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ZEAL

4 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ZEAL Means

  1. noun: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)“they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor”
  2. noun: excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end“he had an absolute zeal for litigation”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ZEAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Z10 E1 A1 L1.

Anagrams of ZEAL (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ZEAL

11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing ZEAL

ZEAL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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