest scoring is Zincky, worth 24 points without any bonuses. The commonest second letter is O: 24 of these words begin ZO. Words like Zaires, Zebras, Zincic, Zoecia and Zouave are on the list.

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