Words Ending With ZE
100 wordsWords ending in ZE pack serious punch in word games, combining the high-scoring Z with a versatile ending that creates everything from simple verbs like FAZE to medical monstrosities like HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE. This suffix transforms nouns and adjectives into action words, giving you hundreds of options to deploy that valuable tile.
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1Pattern Guide
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The ZE ending sits at a linguistic crossroads where French elegance meets English practicality, creating a pattern that rewards both vocabulary depth and strategic timing.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
The -IZE suffix is English's favorite tool for turning things into verbs. Take any noun or adjective, add -IZE, and you've created an action: computer becomes COMPUTERIZE, channel becomes CHANNELIZE. This productivity explains why 94% of ZE words are verbs. The pattern traces back to Greek -izo, which passed through Latin and French before becoming one of English's most reliable word-building machines.
Total Words
872
0.3% of dictionary
Avg Length
9.7 letters
3.5 syllables
Top Scrabble
HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE
45 points
Longest Word
OVERINTELLECTUALIZE
19 letters
Parts of Speech
This pattern skews heavily toward verbs at 94%, far above typical dictionary distribution. The average length of 9.7 letters reflects how the -IZE suffix often attaches to already substantial base words, creating the technical and scientific vocabulary that dominates this category.
French dominates this pattern's origins, which makes sense given that French transmitted the Latin -izare suffix to English. Many ZE words show clear Romance language lineage—BRONZE traveled from French through Italian to Latin, while QUATORZE came straight from French card-game terminology. The strong Middle English presence reveals how deeply this suffix embedded itself during the Norman period.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
convert (oxygen) into ozone
Long (8+)
remove the pituitary glands
ascribe human features to something
Short (2-4)
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
a dry cold north wind in southeastern France
Medium (5-7)
convert (oxygen) into ozone
Long (8+)
remove the pituitary glands
ascribe human features to something
The Z tile scores identically in Scrabble and WWF at 10 points, so your strategy depends on board position rather than game choice. PIAZZE hits 26 points in Scrabble and 27 in WWF, making it consistently valuable. For shorter plays, FUZE edges out FAZE in WWF (17 vs 16 points) due to the U's higher value. The real leverage comes from premium square placement—even humble FAZE becomes formidable when that Z lands on a triple letter.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
state of violent mental agitation
scrape gently
solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
CRAZE and GRAZE make solid Wordle openers, each testing the common A and E vowels alongside frequent consonants R and C or G. BRAZE offers similar coverage with a different consonant blend if your first guess strikes out.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
Longest
No ZE words exist below four letters because the suffix needs something to attach to. The longest entries like OVERINTELLECTUALIZE stack multiple prefixes and stems, showing how English builds complexity through agglutination rather than creating new roots.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
cause to form a channel
"channelize a stream"
provide with computers
"Our office is fully computerized now"
BAIZE deserves a spot in your arsenal. This bright green fabric used to cover gaming tables scores 16 points in Scrabble and fits neatly into tight board spaces. It's also thematically perfect—a word about game tables, played in word games.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.