So your opponent plays ZA, one of the commonest ways of playing Z on the board. If only you could add some letters before it. All you can think of is RIZA. Well, that is the only four letter word ending in ZA - well done. How about these five letter words? BAIZA BONZA BRAZA COBZA COLZA FORZA GYOZA HAMZA MATZA MIRZA MOTZA PLAZA SADZA SPAZA And if you have a blank to make a second Z you can play these: HUZZA LEZZA PIZZA TAZZA ZANZA There are many words which begin with ZA - I'll come to those next time.
Most Scrabble players will know AZO ZEA ZEE ZOA ZOO and use them a lot. But how about ZOEA? I love these combinations of Z and a mixture of 'A's, 'E's and 'O's. Here they are in alphabetical order. AZO ZEA ZEE ZOA ZOAEA ZOAEAE ZOEA ZOEAE ZOO ZOOEA ZOOEAE