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   Z

   /zɛd/

   noun

   • 1. the twenty-sixth letter of the alphabet.
   • ▪ denoting the next after Y in a set of items, categories, etc.
   • ▪ denoting a third unknown or unspecified person or thing: "X sold a car to Y (a car dealer) who in turn sold it to Z (a finance company)"
   • ▪ the third unknown quantity in an algebraic expression.
   • ▪ denoting the third axis in a three-dimensional system of coordinates: "the"
   • 2. a shape like that of a capital Z: "the Z-shaped crack in the paving stone"
   • 3. used in repeated form to represent the sound of buzzing or snoring: "this weather has sucked all the energy out of me … zzzz"

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • Z

     10

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