5 Letter Words Ending in Z

Common 5-letter words that end in Z

With their Scrabble points: the three most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

• blitz 16to subject to a sudden attack
• topaz 16a bird of genus Topaza
• waltz 17to perform a ballroom dance

All 33 words, A to Z

About these words

• 33 of the 12,987 5-letter words end in Z (0.3%).
• 24 are good in NWL2023, 33 in Collins Scrabble Words and 18 in ENABLE. 3 are everyday words.
• In Scrabble points, pzazz scores the most (34), then whizz (29), then chizz and phizz (28 each), then two words on 26.