3 letter words with O and Z

Our dictionary holds 11 3 letter words with o and z, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is ZHO, worth 15 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with Z than any other letter — 5 of them, about 45% of the list.

1 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (9%), including zoo; the remaining 10 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.