5-letter words starting with Q
76 5-letter words starting with Q, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble & Words With Friends scores.
Here are 76 5-letter words that begin with Q, pulled from our 270,000-word dictionary. They're handy when you've locked the opening letter in Wordle, or when Q is the only tile you can lead with on a Scrabble or Words With Friends board.
Each word shows its Scrabble and Words With Friends point values so you can spot the highest-scoring openers at a glance.
The strongest Scrabble play in this list is QUAKY (21 points).
Because every entry is exactly five letters, you can type any of them into Wordle as a guess. (That doesn't mean a word has ever been the daily answer — it just means Wordle will accept it.)
Want to filter by the letters you already have? Try the Word Unscrambler or the Wordle Solver.
List insights
Featured words
High-scoring standouts, with rare-letter words breaking ties.
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
a hearty draft
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
a strange attitude or habit
put down by force or intimidation
an instance of questioning
the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
having some resemblance
All words
Definitions from Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0), incorporating Princeton WordNet data