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Is zee a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zee is a Scrabble US word. The word zee is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is zee a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zee is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

Z10E1E1

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Yes. The word zee is a Words With Friends word. The word zee is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (1 found)

ZEE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EE,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 4 words from zee according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of zee

zee eze zee eze eez eez

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Definitions and meaning of zee

zee

Etymology 1

1670s US variant of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ziː/
  • (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈzeɪː/ (colloquial)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

zee (plural zees) (chiefly US, Newfoundland, Philippines, increasingly Canada)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
    • 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
      Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
  2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
Synonyms
  • zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)
  • izzard (Hong Kong, Scotland, South Asia)
Derived terms
  • from A to Zee
  • oh zee, oh-zee, ohzee, o-zee, ozee
  • zee bar
Translations
See also
  • (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

zee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed) (chiefly US, Newfoundland)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
  2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

See also

  • zeta

Etymology 2

Article

zee

  1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.

Anagrams

  • EEZ, Eze.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zeː/
  • Hyphenation: zee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)

  1. sea
    Ze zeilden over de open zee om nieuwe landen te ontdekken. ― They sailed the open sea to discover new lands.
    Ik wil volgend jaar naar de zee verhuizen. ― I want to move to the sea next year.
    Het kleine zeetje was een populaire plek voor lokale vissers. ― The small sea was a popular spot for local fishermen.
  2. sea (a vast mass, expanse; multitude)
    Er was een zee van mensen bij het concert. ― There was a sea of people at the concert.
    Hij keek uit over een zee van bloemen. ― He looked out over a sea of flowers.
    De hemel was een eindeloze zee van sterren. ― The sky was an endless sea of stars.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: see
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
  • Javindo: see
  • Negerhollands: see
  • → Saramaccan: zé
  • → Sranan Tongo: se

Estonian

Noun

zee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

Latin

Noun

zee

  1. vocative singular of zeus

Romanian

Etymology

From zeu.

Noun

zee f (plural zee)

  1. goddess

Declension

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec za'a.

Noun

zee

  1. a fresh ear of corn

References

  • López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-zee (declinable)

  1. old

Declension

Antonyms

  • -pya

Related terms

  • mzee
  • uzee

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ziː/, /sɔː/
  • Homophones: zea, zey, sae, saaughe

Etymology 1

From Middle English seen, son, from Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

Alternative forms

  • zey, zie, ze, sau

Verb

zee (simple past zide)

  1. to see

Etymology 2

Noun

zee

  1. Alternative form of zea (“sea”)

References


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