Scrabble Words with Q but no A

There are 1,227 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter Q but not a single A, ranging up to 15 letters. They're grouped by length below, longest first. Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List), the official North American Scrabble tournament dictionary.

15-letter words

21 words

churrigueresque30
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; -William Dean Howells
counterquestion26
disequilibriums29
exquisitenesses31
fluoroquinolone27
grotesquenesses25
gyrofrequencies33
inquisitiveness27
a state of active curiosity
microtechniques33
nonequilibriums28
nonuniquenesses24
picturesqueness28
the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
querulousnesses24
relinquishments29
requisitenesses24
requisitionists24
sculpturesquely31
unquestioningly28
in an unquestioning manner
ventriloquising28
ventriloquistic29
ventriloquizing37

14-letter words

31 words

biuniquenesses25
cinquecentists27
cliquishnesses28
coquettishness28
deliquescences28
disequilibrium28
loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
eigenfrequency32
frequentnesses26
inconsequences27
inconsequently28
lacking consequence
iniquitousness23
microtechnique32
multifrequency33
nondelinquents24
nonequilibrium27
obsequiousness25
abject or cringing submissiveness
phylloquinones31
quindecillions26
quintillionths26
relinquishment28
a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
requisitioning24
requisitionist23
sesquiterpenes25
squirrelfishes29
ubiquitousness25
the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
ventriloquised27
ventriloquises26
ventriloquisms28
ventriloquists26
ventriloquized36
ventriloquizes35

13-letter words

53 words

benzoquinones33
brusquenesses24
cinquecentist26
delinquencies25
deliquescence27
disquietingly27
in a disquieting manner
disquisitions23
equestriennes22
equilibristic26
equipollences26
equipollently27
exquisiteness29
extreme beauty of a delicate sort
grotesqueness23
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesqueries23
gyrofrequency34
hydroquinones29
illiquidities23
inconsequence26
having no important effects or influence
infrequencies27
inquisitively28
with curiosity
nondelinquent23
nonuniqueness22
obliquenesses24
phylloquinone30
a form of vitamin K
picturesquely29
in a picturesque manner
prerequisites24
propinquities26
queenlinesses22
querulousness22
the quality of being given to complaining
questioningly26
in a curious and questioning manner
quickstepping33
quindecillion25
quinquenniums33
quintessences24
quintillionth25
one part in a quintillion equal parts
relinquishing26
a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
requisiteness22
the state of being absolutely required
requisitioned23
sculpturesque26
resembling sculpture
sesquiterpene24
soliloquising23
soliloquizers31
soliloquizing32
squirrelliest22
squishinesses25
unpicturesque26
without beauty or charm
unquestioning23
being without doubt or reserve
unquietnesses22
ventriloquies25
ventriloquise25
ventriloquism27
the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
ventriloquist25
a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
ventriloquize34

12-letter words

72 words

benzoquinone32
any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
biuniqueness23
chloroquines26
cinquecentos25
cliquishness26
tendency to associate with only a select group
consequences25
consequently26
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
coquettishly29
in a flirtatious manner
corequisites23
croquignoles24
delinquently25
deliquescent24
(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
deliquescing25
discotheques27
disquietudes23
disquisition22
an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
equestrienne21
equilibrists23
equilibriums25
equipollence25
equipollents23
frequentness24
genderqueers23
grotesquerie22
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
hydroquinone28
inconsequent23
lacking worth or importance
ineloquently24
without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner
infrequences26
infrequently27
not many times
iniquitously24
in an iniquitous manner
inquisitions21
liquidnesses22
obsequiously26
in an obsequious manner
overequipped29
postconquest25
prerequiring24
prerequisite23
something that is required in advance
questionings22
questionless21
quicksilvers30
quickstepped32
quinquennium32
a period of five years
quinqueremes32
quintessence23
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
quintillions21
quirkinesses25
quislingisms24
reconquering24
reequipments25
relinquished25
that has been withdrawn or retreated from
relinquishes24
reliquefying28
reliquifying28
requirements23
requisitions21
sequestering22
soliloquised22
soliloquises21
soliloquists21
soliloquized31

