5-Letter Words With Z as the Third Letter

There are 87 words in our dictionary. The strongest Wordle guess among them is RAZES, which narrows 8,938 possible answers down to about 330 on average.

Best Wordle guesses from this list

Each word was played against all 8,938 five-letter words in our list to see how far it narrows the field. Fewer words left is better. How this is calculated.

WordAnswers leftInformation
RAZES3305.36 bits
LAZES3545.28 bits
DAZES4155.10 bits
SIZER4165.07 bits
MAZES4395.02 bits
HAZES4464.96 bits
SIZAR4604.96 bits
GAZES4554.93 bits
DOZES5074.92 bits
COZES5024.89 bits

Highest-scoring words in this list

  • JAZZY33·34
  • FEZZY29·28
  • FIZZY29·28
  • FUZZY29·29
  • MUZZY28·29
  • DIZZY27·26
  • HUZZA26·26
  • LEZZY26·26

All 87 five-letter words with Z in the middle (third letter)

  • ADZED
  • ADZES
  • BAZAR
  • BAZOO
  • BEZEL
  • BEZIL
  • BIZES
  • BOZOS
  • COZEN
  • COZES
  • COZEY
  • COZIE
  • DAZED
  • DAZES
  • DIZEN
  • DIZZY
  • DOZED
  • DOZEN
  • DOZER
  • DOZES
  • ENZYM
  • FAZED
  • FAZES
  • FEZES
  • FEZZY
  • FIZZY
  • FUZED
  • FUZEE
  • FUZES
  • FUZIL
  • FUZZY
  • GAZAR
  • GAZED
  • GAZER
  • GAZES
  • GAZOO
  • GIZMO
  • HAZAN
  • HAZED
  • HAZEL
  • HAZER
  • HAZES
  • HUZZA
  • JAZZY
  • KAZOO
  • LAZAR
  • LAZED
  • LAZES
  • LEZZY
  • MAZED
  • MAZER
  • MAZES
  • MEZES
  • MEZZO
  • MIZEN
  • MOZOS
  • MUZZY
  • NAZIS
  • NIZAM
  • OOZED
  • OOZES
  • ORZOS
  • OUZEL
  • OUZOS
  • PIZZA
  • RAZED
  • RAZEE
  • RAZER
  • RAZES
  • RAZOR
  • SIZAR
  • SIZED
  • SIZER
  • SIZES
  • SOZIN
  • TAZZA
  • TAZZE
  • TIZZY
  • UNZIP
  • VIZIR
  • VIZOR
  • WAZOO
  • WIZEN
  • WIZES
  • ZAZEN
  • ZIZIT
  • ZUZIM

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