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5-Letter Words Ending in ZE

There are 26 five-letter words ending in ZE in our dictionary; 14 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

All 26 words

  • froze17 points
  • amaze16 points
  • maize16 points
  • prize16 points
  • blaze16 points
  • booze16 points
  • craze16 points
  • gauze15 points
  • glaze15 points
  • graze15 points
  • seize14 points
  • furze17 points
  • baize16 points
  • braze16 points
  • feeze17 points
  • winze17 points
  • bonze16 points
  • croze16 points
  • smaze16 points
  • gloze15 points
  • tazze23 points
  • feaze17 points
  • heeze17 points
  • cloze16 points
  • adoze15 points
  • agaze15 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 26
  • By usage: 11 very common, 3 common, 12 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. tazze 23
  2. feaze 17
  3. feeze 17
  4. froze 17
  5. furze 17
  6. heeze 17
  7. winze 17
  8. amaze 16
  9. baize 16
  10. blaze 16

Most common

  1. froze
  2. amaze
  3. maize
  4. prize
  5. blaze
  6. booze
  7. craze
  8. gauze
  9. glaze
  10. graze

Definitions

amaze (verb)
Affect with wonder.
maize (noun)
Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.
prize (adjective)
Of superior grade.
blaze (noun)
A strong flame that burns brightly.

Words that end in the letters ZE come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 26 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. TAZZE is the top scorer here, worth 23 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

Use this list in two ways. Browse it to learn the words that end in the letters ZE, common ones first, or search it by typing your own letters, with question marks for blanks, to see only the words you can make. Every word shows its classic tile score, and linked words open a page with all their sub-words.

Tips

If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.

Questions

Which five-letter words ending in ZE are the most common?

FROZE, AMAZE and MAIZE are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.

Can I search this list with my own letters?

Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words ending in ZE you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.