Unscramble ZOA and you have 4 words, ZOA itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: AZO. The 3 letters split into 2 vowels and 1 consonant.
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By length, the words from ZOA split into 2 with 3 letters and 2 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of ZOA, with one letter different:
More 3-letter words: starting with Z · ending in A · all 3-letter words
What ZOA means, then the 2 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ZOA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 4) | 3 | 4 | 2 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: ZA. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ZO.
These 4 words take every letter of ZOA plus a single extra one.