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5 Letter Words Starting with Q

Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with Q. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.

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  1. qaidsScrabble 15 · WWF 15

    noun. Plural of qaid; Muslim tribal chiefs or leaders.

  2. qanatScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. An underground channel for water supply, used in arid regions.

  3. qatarScrabble 14 · WWF 14

    n.. a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf

  4. qianaScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. A silky synthetic fabric made from nylon.

  5. qiblaScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    n.. a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa

  6. qiyasScrabble 17 · WWF 16

    noun. In Islamic law, analogical reasoning as a source of jurisprudence.

  7. qophsScrabble 19 · WWF 19

    noun. Plural of qoph; the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  8. quackScrabble 20 · WWF 22

    v. i.. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

  9. quadiScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    noun. Plural of quadus; a type of ancient Roman coin.

  10. quadsScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    noun. Plural of quad; quadriceps muscles.

  11. quaffScrabble 20 · WWF 21

    v. t.. To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.

  12. quagsScrabble 15 · WWF 17

    noun. Plural of quag; a marshy or boggy spot.

  13. quailScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    v. i.. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.

  14. quaisScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. Plural of quai; quays or wharves, especially in French contexts.

  15. quakeScrabble 18 · WWF 19

    v. i.. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

  16. quakyScrabble 21 · WWF 21

    a.. Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

  17. qualeScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    noun. A quality or property as experienced, especially a subjective sensory experience.

  18. qualmScrabble 16 · WWF 19

    n.. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.

  19. quantScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.

  20. quareScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    adjective. Queer or strange (dialectal, chiefly Irish).

  21. quarkScrabble 18 · WWF 19

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

  22. quarlScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A medusa, or jellyfish.

  23. quartScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

  24. quashScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    n.. Same as Squash.

  25. quasiScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.

  26. quassScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians.

  27. quataScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. The coaita.

  28. quateScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    Adjective. quiet

  29. quaukScrabble 18 · WWF 20

    Noun. Alternative form of quawk ( “ harsh bird call; squawk ” ) .

  30. quaveScrabble 17 · WWF 19

    n.. See Quaver.

  31. quawkScrabble 21 · WWF 22

    noun. A harsh, croaking sound, as of a bird.

  32. quaysScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    noun. Plural of quay; platforms alongside water for loading and unloading ships.

  33. qubbaScrabble 18 · WWF 21

    noun. A domed shrine or tomb in Islamic architecture.

  34. queakScrabble 18 · WWF 19

    noun. A short, sharp squeaking sound.

  35. quealScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    verb. To squeal or cry out shrilly.

  36. queanScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.

  37. queenScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. The wife of a king.

  38. queerScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    a.. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.

  39. queetScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. a small, quick movement or sound; a squeak

  40. queghScrabble 18 · WWF 19

    n.. A drinking vessel. See Quaich.

  41. quellScrabble 14 · WWF 17

    v. i.. To die.

  42. queltScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    verb. past tense of quell (archaic variant)

  43. quemeScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    v. t. & i.. To please.

  44. quentScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    adjective. (obsolete) Quaint; strange or curious.

  45. querlScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    v. t.. To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope.

  46. quernScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

  47. queryScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    n.. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

  48. questScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    n.. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

  49. queueScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

  50. queysScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    noun. Plural of quey; a heifer or young cow.