8-letter words starting with Q

8-letter words starting with Q number 232; QUESTION and QUANTITY are familiar entries, while QUIZZIFY leads the scoring list at 41 points.

232 wordsTop pick QUESTIONHighest score QUIZZIFY 41

7 of 232 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S starts the most 8-letter words (5,265); X starts the fewest (38). Q ranks #23 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 232 · most-used first

QUESTION₁₇
QUARTERS₁₇
QUANTITY₂₀
QUITTING₁₈
QUICKEST₂₃
QUADRANT₁₈
QUANTIFY₂₃
QUARRIES₁₇
QUOTIENT₁₇
QUARRELS₁₇
QUAGMIRE₂₀
QUILTING₁₈
QUEUEING₁₈
QUANDARY₂₁
QUIETEST₁₇
QUARTETS₁₇
QUARRIED₁₈
QUENCHED₂₃
QUOTABLE₁₉
QUERYING₂₁
QUARTILE₁₇
QUITTERS₁₇
QUAYSIDE₂₁
QUESTING₁₈
QUELLING₁₈
QUIZZING₃₆
QUIXOTIC₂₆
QUACKERY₂₆
QUASHING₂₁
QUINTILE₁₇
QUINONES₁₇
QUICKENS₂₃
QUIETING₁₈
QUIBBLES₂₁
QUACKING₂₄
QUATRAIN₁₇
QUISLING₁₈
QUICKIES₂₃
QUIVERED₂₁
QUADRATE₁₈
QUILTERS₁₇
QUARTIER₁₇
QUAINTLY₂₀
QUANTILE₁₇
QUIETUDE₁₈
QUENCHES₂₂
QUENCHER₂₂
QUADRIGA₁₉

