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5 Letter Words Starting With Q

Our word list has 29 five letter words starting with Q. Start with the 10 common ones, ranked by everyday use (QUITE, QUICK, QUEEN), or open the full list for the other 19. The most common second letter is U, found in 29 of them.

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Words
29
10 common
Top letters in spots 2 to 5
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Repeated letters
5
17% of words, like QUEEN
2+ vowels
29
100% of words

Common 5 letter words starting with Q

10 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. quite
  2. quick
  3. queen
  4. quiet
  5. quote
  6. quest
  7. queue
  8. query
  9. quota
  10. quits

More 5 letter words starting with Q

The other 19 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

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QU... 19

quack quaff quail quake qualm quark quart quash quasi quays quell quids quill quilt quips quire quirk quoit quoth

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the second letter. U follows the Q in 29 words (100%), as in QUITE and QUICK. Every one of them has U second.
  • Look at the last letter. 17% of five letter words starting with Q end in E, like QUITE and QUOTE.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with Q, QUITE is a good opener: it tests U, I, T and E, four of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words starting with Q are there?

Our dictionary has 29 five letter words starting with Q. 10 of them are common everyday words, and the other 19 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words starting with Q?

QUITE, QUICK, QUEEN, QUIET and QUOTE, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 5 of all 29 words repeat a letter, and 29 have two or more vowels.

What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with Q?

U. 29 of the 29 words (100%) have U second, such as QUITE and QUICK.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.