zee
Plural: zees
Noun
- The name of the letter Z in American English.
- the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
- "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
- Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
- Sleep.
Verb
- To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
- To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
Article
- Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.
Examples
- Every Scrabble player dreams of having a ZEE and a Q in their opening rack.
- Time to get some zees.
- zee-bar.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 12
zee: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordzee: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
zee: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
zee: valid Words With Friends Word