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How To Use the Q Without a U in Scrabble

11/7/2016

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​When a Scrabble player reaches for a new tile and pulls a Q, there’s a certain rush. You look around the board for any triple letter spaces and dream of the potential high scores. But, if you’re in possession of the Q tile without its partner in crime U, you might be stuck. Nothing is worse than ending the game with a Q still in your hand. Having to subtract those 10 points from your score could be the difference between victory and defeat!
 
Never fear, you have options. We scoured the Scrabble Dictionary and put together a list of all Scrabble words that use the Q tile without a U. These can get you out of a bind and lead to a huge score, if played correctly. Plus, we even added the definition of each so you can pretend your vocabulary is just that good, if questioned. Check them out, arranged by number of letters:

2 Letter Word With Q But No U

QI
Definition: The vital life force that flows through the body and is supposedly regulated by acupuncture (in traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy)
Base Score: 11

3 Letter Words ​With Q But No U

QAT
Definition: An evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.
Base Score: 12
 
QIS
Definition: Plural of QI (above)
Base Score: 12

4 Letter Words ​With Q But No U

QADI
Definition: A judge in a Muslim community, whose decisions are based on Islamic religious law.
Base Score: 14
 
QAID
Definition: A Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official (in North Africa)
Base Score: 14
 
QATS
Definition: Plural of QAT (above)
Base Score: 13
 
QOPH
Definition: The nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Base Score: 18

5 Letter Words ​With Q But No U

FAQIR
Definition: A Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
Base Score: 17
 
QADIS
Definition: Plural of QADI (above)
Base Score: 15
 
QAIDS
Definition: Plural of QAID (above)
Base Score: 15
 
QANAT
Definition: A gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation purposes, especially in ancient Persia.
Base Score: 14
 
QOPHS
Definition: Plural of QOPH (above)
Base Score: 19
 
TRANQ
Definition: A drug that tranquilizes.
Base Score: 14

6 Letter Words ​With Q But No U

FAQIRS
Definition: Plural of FAQIR (above)
Base Score: 18
 
QABALA
Definition: An occult or secret doctrine.
Base Score: 17
 
QANATS
Definition: Plural of QANAT (above)
Base Score: 15
 
QINDAR
Definition: A money of account of Albania, the 100th part of a lek.
Base Score: 16
 
QINTAR
Definition: A money of account of Albania, the 100th part of a lek.
Base Score: 15
 
QWERTY
Definition: Of or relating to a keyboard having the keys in traditional typewriter arrangement, with the letters q, w, e, r, t, and y being the first six of the top row of alphabetic characters, starting from the left side.
Base Score: 21
 
SHEQEL
Definition: A paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980.
Base Score: 18
 
TRANQS
Definition: Plural of TRANQ (above)
Base Score: 15

7 Letter Words ​With Q But No U

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QABALAH
Definition: Any occult or secret doctrine or science.
Base Score: 71
 
QABALAS
Definition: Plural of QABALA (above)
Base Score: 68
 
QINDARS
Definition: Plural of QINDAR (above)
Base Score: 67
 
QINTARS
Definition: Plural of QINTAR (above)
Base Score: 66
 
QWERTYS
Definition: Plural of QWERTY (above)
Base Score: 72
 
SHEQELS
Definition: Plural of SHEQEL (above)
Base Score: 69

8 Letter Words ​With Q But No U

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MBAQANGA
Definition: A style of popular music of urban South Africa
Base Score: 72
 
QABALAHS
Definition: Plural of QABALAH (above)
Base Score: 72
 
QINDARKA
Definition: A unit of currency in Albania
Base Score: 72
 
SHEQALIM
Definition: An ancient unit of weight and money
Base Score: 72

9 Letter Word ​With Q But No U

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MBAQANGAS
Definition: Plural of MBAQANGA (above)
Base Score: 73
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Sources: Word list from Hasbro.com, Definitions from Dictionary.com
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