Words Containing ZEI

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing ZEI?

YAHRZEITS is worth 24 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are YAHRZEIT (23), ZEITGEBERS (22), ZEITGEBER (21).

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All Words Containing ZEI 16 words

How often does ZEI appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 16 words containing ZEI. Most are 8 letters long, they average 19 points, the best is YAHRZEITS (24 points) and 50% end in S.

Total words: 16
Most common length: 8 letters; 5 words
Average Scrabble score: 19; out of 24 max
Longest word: ZEITGEISTS; 10 letters
Most common ending: S; 50% of words

Most common last letters

s 50%
t 18.8%
n 12.5%

Top vowel pairs

ei100%
ai12.5%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing ZEI

y ₄a ₁h ₄r ₁z ₁₀e ₁i ₁t ₁s ₁

Y 4 + A 1 + H 4 + R 1 + Z 10 + E 1 + I 1 + T 1 + S 1 = 24 points

Double word: 48 pts
Triple word: 72 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

yahrzeits

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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