Showing the top 48 of 232 words. See every valid word

All valid words 232

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

QABALAHS₂₂
QABALISM₂₁
QABALIST₁₉
QAIMAQAM₃₀
QALAMDAN₂₀
QAMUTIKS₂₃
QAWWALIS₂₃
QINDARKA₂₂
QUAALUDE₁₈
QUACKERS₂₃
QUACKERY₂₆
QUACKIER₂₃
QUACKING₂₄
QUACKISH₂₆
QUACKISM₂₅
QUACKLED₂₄
QUACKLES₂₃
QUADDING₂₀
QUADPLEX₂₇
QUADRANS₁₈
QUADRANT₁₈
QUADRATE₁₈
QUADRATI₁₈
QUADRATS₁₈
QUADRICS₂₀
QUADRIGA₁₉
QUADROON₁₈
QUAESTOR₁₇
QUAFFERS₂₃
QUAFFING₂₄
QUAGGIER₁₉
QUAGMIRE₂₀
QUAGMIRY₂₃
QUAHAUGS₂₁
QUAICHES₂₂
QUAILING₁₈
QUAINTER₁₇
QUAINTLY₂₀
QUAKIEST₂₁
QUAKINGS₂₂
QUALMIER₁₉
QUALMING₂₀
QUALMISH₂₂
QUANDANG₁₉
QUANDARY₂₁
QUANDONG₁₉
QUANNETS₁₇
QUANTICS₁₉
QUANTIFY₂₃
QUANTILE₁₇
QUANTING₁₈
QUANTISE₁₇
QUANTITY₂₀
QUANTIZE₂₆
QUANTONG₁₈
QUARRELS₁₇
QUARRIAN₁₇
QUARRIED₁₈
QUARRIER₁₇
QUARRIES₁₇
QUARRION₁₇
QUARTANS₁₇
QUARTERN₁₇
QUARTERS₁₇
QUARTETS₁₇
QUARTETT₁₇
QUARTICS₁₉
QUARTIER₁₇
QUARTILE₁₇
QUARTZES₂₆
QUASHEES₂₀
QUASHERS₂₀
QUASHIES₂₀
QUASHING₂₁
QUASSIAS₁₇
QUASSINS₁₇
QUATCHED₂₃
QUATCHES₂₂
QUATORZE₂₆
QUATRAIN₁₇
QUAVERED₂₁
QUAVERER₂₀
QUAYAGES₂₁
QUAYLIKE₂₄
QUAYSIDE₂₁
QUAZZIER₃₅
QUEACHES₂₂
QUEASIER₁₇
QUEASILY₂₀
QUEAZIER₂₆
QUEENCUP₂₁
QUEENDOM₂₀
QUEENIER₁₇
QUEENIES₁₇
QUEENING₁₈
QUEENITE₁₇
QUEENLET₁₇
QUEERDOM₂₀
QUEEREST₁₇
QUEERING₁₈
QUEERISH₂₀
QUEERITY₂₀
QUELCHED₂₃
QUELCHES₂₂
QUELLERS₁₇
QUELLING₁₈
QUENCHED₂₃
QUENCHER₂₂
QUENCHES₂₂
QUENELLE₁₇
QUERCINE₁₉
QUERIDAS₁₈
QUERIERS₁₇
QUERISTS₁₇
QUERYING₂₁
QUESTANT₁₇
QUESTERS₁₇
QUESTING₁₈
QUESTION₁₇
QUESTORS₁₇
QUETCHED₂₃
QUETCHES₂₂
QUETHING₂₁
QUETZALS₂₆
QUEUEING₁₈
QUEUINGS₁₈
QUEYNIES₂₀
QUEZALES₂₆
QUIBBLED₂₂
QUIBBLER₂₁
QUIBBLES₂₁
QUIBLINS₁₉
QUICHING₂₃
QUICKENS₂₃
QUICKEST₂₃
QUICKIES₂₃
QUICKSET₂₃
QUIDDANY₂₂
QUIDDITS₁₉
QUIDDITY₂₂
QUIDDLED₂₀
QUIDDLER₁₉
QUIDDLES₁₉
QUIDNUNC₂₀
QUIESCED₂₀
QUIESCES₁₉
QUIETENS₁₇
QUIETERS₁₇
QUIETEST₁₇
QUIETING₁₈
QUIETISM₁₉
QUIETIST₁₇
QUIETIVE₂₀
QUIETUDE₁₈
QUIGHTED₂₂
QUILLAIA₁₇
QUILLAIS₁₇
QUILLAJA₂₄
QUILLETS₁₇
QUILLING₁₈
QUILLMAN₁₉
QUILLMEN₁₉
QUILLONS₁₇
QUILLOWS₂₀
QUILTERS₁₇
QUILTING₁₈
QUINCHED₂₃
QUINCHES₂₂
QUINCUNX₂₆
QUINELAS₁₇
QUINELLA₁₇
QUINIELA₁₇
QUININAS₁₇
QUININES₁₇
QUINNATS₁₇
QUINOIDS₁₈
QUINOLIN₁₇
QUINONES₁₇
QUINSIED₁₈
QUINSIES₁₇
QUINTAIN₁₇
QUINTALS₁₇
QUINTANS₁₇
QUINTARS₁₇
QUINTETS₁₇
QUINTETT₁₇
QUINTICS₁₉
QUINTILE₁₇
QUINTINS₁₇
QUINZHEE₂₉
QUINZIES₂₆
QUIPPERS₂₁
QUIPPIER₂₁
QUIPPING₂₂
QUIPPISH₂₄
QUIPSTER₁₉
QUIRKIER₂₁
QUIRKILY₂₄
QUIRKING₂₂
QUIRKISH₂₄
QUIRTING₁₈
QUISLING₁₈
QUITCHED₂₃
QUITCHES₂₂
QUITRENT₁₇
QUITTALS₁₇
QUITTERS₁₇
QUITTING₁₈
QUITTORS₁₇
QUIVERED₂₁
QUIVERER₂₀
QUIXOTES₂₄
QUIXOTIC₂₆
QUIXOTRY₂₇
QUIZZERS₃₅
QUIZZERY₃₈
QUIZZIFY₄₁
QUIZZING₃₆
QUODDING₂₀
QUODLINS₁₈
QUOIFING₂₁
QUOINING₁₈
QUOITERS₁₇
QUOITING₁₈
QUOMODOS₂₀
QUONKING₂₂
QUOPPING₂₂
QUOTABLE₁₉
QUOTABLY₂₂
QUOTIENT₁₇
QURUSHES₂₀
QWERTIES₂₀

Letters by positionIn 96% of these words the 2nd letter is U.

