5-Letter Words With Z as the 5th Letter

122 valid 5-letter words have "Z" in the 5th position. 4 are common words — narrow with this when you've locked a green tile.

4 common words122 valid words

Common Words (4)

Words most likely to be the answer.

waltz
fritz
topaz
blitz

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (118)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abuzz
achaz
ahvaz
ahwaz
allez
arroz
beitz
blatz
blizz
bortz
bretz
brizz
bruzz
burez
cadiz
cafiz
cahiz
capiz
caraz
chizz
chorz
critz
dietz
dnitz
franz
frizz
fultz
gazoz
gintz
glitz
goetz
goltz
gomez
gratz
grosz
hafiz
heinz
hejaz
hertz
hienz
hijaz
holtz
ignaz
imroz
itnez
jabez
jemez
jerez
jurez
kafiz
karez
kenaz
klotz
klutz
kniaz
knyaz
kopaz
krutz
kurtz
laluz
lanaz
lantz
lapaz
lopez
mainz
maltz
martz
mintz
moniz
morez
muntz
namaz
nantz
nertz
nunez
oghuz
optez
ormuz
ortiz
peetz
peltz
perez
pfalz
pierz
plotz
prinz
rentz
rodez
scalz
schiz
seitz
shutz
snitz
soulz
soyuz
spatz
spitz
squiz
storz
switz
swizz
tenez
tiraz
tiwaz
trooz
vaduz
vejoz
venez
voltz
voraz
wertz
whizz
wiltz
windz
wirtz
wootz
wurtz
zmudz

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 122 matches.

Most common letters

z122
t54
a44
i44
r38
e34
o30
n26
l24
u20

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is s, appearing in 13 of 122 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 72 with 1 unique vowel
  • 50 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -tz · 45 words
  • -az · 18 words
  • -ez · 17 words
  • -iz · 10 words
  • -zz · 8 words

Strategy

Only 4 answers place Z at position 5. Add any other clue and you'll likely solve it this guess.

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