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13 Letter Words Starting With Z

There are 58 valid 13 letter words that start with Z, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 13-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

zigzaggedness - 35 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

zigzaggedness - 35 points

Words With Friends

zigzaggedness - 39 points

13 Letter Words (58)

View all words starting with Z

Top 20 Highest-Scoring 13 Letter Words Starting With z

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 58 word list is 87.5 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 zalambdodonta 28 28 32 88
#2 zalambdodonts 28 28 32 88
#3 zantedeschias 28 28 29 85
#4 zarathustrian 25 25 26 76
#5 zarathustrism 27 27 28 82
#6 zealousnesses 22 22 25 69
#7 zeitgeistiest 23 23 24 70
#8 zenographical 30 30 34 94
#9 zeolitization 31 31 33 95
#10 zestfulnesses 25 25 28 78
#11 zeuglodontoid 25 25 29 79
#12 zeugmatically 30 30 35 95
#13 zeugobranchia 30 30 34 94
🏆 #14 zigzaggedness 35 35 39 109
#15 zimmerwaldian 30 30 34 94
#16 zimmerwaldist 30 30 33 93
#17 zincification 29 29 33 91
#18 zincographers 30 30 33 93
#19 zincographies 30 30 33 93
#20 zingiberaceae 27 27 31 85

Where 13 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 13 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with Z will give you far more flexible options try 13 letter words starting with Z for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 13 letter word starting with z?

zigzaggedness — worth 109 combined points (US Scrabble: 35, UK Scrabble: 35, Words With Friends: 39).

How many 13 letter words start with z?

58 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 13 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 13 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter z words will come up far more often.