Five-letter words starting with Q
There are 53 five-letter words that start with Q in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 0.6% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is quaky, worth 21 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 53 five-letter words starting with Q
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Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with Q
- quaky 21 points
- quack 20 points
- quaff 20 points
- quick 20 points
- quiff 20 points
- qophs 19 points
- quake 18 points
- quark 18 points
- quirk 18 points
- quash 17 points
- quays 17 points
- query 17 points
- queys 17 points
- quoth 17 points
- qursh 17 points
- qualm 16 points
- quips 16 points
- quipu 16 points
- qaids 15 points
- quads 15 points
- quags 15 points
- quids 15 points
- quods 15 points
- qanat 14 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are qu (50), qa (2), qo (1). 19 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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