7-letter words with Q as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

The pattern is Q-A in positions one and three, leaving five letters open. QUALITY, QUARTER, and QUALIFY are among the easiest entries to recognize, while QUANGOS and QUASSIA are less everyday. Collins accepts all 51 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 43, so your tournament game's dictionary can trim the choices.

At a glance: Q-A words

• Collins contains 51 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each contain 43.
• Only 6 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.
• QUALITY, QUARTER, and QUALIFY are familiar examples.
• QUARTZY leads Scrabble scoring at 28 points.
• Fourteen matches end in S, the most common final letter.

How many 7-letter words have Q first and A third?

There are 51 matches for Q in the first spot and A in the third. The same Q-and-A pattern is much less common than Q-I, which has 67 matches; Q-E has 29, and Q-O has 18. That puts Q-A between the more numerous I pattern and the smaller E and O groups.

The final letter gives another quick clue. S closes 14 of these words, well ahead of D with 7; R and Y each appear at the end of 5. QUAKERS and QUANGOS show the S ending, while QUASHED illustrates the D group.

QUALITY, QUARTER, and QUARREL make the pattern easy to spot, but not every entry is familiar. QUADRAT and QUANTIC are also matches, and the six common entries are only a small slice of the full set.

Which Q-A words score most in Scrabble?

QUARTZY tops the Scrabble scores at 28 points, with QUAFFED, QUACKED, and QUAKILY tied at 23. QUALIFY scores 22. Those results come from the letters themselves, before any premium board squares change a play's total.

The dictionary split matters more than the pattern suggests: Collins lists all 51, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 43. Some matches therefore won't work in every tournament or app. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry such as QUARTZY.