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11-letter words

117 words

beliquoring23
briquetting23
brusqueness22
an abrupt discourteous manner
brusqueries22
burlesquely25
burlesquers22
burlesquing23
chequebooks31
chloroquine25
an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
cinquecento24
cinquefoils25
colloquists22
colloquiums24
communiques26
consequence24
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
consequents22
corequisite22
croquignole23
delinquency26
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
delinquents21
deliquesced24
deliquesces23
discotheque26
a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
disquieting22
causing mental discomfort
disquietude22
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
equilibrist22
equilibrium24
a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
equipoising23
equipollent22
exquisitely30
in a delicate manner
frequencies25
frequenters23
frequentest23
frequenting24
genderqueer22
grotesquely24
in a grotesque manner
grotesquery24
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
humoresques25
illiquidity24
infrequence25
infrequency28
noteworthy scarcity
inquietudes21
inquiringly24
in an inquiring manner
inquisition20
a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
inquisitive23
inquiring or appearing to inquire
inquisitors20
jequirities27
liquidising22
liquidities21
liquidizers30
liquidizing31
mefloquines25
netiquettes20
obliqueness22
the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
obliquities22
perquisites22
picturesque24
strikingly expressive
preconquest24
prerequired23
prerequires22

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10-letter words

167 words

becquerels23
beliquored22
briquetted22
briquettes21
brusquerie21
burlesqued22
burlesquer21
burlesques21
chequebook30
a book issued to holders of checking accounts
chequering25
chibouques26
cinquefoil24
an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
cliquishly27
in a clannish manner
colloquies21
colloquist21
colloquium23
an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
communique25
an official report (usually sent in haste)
conquerers21
conquering22
the act of conquering
conquerors21
consequent21
following or accompanying as a consequence
coquetries21
coquetting22
coquettish24
like a coquette
critiquing22
croqueting22
croquettes21
delinquent20
a young offender
deliquesce22
melt away in the process of decay
disquieted21
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
disquietly23
dominiques22
eloquences21
eloquently22
in an articulate manner
equinities19
equipments23
equipoised22
lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed
equipoises21
equisetums21
equivoques31
etiquettes19
exchequers31
exquisites26
felquistes22
frequences24
frequented23
frequenter22
a regular customer
frequently25
many times at short intervals
grotesques20
humoresque24
ineloquent19
inequities19
infrequent22
not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
iniquities19
iniquitous19
characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
inquieting20
inquietude20
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
inquilines19
inquisitor19
a questioner who is excessively harsh
liquefiers22

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9-letter words

230 words

becquerel22
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)
bedquilts21
beliquors20
boutiques20
boutiquey23
briquette20
a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
brusquely23
in a blunt direct manner
brusquest20
burlesque20
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
chequered24
patterned with alternating squares of color
chibouque25
cliquiest20
conquered21
conquerer20
conqueror20
someone who is victorious by force of arms
conquests20
coquetted21
coquettes20
coquilles20
critiqued21
critiques20
croqueted21
croquette20
minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
disquiets19
dominique21
American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs
eloquence20
powerful and effective language
enquirers18
enquiries18
enquiring19
equerries18
equinoxes25
equipment22
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
equipoise20
equality of distribution
equippers22
equipping23
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
equisetic20
equisetum20
horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
equivokes25
equivoque30
esquiring19
etiquette18
rules governing socially acceptable behavior
exchequer30
the funds of a government or institution or individual
exquisite25
delicately beautiful
felquiste21
frequence23
the number of occurrences within a given time period
frequency26
the number of observations in a given statistical category
frequents21
grotesque19
art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
henequens21
henequins21
heniquens21
inquieted19
inquiline18
inquirers18
inquiries18
inquiring19
a request for information
jequirity28
liquefied22
reduced to a liquid state
liquefier21
liquefies21

