5 Letter Words Starting with Q

Common five-letter words that start with Q

The 36 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• quite 14/15 to a degree (not used with a negative)
• quiet 14/15 characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
• quick 20/22 accomplished rapidly and without delay
• queen 14/16 the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
• quote 14/15 repeat a passage from
• quest 14/15 a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
• queer 14/15 beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
• quack 20/22 an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
• quill 14/17 pen made from a bird's feather
• quits 14/15 on equal terms by payment or requital
• quart 14/15 a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces
• quota 14/15 a prescribed number
• quake 18/19 shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from…
• quail 14/16 draw back, as with fear or pain
• queue 14/16 a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
• quark 18/19 (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons
• quirt 14/15 whip with a leather thong at the end
• quilt 14/16 bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
• query 17/17 an instance of questioning
• quint 14/16 the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
• quasi 14/15 having some resemblance
• quips 16/18 (form of quip) make jokes or quips
• quirk 18/19 a strange attitude or habit
• quell 14/17 suppress or crush completely
• quads 15/16 (form of quad) one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
• quash 17/17 put down by force or intimidation
• quale 14/16
• quaff 20/21 a hearty draft
• quoth 17/17
• quipu 16/19 calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords
• quant 14/16
• quids 15/16 (form of quid) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• quiff 20/21 a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
• qualm 16/19 uneasiness about the fitness of an action
• quire 14/15 a quantity of paper
• quoit 14/15 game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

All 53 five-letter words that start with Q

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