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Words with C and Z

C (3 points) and Z (9 points) together make for big tiles. These words use both letters, in any order and any place, and every one is playable on Wordtide's board. There are 1,406 playable words with both C and Z in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 11 letters, and the longest word is ACCLIMATIZATION. The highest-scoring is QUIZZICALITY, worth 41 points.

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Popular words with both C and Z

COMPUTERIZING29
COMPUTERIZED28
COMPUTERIZES27
PUBLICIZING27
CIVILIZATION26
COMPUTERIZE26
PUBLICIZED26
CIVILIZING25
PUBLICIZES25
RECOGNIZABLE25
SPECIALIZING25
CIVILIZED24
CRITICIZING24
PUBLICIZE24
SPECIALIZED24
CIVILIZES23
CRITICIZED23
RECOGNIZING23

Highest-scoring words with both C and Z

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

QUIZZICALITY41
QUIZZICALITIES41
QUIZZICALLY40
SUBJECTIVIZING40
SUBJECTIVIZED39
SUBJECTIVIZES38
SUBJECTIVIZE37
QUIZZICAL36
HYPERCIVILIZED35
PSYCHOANALYZING34
PSYCHOANALYZED33
ISOCARBOXAZIDS33

3-letter words with both C and Z (1)

COZ13

4-letter words with both C and Z (5)

CHEZ16
COZY16
CZAR14
ZINC14
ZOIC14

5-letter words with both C and Z (15)

AZOIC15
CLOZE15
COLZA15
COZEN15
COZES15
COZEY17
COZIE15
CRAZE15
CRAZY17
CROZE15
CZARS15
ZEBEC17
ZILCH17
ZINCS15
ZINCY17

6-letter words with both C and Z (36)

AZONIC16
AZOTIC16
CHAZAN18
CHINTZ18
CLOZES16
COLZAS16
CORYZA18
COZENS16
COZEYS18
COZIED17
COZIER16
COZIES16
COZILY18
COZZES24
CRAZED17
CRAZES16
CROZER16
CROZES16
DEZINC17
ECZEMA18
MEZCAL18
OZONIC16
SCHIZO18
SCHIZY20
SCHNOZ18
SCUZZY27
ZEBECK21
ZEBECS18
ZECHIN18
ZINCED17
ZINCIC18
ZINCKY21
ZIRCON16
ZODIAC17
ZOECIA16
ZYDECO19

7-letter words with both C and Z (78)

BENZOIC19
CABEZON19
CADENZA18
CAPSIZE19
CAZIQUE26
CHALAZA19
CHALUTZ20
CHAZANS19
CHAZZAN27
CHAZZEN27
CHINTZY21
CHORIZO19
CHUTZPA22
CITIZEN17
CORYZAL19
CORYZAS19
COZENED18
COZIEST17
COZYING20
CRAZIER17
CRAZIES17
CRAZILY19
CRAZING18
CROZIER17
CRUZADO19
CYCLIZE21
CZARDOM20
CZARINA17
CZARISM19
ECZEMAS19
ENZYMIC21
EPIZOIC19
MACHZOR21
SCHERZO19
SCHIZZY29
SCHMALZ21
SCHNOZZ27
UNCRAZY20
ZADDICK22
ZEBECKS22
ZECCHIN21
ZINCIFY22
ZINCKED21
ZIRCONS17
ZLOTYCH21
ZODIACS18
ZOECIUM20
ZYDECOS20
ZYGOTIC20
ZYMOTIC21

The 50 most common shown, 28 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words with both C and Z (126)

ACTIVIZE22
BENZYLIC22
CADENZAS19
CANONIZE18
CAPSIZED21
CAPSIZES20
CATALYZE20
CAZIQUES27
CHAZANIM22
CHAZZANS28
CHAZZENS28
CHROMIZE22
CHUTZPAH25
CHUTZPAS23
CITIZENS18
CIVILIZE22
COENZYME22
COLONIZE18
COMPRIZE22
COZENING19
COZINESS18
CRAZIEST18
CREDENZA19
CROZIERS18
CYCLIZED23
CYCLIZES22
CZAREVNA22
CZARINAS18
CZARITZA26
EXORCIZE24
GAZPACHO23
HYLOZOIC22
ISOZYMIC22
KAZACHKI26
KAZACHOK26
LOCALIZE18
MACHZORS22
POLYZOIC22
SCHERZOS20
SCHIZOID21
SCHMALTZ22
SCHMALZY24
SCHMOOZE22
SCUZZIER27
VIZCACHA26
VOCALIZE22
ZINCKING22
ZODIACAL19
ZUCCHINI23
ZWIEBACK26

The 50 most common shown, 76 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words with both C and Z (165)

