5 letter words with Q
74 words in our dictionary contain Q and have five letters. 30 of them are everyday words, such as QUOTE, QUICK, QUITE, EQUAL.
Everyday words 30
Rare words 44
Small numbers are tile values added up (Scrabble). Bold border: everyday word. Tap a word to copy it.
At a glance
Highest-scoring words you could spell from one bag of Scrabble tiles (blanks count as zero):
- QUAKY 21
- QUACK 20
- QUAFF 20
- QUICK 20
- QUIFF 20
- QOPHS 19
- QUAKE 18
- QUARK 18
- 3 of the everyday words end in S and 0 in ED. Wordle answers are rarely plurals or past tenses, so skip those first.
- Good guesses from this list, with five different letters: QUOTE, QUICK, QUITE.
- 6 of these have a Q with no U after it: FAQIR, QAIDS, QANAT, QOPHS, TRANQ, UMIAQ.
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Questions
How many 5 letter words with Q are there?
Our dictionary has 74, and 30 of them are everyday words. The dictionary is the open word list our games use (ENABLE plus SCOWL), so a few words from tournament Scrabble lists may be missing.
What is the highest-scoring word on this list in Scrabble?
QUAKY, worth 21 points from tile values alone, and the standard tile bag has enough tiles to spell it. Board bonuses can change the real score.
What are some common 5 letter words with Q?
QUOTE, QUICK, QUITE, EQUAL, QUEEN are among the most common in everyday writing.
How do I filter the list?
Use Must include to require letters (repeat a letter to require it twice), Leave out to exclude letters, or Pattern with ? for one unknown letter and * for any run of letters, for example ??q??.
Is this list good for Wordle?
It is a starting point, not the official Wordle list. Everyday words are shown first because answers are usually common. For clue-by-clue help use the Wordle solver.