5-letter words with Q

    106 5-letter words with Q, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble & Words With Friends scores.

    Every word here is a valid Wordle guess

    Every 5-letter word containing Q — all 106 of them — from our 270,000-word dictionary. Useful when Wordle has flagged Q as a yellow letter, or when you need to use a tricky tile like Q on the board.

    Each word shows its Scrabble and Words With Friends point values — handy when a letter like Q is worth far more on one board than the other.

    The strongest Scrabble play in this list is SQUIZ (23 points).

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    List insights

    106
    Total words
    SQUIZ (23)
    Best Scrabble play
    SQUIZ (24)
    Best WWF play
    15.6
    Average Scrabble score
    AQUAE (4)
    Vowel-heaviest
    Q (76)
    Most common start
    106
    Wordle-playable
    106
    With J, Q, X or Z

    High-scoring standouts, with rare-letter words breaking ties.

    QUACKScrabble 20WWF 22

    an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

    QUAFFScrabble 20WWF 21

    a hearty draft

    QUICKScrabble 20WWF 22

    any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

    QUIFFScrabble 20WWF 21

    a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)

    QUAKEScrabble 18WWF 19

    shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

    QUARKScrabble 18WWF 19

    fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet

    QUIRKScrabble 18WWF 19

    a strange attitude or habit

    FAQIRScrabble 17WWF 17

    a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

    QUASHScrabble 17WWF 17

    put down by force or intimidation

    QUERYScrabble 17WWF 17

    an instance of questioning

    SQUAWScrabble 17WWF 18

    derogatory terms for an American Indian woman

    BURQAScrabble 16WWF 18

    a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan

    EQUIPScrabble 16WWF 18

    provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

    NIQABScrabble 16WWF 18

    a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women

    PIQUEScrabble 16WWF 18

    tightly woven fabric with raised cords

    All words

    Each chip shows the word and its point value:ScrabbleWords With Friends
    AQUAE1415AQUAS1415BURQA1618EQUAL1416EQUID1516EQUIP1618FAQIR1717FIQHS2019FIQUE1718GUQIN1518MAQUI1618NIQAB1618PIQUE1618QADIS1515QAIDS1515QANAT1415QIBLA1618QOPHS1919QORMA1617QUACK2022QUADS1516QUAFF2021QUAGS1517QUAIL1416QUAIR1415QUAIS1415QUAKE1819QUAKY2121QUALE1416QUALM1619QUANT1416QUARE1415QUARK1819QUART1415QUASH1717QUASI1415QUASS1415QUATE1415QUATS1415QUAYD1818QUAYS1717QUBIT1618QUEAN1416QUEEN1416QUEER1415QUELL1417QUEME1618QUENA1416QUERN1416QUERY1717QUEST1415QUEUE1416QUEYN1718QUEYS1717QUICH1920QUICK2022QUIDS1516QUIET1415QUIFF2021QUILL1417QUILT1416QUIMS1618QUINA1416QUINE1416QUINO1416QUINS1416QUINT1416QUIPO1618QUIPS1618QUIPU1619QUIRE1415QUIRK1819QUIRT1415QUIST1415QUITE1415QUITS1415QUOAD1516QUODS1516QUOIF1718QUOIN1416QUOIT1415QUOLL1417QUONK1820QUOPS1618QUOTA1415QUOTE1415QUOTH1717QURSH1717QUYTE1717ROQUE1415SQUAB1618SQUAD1516SQUAT1415SQUAW1718SQUEG1517SQUIB1618SQUID1516SQUIT1415SQUIZ2324TALAQ1415TOQUE1415TRANQ1415TUQUE1416UMIAQ1618USQUE1416WAQFS2020

    Definitions from Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0), incorporating Princeton WordNet data