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8-letter words

216 words

bedquilt20
beliquor19
bequests19
beziques28
biunique19
bosquets19
bouquets19
boutique19
a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
briquets19
brusquer19
chequers22
cliquier19
cliquing20
cliquish22
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
colloquy22
a conversation especially a formal one
conquers19
conquest19
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
coquetry22
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquette19
a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
coquille19
a dish in the form of a scallop shell
coquitos19
critique19
a serious examination and judgment of something
croquets19
disquiet18
a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
eloquent17
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
enquired18
enquirer17
someone who asks a question
enquires17
equinely20
equinity20
equipped22
carrying weapons
equipper21
equities17
equivoke24
esquired18
esquires17
exequies24
frequent20
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
henequen20
henequin20
heniquen20
illiquid18
inequity20
injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
iniquity20
absence of moral or spiritual values
inquests17
inquiets17
inquired18
inquirer17
someone who asks a question
inquires17
jonquils24
liqueurs17
liquidly21
liquored18
loquitur17
mesquite19
any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
mesquits19
mezquite28
mezquits28
miquelet19
misquote19
an incorrect quotation

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7-letter words

163 words

bequest18
(law) a gift of personal property by will
bezique27
a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
bisques18
bosques18
bosquet18
bouquet18
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
briquet18
a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
brusque18
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
chequer21
one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
cheques21
cinques18
cirques18
cliqued19
cliques18
cliquey21
cloques18
conquer18
overcome by conquest
coquets18
coquito18
croquet18
a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
croquis18
enquire16
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
enquiry19
a search for knowledge
equerry19
a personal attendant of the British royal family
equines16
equinox23
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
equites16
esquire16
(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
inquest16
an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
inquiet16
inquire16
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
inquiry19
a search for knowledge
jonquil23
often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil
liquefy22
become liquid
liqueur16
strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
liquids17
liquidy20
liquify22
become liquid or fluid when heated
liquors16
mesquit18
any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
mezquit27
mosques18
oblique18
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
obloquy21
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
obsequy21
perique18
picquet20
piquets18
piquing19
piroque18
prequel18
pulques18
qigongs18
qiviuts19
qubytes21
queened17
queenly19
having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
queered17
queerer16
queerly19
in a questionably unusual manner

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6-letter words

97 words

bisque17
a thick cream soup made from shellfish
bosque17
cheque20
a written order directing a bank to pay money
cinque17
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
cirque17
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
clique17
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
cliquy20
cloque17
coquet17
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
coquis17
equids16
equine15
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
equips17
equity18
conformity with rules or standards
exequy25
fiques18
liquid16
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
liquor15
a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
mosque17
(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
piqued18
piques17
piquet17
a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
pulque17
fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
qigong17
qiviut18
qubits17
qubyte20
queens15
a borough of New York City
queeny18
queers15
quells15
quench20
cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
querns15
quesos15
quests15
queued16
queuer15
queues15
quiche20
a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
quicks21
quiets15
quiffs21
quills15
quilts15
quince17
aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
quinic17
quinin15
quinol15
quinsy18
a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
quinte15
quints15
quippu19
quippy22
quipus17
quired16
quires15
quirks19
quirky22
informal terms; strikingly unconventional
quirts15
quitch20

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5-letter words

47 words

cinqs16
coqui16
eques14
equid15
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
equip16
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
fique17
pique16
a sudden outburst of anger
qophs19
qubit16
queen14
(chess) the most powerful piece
queer14
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
quell14
overcome or allay
quern14
a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
query17
an instance of questioning
queso14
quest14
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
queue14
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
queys17
quick20
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
quids15
quiet14
a disposition free from stress or emotion
quiff20
a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
quill14
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
quilt14
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
quins14
quint14
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quips16
quipu16
calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
quire14
a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
quirk18
a narrow groove beside a beading
quirt14
whip with a leather thong at the end
quite14
actually or truly or to an extreme
quits14
on equal terms by payment or requital
quods15
quoin14
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
quoit14
game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
quoll14
quote14
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
quoth17
qursh17
roque14
squeg15
squib16
firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
squid15
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
toque14
a small round woman's hat
tuque14
usque14

4-letter words

10 words

cinq15
qoph18
the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
quey16
quid14
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
quin13
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
quip15
a witty saying
quit13
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
quiz22
an examination consisting of a few short questions
quod14
suqs13

3-letter words

2 words

qis12
suq12

2-letter words

1 word

qi11
the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health