5-Letter Words With G and Z
There are 18 five-letter words containing both G and Z in our dictionary; 11 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 18 words
- gazed16 points
- gauze15 points
- gazes15 points
- glaze15 points
- graze15 points
- gizmo17 points
- glitz15 points
- gauzy18 points
- gazer15 points
- zings15 points
- zingy18 points
- ghazi18 points
- gloze15 points
- gonzo15 points
- grosz15 points
- glazy18 points
- agaze15 points
- gazar15 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 18
- By usage: 5 very common, 6 common, 7 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- gauzy 18
- ghazi 18
- glazy 18
- zingy 18
- gizmo 17
- gazed 16
- agaze 15
- gauze 15
- gazar 15
- gazer 15
Most common
- gazed
- gauze
- gazes
- glaze
- graze
- gizmo
- glitz
- gauzy
- gazer
- zings
Definitions
- gauze (noun)
- (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings.
- glaze (noun)
- Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods.
- graze (noun)
- A superficial abrasion.
- gizmo (noun)
- Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
The five-letter words that contain both G and Z number 18 in our dictionary. About 11 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is GAUZY, at 18 points.
How to use this page
This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that contain both G and Z, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.
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
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both G and Z?
GAUZY scores 18 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
7 of the 18 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.