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7-letter words with Q as the 1st letter and H as the 5th letter

10 7-letter words with Q as the 1st letter and H as the 5th letter.

10 wordsTop pick QUASHEDHighest score QUICHED 22
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With Q in 1st place, T is the most common 5th letter (39 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • QUASHED20
  • QUICHES21
  • QUASHES19
  • QUICHED22
  • QUASHEE19
  • QUASHER19
  • QUASHIE19
  • QUETHES19
  • QUIGHTS20
  • QURSHES19
All valid words 10

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • QUASHED20
  • QUASHEE19
  • QUASHER19
  • QUASHES19
  • QUASHIE19
  • QUETHES19
  • QUICHED22
  • QUICHES21
  • QUIGHTS20
  • QURSHES19

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QUICHED2223Collins only
QUICHES2122All three
QUASHED2020All three
QUIGHTS2021Collins only
QUASHES1919All three
QUASHEE1919Collins only
QUASHER1919All three
QURSHES1919All three
QUASHIE1919Collins only
QUETHES1919Collins only

Only ten entries start with Q and place H fifth. QUASHED and QUICHES offer clear memory hooks, while QUICHED scores highest. None is common, so this is a compact tournament pattern, with score leaders, ending totals, familiar anchors and exact position checks to sort close candidates.

7-letter words with Q at a glance

  • 10 entries match the fixed-position clue.
  • 0 entries belong to the common-word group.
  • QUICHED leads the score list at 22.
  • QUASHED, QUICHES, QUASHES, QUICHED are example words to test against the clue.

How do the candidates finish?

Five entries finish in S; D and E each account for two, leaving one R. QUASHED and QUASHES share a stem, as do QUICHED and QUICHES.

The average score reaches 19.7 across this ten-entry pattern, reflecting Q's high tile value and a specialist-heavy candidate set. QUICHED's 22 beats QUICHES by one point; QUASHED is next at 20, tied with QUIGHTS. The five S-ending words form a neat first group, but QUASHED and QUASHER demonstrate that similar starts can finish differently.

Because there are no common entries, name recognition is a weak test of validity. Use the fixed fifth H and exact seven-letter length, then confirm unfamiliar forms in the tournament list your game follows.

QUASHED, QUASHES and QUASHER share a visible family; QUICHED and QUICHES form another. That makes the fixed fifth H easier to check than the more unusual spelling of QUIGHTS. The ten candidates still require exact letter-by-letter verification.

Compare the close forms

Tip

QUICHED leads at 22; QUICHES scores 21 and QUASHED 20.

Check before challenging

Six entries have definitions, leaving four without one here. QUASHED remains a familiar anchor, but the other candidates deserve exact dictionary checks.

QUASHED is more familiar than QUICHED, yet the latter reaches the top score in this ten-word set.

QUASHED is a friendlier anchor than QUICHED, which tops this compact set at 22 points. Those differences give you a practical way to separate recall from score value.

QUASHED shares a stem with QUASHES and QUASHER; QUICHED pairs with QUICHES. These near-neighbors are easy to confuse if you only check the Q opening. The fifth-position H and final tile both need a deliberate look.

Questions people ask

Which Q-H candidate scores highest?
QUICHED leads at 22 points, one point ahead of QUICHES. QUASHED and QUIGHTS each score 20. None of these ten matches belongs to the common-word group.
What makes the Q-H set unusual?
QUASHED is a familiar anchor in a ten-entry set where none is common. QUICHED tops the scores at 22 points, making exact dictionary checking important for the specialist forms.
How do I check a rare Q-first word?
QUASHED and QUICHES help you remember the rare Q-first frame. QUICHED scores highest, but the ten entries are specialist words. Exact spelling and the dictionary accepted by your game settle validity. QUASHED remains a useful check word.

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