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There are 19 five-letter words beginning with ZA

ZABRA	• zabra n. A small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. • ZABRA n. (Spanish) a small vessel used off the Spanish coast.
ZACKS	• zacks n. Plural of zack. • ZACK n. (Australian slang) sixpence, now a five-cent piece.
ZAIDA	• ZAIDA n. (Yiddish) a grandfather, also ZAIDEH, ZAIDY, ZEDA.
ZAIDY	• ZAIDY n. (Yiddish) a grandfather, also ZAIDA, ZAIDEH, ZEDA.
ZAIRE	• zaire n. (Historical) The unit of currency of Zaire. • Zaire prop.n. (Historical) A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. • zaïre n. The former currency of Zaïre.
ZAKAT	• zakat n. (Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam. • ZAKAT n. (Persian) in Islam, a tax payable on certain types of property.
ZAMAN	• zaman n. Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family. • ZAMAN n. (Caribbean) the rain-tree, a member of the mimosa family, also SAMAAN, SAMAN, ZAMANG.
ZAMIA	• zamia n. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia. • Zamia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – deciduous palm-like cycads. • ZAMIA n. a genus of cycads.
ZANJA	• zanja n. An irrigation canal in Latin America. • ZANJA n. (Spanish) an irrigation canal in Latin America.
ZANTE	• zante n. Alternative form of zantewood. • Zante prop.n. Zakynthos (an island in Greece). • ZANTE n. the wood of the European smoke-tree.
ZANZA	• zanza n. (Music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa. • ZANZA n. (Arabic) an African musical instrument, also SANSA, ZANZE.
ZANZE	• zanze n. Alternative form of zanza (musical instrument). • ZANZE n. (Arabic) an African musical instrument, also SANSA, ZANZA.
ZAPPY	• zappy adj. (Informal) Lively or energetic. • ZAPPY adj. (slang) full of verve.
ZARFS	• zarfs n. Plural of zarf. • ZARF n. (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup, also ZURF.
ZARIS	• ZARI n. (Urdu) a type of thread made of fine gold or silver wire used in traditional Indian and Pakistani garments.
ZATIS	• zatis n. Plural of zati. • ZATI n. the bonnet-monkey.
ZAXES	• zaxes n. Plural of zax. • z-axes n. Plural of z-axis. • ZAX n. a chopper for trimming slate, also SAX, ZEX.
ZAYIN	• zayin n. The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). • ZAYIN n. (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter.
ZAZEN	• zazen n. (Buddhism) A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism. • ZAZEN n. (Japanese) Zen meditation.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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English Wiktionary: 121 words
Scrabble in French: 17 words
Scrabble in Spanish: 74 words
Scrabble in Italian: 35 words
Scrabble in German: 52 words
Scrabble in Romanian: 71 words

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