Yes. ZIT is a valid word.
ZIT is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ZIT is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About ZIT
ZIT is a slang word for a pimple; its plural is ZITS. ZITI, a tube-shaped pasta, is valid too, so an I on the end of ZIT makes another word. ZIT uses the Z with an I and a T.
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ZIT scores 12 points
Before any bonus squares: Z 10 + I 1 + T 1 = 12. On a double-word square that's 24, on a triple-word 36, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: ZIT as the first play
Later in the game, put the Z on a 3L square and ZIT is worth 32 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from ZIT
Other forms of ZIT (1):
- ZITSform of ZIT: a small inflamed elevation of the skin
Words that start with ZIT:
- ZITISform of ZITI: medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
- ZITHERa musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board
- ZITHERNa musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board
- ZITHERSform of ZITHER: a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board
- ZITHERNSform of ZITHERN: a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board
- ZITHERIST
- ZITHERISTS
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of ZIT and these are still words:
- AIT
- BITform of BITE: to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- DITthe shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- FITbe agreeable or acceptable to
- GITa person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- HITcause to move by striking
- KITa case for containing a set of articles
- LITform of LIGHT: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of ZIT:
- TIZsame as TIZZY: a state of nervous confusion
Memory tip
ZIT is slang for a pimple. Add an I for ZITI, the pasta.
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Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.