This is, indeed, a good word to feature. However, at this time I am looking for submissions of the letter Z.

 

For the letter Z there were three submissions: zeal, zenith and zydecos. Zealotry was suggested, but is a derivative of zeal and as such is a duplication.
I assigned a numerical value to each of the words and asked @obblebobble to pick one, without saying why to ensure an unbiased outcome.

The winner: Zenith

Congrats, @MCHelix3000, I owe you money.

 

That particular word did not register as valid in my dictionary.

 

I use dictionary.com for the most part. And I mistyped your 'zest' as 'zeal', so I still had you down with an entry, even if it wasn't the right one... and that means zealotry was excluded when it shouldn't have been... what a mess. Are we sure it's not Monday?

 

Alright, then. Zest, zealotry, zydecos & any submissions between now and whenever I post the next word, will be included in an additional min-contest for the same prize money.

Hm... in honor of Hallowe'en and zombies, I wonder if we can keep Z words going for the rest of the month?

 

Yes.