3 Letter Words Ending in Z

Three-letter words ending in “Z” are quite rare, but they do exist. Examples include “fez,” a type of headwear originating in Morocco; “fuz,” an obsolete Scottish verb meaning to fizz or hiss; and “wiz,” a slang term for wizard or expert. Interestingly, all three words have both noun and verb forms. For instance, one could say either “I am wearing a fez” or “I am fezzing.” Similarly, one might say either “I’m wizzing the numbers” or “He is quite the wiz around here.”