2nd letter

U96%
A3%
I0%

3rd letter

I39%
A34%
E19%

5th letter

T22%
R9%
L9%

6th letter

I41%
E14%
A9%

7th letter

E28%
N22%
R10%

8th letter

S36%
G14%
R8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 17 in Scrabble; QUIZZIFY tops the list with 41. Scores before board bonuses.

1717 points: 66 words
18 points: 30 words
1919 points: 20 words
20 points: 27 words
2121 points: 18 words
22 points: 22 words
2323 points: 19 words
24 points: 9 words
2525 points: 1 words
26 points: 11 words
2727 points: 2 words
28 points: 0 words
2929 points: 1 words
30 points: 1 words
3131 points: 0 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 0 words
34 points: 0 words
3535 points: 2 words
36 points: 1 words
3737 points: 0 words
38 points: 1 words
3939 points: 0 words
40 points: 0 words
4141 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QUIZZIFY	41	41	Collins only
QUIZZERY	38	38	Collins only
QUIZZING	36	39	All three
QUIZZERS	35	36	All three
QUAZZIER	35	36	Collins only
QAIMAQAM	30	32	Collins only
QUINZHEE	29	30	NWL only
QUADPLEX	27	30	All three
QUIXOTRY	27	27	All three
QUIXOTIC	26	28	All three
QUACKERY	26	27	All three
QUATORZE	26	27	All three

Q gives you a compact set of eight-letter plays: 232 words appear in at least one tournament dictionary. Collins includes 226, compared with 172 in NWL2023 and 158 in ENABLE, so your game's word list changes which entries count. Only 7 are common by frequency, making familiar vocabulary a poor guide to the full range.

8-letter words starting with Q at a glance

QUESTION, QUANTITY, QUOTIENT, and QUANDARY are recognizable examples among the 232 entries.
QUIZZIFY scores 41 points, ahead of QUIZZERY at 38 and QUIZZING at 36.
84 words end in S, more than any other recorded final letter; G is next with 33.
The list averages 20.3 points, while 201 entries have definitions.

Which Q words score the most?

QUIZZIFY leads the scoring list at 41 points, and QUIZZERY follows at 38. QUIZZING scores 36; QUIZZERS and QUAZZIER each score 35. The top five all use Z, so spotting that letter can matter more than choosing a familiar word.

The average is 20.3 points, but the top entries sit well above it. QUINZHEE reaches 29, while QUADRANT and QUANTITY are more recognizable choices without appearing among the listed leaders. Keep a high-scoring option in reserve until you can place its rare letters well.

Why do Q words differ between dictionaries?

Collins accepts 226 of these words, while NWL2023 accepts 172 and ENABLE accepts 158. Those totals differ because each tournament dictionary has its own entries; a word accepted in one list does not automatically count in another.

The endings also give a quick way to narrow a clue: S appears 84 times, compared with 33 final Gs and 19 final Rs. Familiar words such as QUARTETS and QUARRELS fit the S ending, while QUITTING ends in G. Only 7 entries are common, so the less familiar choices need extra care.

Questions people ask

How many 8-letter words start with Q?

There are 232 eight-letter Q words in at least one tournament dictionary. The source lists differ: Collins includes 226, NWL2023 includes 172, and ENABLE includes 158. Your accepted choices depend on which dictionary your game uses.

What is the highest-scoring 8-letter word starting with Q?

QUIZZIFY is the highest-scoring entry at 41 points. QUIZZERY follows at 38, then QUIZZING at 36. The leading five words all contain Z, a useful pattern to notice when weighing a score against how familiar a word is.

Which letter do 8-letter Q words most often end with?

S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 84 words. G is next with 33, followed by R with 19. Examples ending in S include QUARTETS and QUARRELS, while QUITTING ends in G.

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