6-letter words starting with Q

    128 6-letter words starting with Q, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble & Words With Friends scores.

    Here are 128 6-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 QUAZZY (36 points).

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    List insights

    128
    Total words
    QUAZZY (36)
    Best Scrabble play
    QUAZZY (36)
    Best WWF play
    17.6
    Average Scrabble score
    QUAERE (4)
    Vowel-heaviest
    Q (128)
    Most common start
    128
    With J, Q, X or Z

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

    QUARTZScrabble 24WWF 25

    colorless glass made of almost pure silica

    QUICKYScrabble 24WWF 25

    hurried repair

    QUIRKYScrabble 22WWF 22

    (informal) strikingly unconventional

    QUAGGYScrabble 20WWF 22

    (of soil) soft and watery

    QUENCHScrabble 20WWF 22

    satisfy (thirst)

    QUETCHScrabble 20WWF 21

    express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

    QUICHEScrabble 20WWF 21

    a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala

    QUAHOGScrabble 19WWF 20

    Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes

    QUAKERScrabble 19WWF 20

    a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

    QUARRYScrabble 18WWF 18

    a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

    QUAVERScrabble 18WWF 20

    a tremulous sound

    QUEASYScrabble 18WWF 18

    causing or able to cause nausea

    QUINSYScrabble 18WWF 19

    a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis

    QUIVERScrabble 18WWF 20

    an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

    QURUSHScrabble 18WWF 19

    20 qurush equal 1 riyal in Saudi Arabia

    All words

    Each chip shows the word and its point value:ScrabbleWords With Friends
    QABALA1719QANATS1516QASIDA1616QAWWAL2122QIBLAS1719QIGONG1720QINDAR1617QINTAR1516QIVIUT1820QORMAS1718QUACKS2123QUACKY2425QUAERE1516QUAFFS2122QUAGGA1720QUAGGY2022QUAHOG1920QUAICH2021QUAIGH1920QUAILS1517QUAINT1517QUAIRS1516QUAKED2021QUAKER1920QUAKES1920QUALIA1517QUALMS1720QUALMY2022QUANGO1619QUANTA1517QUANTS1517QUARER1516QUARKS1920QUARRY1818QUARTE1516QUARTO1516QUARTS1516QUARTZ2425QUASAR1516QUATCH2021QUATRE1516QUAVER1820QUAZZY3636QUBITS1719QUBYTE2021QUEACH2021QUEANS1517QUEASY1818QUEAZY2727QUEBEC1922QUEENS1517QUEENY1819QUEERS1516QUEEST1516QUEINT1517QUELCH2022QUELEA1517QUELLS1518QUEMED1820QUEMES1719QUENAS1517QUENCH2022QUERNS1517QUESTS1516QUETCH2021QUETHE1818QUEUED1618QUEUER1517QUEUES1517QUEYNS1819QUEZAL2426QUICHE2021QUICKS2123QUICKY2425QUIDAM1820QUIETS1516QUIFFS2122QUIGHT1920QUILLS1518QUILTS1517QUINAS1517QUINCE1720QUINES1517QUINIC1720QUINIE1517QUININ1518QUINOA1517QUINOL1518QUINOS1517QUINSY1819QUINTA1517QUINTE1517QUINTS1517QUINZE2426QUIPOS1719QUIPPU1923QUIPPY2224QUIPUS1720QUIRED1617QUIRES1516QUIRKS1920QUIRKY2222QUIRTS1516QUISTS1516QUITCH2021QUITED1617QUITES1516QUIVER1820QUOHOG1920QUOIFS1819QUOINS1517QUOIST1516QUOITS1516QUOKKA2324QUOLLS1518QUONKS1921QUOOKE1920QUORUM1720QUOTAS1516QUOTED1617QUOTER1516QUOTES1516QUOTHA1818QUOTUM1720QURUSH1819QUYTED1919QUYTES1818QWERTY2120

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