Q Words Without U

29 words found.

These are the exceptions to the "Q always needs a U" assumption — mostly transliterations from Arabic (QAT, QADI, QOPH) and a handful of informal clippings (TRANQ) that entered English without the usual QU pairing. Worth memorizing specifically because a Q tile otherwise sits dead in a rack with no U to pair it with.

Total words

29

Longest

QINDARKA (8)

Top Scrabble® score

QINDARKA (22)

Top WWF® score

QINDARKA (23)

Average length

5.6 letters

Also longest (8 letters)

SHEQALIM