Words Starting with Q

Common words that start with Q

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• quite 14/15 to a degree (not used with a negative)
• question 17/19 challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
• questions 18/20 (form of question) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
• quiet 14/15 characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
• quick 20/22 accomplished rapidly and without delay
• quit 13/14 put an end to a state or an activity
• quickly 25/27 with speed
• queen 14/16 the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
• quarter 16/17 one of four equal parts
• quality 19/20 an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
• quarters 17/18 housing available for people to live in
• quietly 19/20 with low volume
• questioning 21/25 a request for information
• queens 15/17 a borough of New York City
• quote 14/15 repeat a passage from
• quitting 18/21 (form of quit) put an end to a state or an activity
• qualified 22/24 meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
• quicker 22/24 more quickly
• quest 14/15 a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
• queer 14/15 beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
• questioned 20/22 (form of question) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
• quarrel 16/18 an angry dispute
• quantum 18/22 a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
• quiz 22/23 an examination consisting of a few short questions
• qualities 18/20 (form of quality) an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
• quarterback 28/31 (football) the person who plays quarterback
• quack 20/22 an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
• quarantine 19/22 enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
• qualify 22/23 prove capable or fit
• quid 14/15 the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• quadrant 18/20 a quarter of the circumference of a circle
• quill 14/17 pen made from a bird's feather
• qualifications 28/32 (form of qualification) an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
• quagmire 20/23 a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• quits 14/15 on equal terms by payment or requital
• questionable 23/27 subject to question
• quaint 15/17 strange in an interesting or pleasing way
• quart 14/15 a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces
• quoting 17/20 (form of quote) repeat a passage from
• quantity 20/21 how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
• 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…
• quartet 16/17 the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
• quad 14/15 one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
• quahog 19/20 Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells
• quarry 18/18 a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or…
• quicksand 25/28 a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
• quoted 16/17 (form of quote) repeat a passage from
• quitter 16/17 a person who gives up too easily
• quickest 23/25 (form of quick) accomplished rapidly and without delay

All 823 words that start with Q

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.

Longest: QUANTIFICATIONALLY (18 letters).