5-Letter Words With A and Z
There are 96 five-letter words containing both A and Z in our dictionary; 43 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 96 words
- crazy19 points
- pizza25 points
- amaze16 points
- maize16 points
- razor14 points
- fazed18 points
- hazed18 points
- fazes17 points
- hazel17 points
- hazes17 points
- waltz17 points
- blaze16 points
- craze16 points
- czars16 points
- dazed16 points
- gazed16 points
- mazes16 points
- plaza16 points
- topaz16 points
- zebra16 points
- dazes15 points
- gauze15 points
- gazes15 points
- glaze15 points
- graze15 points
- razed15 points
- azure14 points
- razes14 points
- jazzy33 points
- abuzz25 points
- gauzy18 points
- kazoo18 points
- baize16 points
- matzo16 points
- adzes15 points
- gazer15 points
- lazed15 points
- lazes14 points
- zonal14 points
- zappy21 points
- hazer17 points
- braze16 points
- zetas14 points
- tazza23 points
- zazen23 points
- hafiz20 points
- hamza19 points
- ghazi18 points
- azoth17 points
- hazan17 points
- zarfs17 points
- zayin17 points
- azoic16 points
- baiza16 points
- bazar16 points
- colza16 points
- mazer16 points
- mirza16 points
- smaze16 points
- zamia16 points
- azide15 points
- diazo15 points
- azine14 points
- azole14 points
- azote14 points
- lazar14 points
- razee14 points
- sizar14 points
- zaire14 points
- huzza26 points
- tazze23 points
- zanza23 points
- zaxes21 points
- glazy18 points
- feaze17 points
- mazed17 points
- bazoo16 points
- braza16 points
- matza16 points
- nizam16 points
- ziram16 points
- adoze15 points
- agaze15 points
- azido15 points
- gazar15 points
- azans14 points
- azlon14 points
- azons14 points
- izars14 points
- nazis14 points
- razer14 points
- tzars14 points
- zeals14 points
- zoeae14 points
- zoeal14 points
- zoeas14 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 96
- By usage: 28 very common, 15 common, 53 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- jazzy 33
- huzza 26
- abuzz 25
- pizza 25
- tazza 23
- tazze 23
- zanza 23
- zazen 23
- zappy 21
- zaxes 21
Most common
- crazy
- pizza
- amaze
- maize
- razor
- fazed
- hazed
- fazes
- hazel
- hazes
Definitions
- crazy (adjective)
- Affected with madness or insanity.
- pizza (noun)
- Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese.
- 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.
Words that contain both A and Z come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 96 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. JAZZY is the top scorer here, worth 33 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
Which five-letter words containing both A and Z are the most common?
CRAZY, PIZZA and AMAZE 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 containing both A and Z you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.