ACTUALIZE20
CANONIZED20
CANONIZES19
CAPSIZING22
CATALYZED22
CATALYZES21
CATECHIZE23
CAUTERIZE20
CHAZZANIM31
CHAZZENIM31
CHINTZIER21
CITIZENRY21
CIVILIZED24
CIVILIZES23
COGNIZANT20
COLONIZED20
COLONIZER19
COLONIZES19
CRAZINESS19
CREDENZAS20
CRITICIZE21
CUSTOMIZE22
ECONOMIZE21
FACTORIZE22
ITALICIZE19
LOCALIZED20
LOCALIZES19
MECHANIZE23
MERCERIZE21
OSTRACIZE19
PIZZICATI29
PIZZICATO29
PUBLICIZE24
QUIZZICAL36
RECOGNIZE20
SCHIZOIDS22
SCHIZZIER29
SCHMALTZY25
SCHMOOZED24
SCHMOOZES23
SCHNAUZER22
SCHNOZZES29
SCUZZIEST28
SOCIALIZE19
VICTIMIZE25
VOCALIZED24
VOCALIZES23
VULCANIZE24
ZIRCONIUM22
ZUCCHINIS24

The 50 most common shown, 115 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words with both C and Z (194)

ACTUALIZED22
ACTUALIZES21
CANONIZING21
CAPITALIZE22
CATALYZING23
CATECHIZED25
CATECHIZES24
CATEGORIZE21
CAUTERIZED22
CAUTERIZES21
CENTRALIZE20
CHIMPANZEE26
CHINTZIEST22
CIVILIZING25
COGNIZANCE23
COLONIZING21
CRITICIZED23
CRITICIZES22
CUSTOMIZED24
CUSTOMIZES23
DECOLONIZE21
ECONOMIZED23
ECONOMIZES22
ITALICIZED21
ITALICIZES20
LOCALIZING21
MECHANIZED25
MECHANIZES24
MERCERIZED23
MERCERIZES22
OSTRACIZED21
OSTRACIZES20
POLITICIZE22
PUBLICIZED26
PUBLICIZES25
RECOGNIZED22
RECOGNIZES21
SCANDALIZE21
SCHMOOZING25
SCHNAUZERS23
SCRUTINIZE21
SOCIALIZED21
SOCIALIZES20
SPECIALIZE22
VICTIMIZED27
VICTIMIZES26
VOCALIZING25
VULCANIZED26
VULCANIZES25
ZOOLOGICAL21

The 50 most common shown, 144 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words with both C and Z (200)

ACCLIMATIZE25
ACTUALIZING23
CANNIBALIZE23
CAPITALIZED24
CAPITALIZES23
CATECHIZING26
CATEGORIZED23
CATEGORIZES22
CAUTERIZING23
CENTRALIZED22
CENTRALIZES21
CHIMPANZEES27
CIRCULARIZE24
CITIZENSHIP25
COMPUTERIZE26
CRITICIZING24
CRYSTALLIZE23
CUSTOMIZING25
DECOLONIZED23
DECOLONIZES22
DEMOCRATIZE24
ECONOMIZING24
FACTORIZING25
ITALICIZING22
LEXICALIZED28
MECHANIZING26
MERCERIZING24
MYTHICIZING28
OSTRACIZING22
POLITICIZED24
POLITICIZES23
PUBLICIZING27
QUIZZICALLY40
RECOGNIZING23
ROMANTICIZE23
SCANDALIZED23
SCANDALIZES22
SCHMALTZIER25
SCRUTINIZED23
SCRUTINIZES22
SECULARIZED23
SECULARIZES22
SOCIALIZING22
SPECIALIZED24
SPECIALIZES23
SYNCHRONIZE25
UNCIVILIZED27
VICTIMIZING28
VULCANIZING27
ZYGOMORPHIC30

The 50 most common shown, 150 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words with both C and Z (181)

ACCLIMATIZED27
ACCLIMATIZES26
CANNIBALIZED25
CANNIBALIZES24
CANONIZATION22
CAPITALIZING25
CATEGORIZING24
CENTRALIZING23
CHARACTERIZE26
CIRCULARIZED26
CIRCULARIZES25
CIVILIZATION26
COLLECTIVIZE28
COLONIZATION22
COMPUTERIZED28
COMPUTERIZES27
CONVEYORIZED29
CRYSTALLIZED25
CRYSTALLIZES24
CZAREVITCHES30
DECENTRALIZE23
DECOLONIZING24
DEMOCRATIZED26
DEMOCRATIZES25
DEPOLITICIZE25
FICTIONALIZE25
LEXICALIZING29
LOCALIZATION22
PHAGOCYTIZED30
PHAGOCYTIZES29
POLITICIZING25
PSYCHOLOGIZE29
QUIZZICALITY41
RECOGNIZABLE25
RECOGNIZABLY27
RECOGNIZANCE25
ROMANTICIZED25
ROMANTICIZES24
SCANDALIZING24
SCHMALTZIEST26
SCRUTINIZING24
SECULARIZING24
SPECIALIZING25
SUBJECTIVIZE37
SUBVOCALIZED30
SYNCHRONIZED27
SYNCHRONIZES26
THYMECTOMIZE30
UNRECOGNIZED25
VOCALIZATION26

The 50 most common shown, 131 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

1,406 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (0.84%) are with both C and Z. Most of them, 200, have 11 letters. 25 of them have the two letters side by side.

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Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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How many words are there with both C and Z?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 1,406 words with both C and Z, from 3 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word with both C and Z?

QUIZZICALITY, worth 41 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: QUIZZICALITIES (41), QUIZZICALLY (40) and SUBJECTIVIZING (40).

What are the most common words with both C and Z?

COMPUTERIZING, COMPUTERIZED, COMPUTERIZES, PUBLICIZING, CIVILIZATION and COMPUTERIZE. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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