Scrabble Words with Q but no I
There are 883 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter Q but not a single I, 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
5 words- grotesquenesses25
quarrelsomeness26
an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
quatercentenary29
the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- querulousnesses24
- sculpturesquely31
14-letter words
6 words- adequatenesses24
- cybersquatters30
- frequentnesses26
- quartermasters25
- statuesqueness23
- unconquerables27
13-letter words
20 words- brusquenesses24
- chequerboards30
- cybersquatter29
- equablenesses24
grotesqueness23
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- gyrofrequency34
- headquartered27
- methaqualones27
- pasqueflowers30
- quarrelsomely27
- quarterbacked31
quartermaster24
an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
- quarterstaffs28
- quarterstaves25
- quattrocentos24
querulousness22
the quality of being given to complaining
sculpturesque26
resembling sculpture
- sequestrators22
unconquerable26
incapable of being surmounted or excelled
- unconquerably29
12-letter words
41 wordsadequateness22
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
aquacultural23
of or relating to aquiculture
- aquacultures23
- bequeathable28
- chequerboard29
- consequences25
consequently26
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
- forequarters24
- frequentness24
- genderqueers23
headquarters25
(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
- lacquerwares26
- lacquerworks30
- marquessates23
- masqueraders24
methaqualone26
sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse
- opaquenesses23
pasqueflower29
any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone
- postconquest25
- quacksalvers30
quadrangular23
of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle
- quadrumanous24
- quadruplexes31
- quarterbacks29
- quarterdecks28
- quartersawed25
quarterstaff27
a long stout staff used as a weapon
quattrocento23
the 15th century in Italian art and literature
- racquetballs25
- sequestrated22
- sequestrates21
- sequestrator21
- squarenesses21
- squeezeboxes39
- statuesquely24
- subaqueously26
- subsequences25
subsequently26
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
unfrequented25
devoid of creatures
unquenchable28
impossible to quench
- unquenchably31
11-letter words
78 wordsaquaculture22
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- aquaplaners22
- bequeathals25
- bequeathers25
- blanquettes22
brusqueness22
an abrupt discourteous manner
- burlesquely25
- burlesquers22
- catafalques25
- chautauquas25
- chequebooks31
conquerable24
capable of being surmounted or excelled
consequence24
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- consequents22
- craquelures22
- desquamated24
- desquamates23
- earthquakes27
- equableness22
- equatorward24
forequarter23
the front half of a side of meat
- frequenters23
- frequentest23
- genderqueer22
grotesquely24
in a grotesque manner
grotesquery24
ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- harquebuses25
headquarter24
provide with headquarters
- humoresques25
lacquerware25
a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
- lacquerwork29
- lansquenets20
- marquessate22
- masqueraded24
masquerader23
a participant in a masquerade
- masquerades23
- plateresque22
- preconquest24
- quacksalver29
- quadcopters25
- quadrangles22
quadraphony29
a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels
- quadratures21
quadrupedal24
having four feet
- quadruplets23
- quadrupoles23
- quangocracy28
- quangocrats23
- quarrellers20
quarrelsome22
given to quarreling
- quarterages21
quarterback28
(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
quarterdeck27
the stern area of a ship's upper deck
- quartersawn23
- quartersaws23
- queernesses20
querulously23
in a peevish manner
racquetball24
a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets
- reconquered23
- reconquests22
+ 18 more 11-letter words
10-letter words
105 wordsadequately23
in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
- aquafarmed25
- aquaplaned22
- aquaplaner21
- aquaplanes21
- aquarelles19
- aquascapes23
- arabesques21
- arquebuses21
- banqueters21
- banquettes21
- barquettes21
- becquerels23
- bequeathal24
- bequeathed25
- bequeather24
- blanquette21
- burlesqued22
- burlesquer21
- burlesques21
catafalque24
a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
- chautauqua24
chequebook30
a book issued to holders of checking accounts
- conquerers21
- conquerors21
consequent21
following or accompanying as a consequence
- craquelure21
- croquettes21
desquamate22
peel off in scales
earthquake26
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
- eloquences21
eloquently22
in an articulate manner
- exchequers31
- exequaturs26
foursquare22
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- frequences24
- frequented23
frequenter22
a regular customer
frequently25
many times at short intervals
- grotesques20
- humoresque24
- lacquerers21
- lansquenet19
- marquesses21
masquerade22
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- monocoques23
- moonquakes25
- musquashes24
- nonaqueous19
opaqueness21
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
- paycheques29
- quadcopter24
- quadplexes29
quadrangle21
a four-sided polygon
- quadrantal20
- quadrantes20
quadrature20
the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
- quadrotors20
- quadrupeds23
- quadrupled23
+ 45 more 10-letter words
9-letter words
159 words- aquacades21
- aquafabas23
- aquafarms23
- aquanauts18
aquaplane20
a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water
- aquarelle18
- aquascape22
- aquatones18
- aqueducts21
- aqueously21
arabesque20
an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design
- banqueted21
- banqueter20
banquette20
an upholstered bench
- barbequed23
- barbeques22
- baroquely23
- barquette20
becquerel22
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)
- bequeaths23
brusquely23
in a blunt direct manner
- brusquest20
burlesque20
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- chaquetas23
chequered24
patterned with alternating squares of color
- claqueurs20
- coequally23
- coequated21
- coequates20
- conquered21
- conquerer20
conqueror20
someone who is victorious by force of arms
- conquests20
- coquetted21
- coquettes20
- cotqueans20
- croqueted21
croquette20
minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
eloquence20
powerful and effective language
- equatable20
exchequer30
the funds of a government or institution or individual
- exequatur25
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
harquebus23
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
- henequens21
- jacquards28
- lacquered21
- lacquerer20
- lacqueyed24
- maquettes20
marquetry23
inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
- mbaqangas23
- monocoque22
- moonquake24
- moquettes20
- moresques20
- nonequals18
+ 99 more 9-letter words
8-letter words
160 words- acquests19
adequacy23
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
adequate18
about average; acceptable
- aquacade20
- aquafaba22
- aquafarm22
aquanaut17
a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
- aquatone17
aqueduct20
a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
arquebus19
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
- banquets19
barbeque21
a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
- baroques19
bequeath22
leave or give by will after one's death
- bequests19
- bosquets19
- bouquets19
- brusquer19
- chaqueta22
- chequers22
- claquers19
- claqueur19
- coequals19
- coequate19
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
- cotquean19
- croquets19
- cumquats21
eloquent17
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- equalled18
- equators17
frequent20
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
- henequen20
jacquard27
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
- kumquats23
- lacquers19
- lacqueys22
- macaques21
- maquette19
- marquees19
marquess19
a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
- masquers19
- mbaqanga22
moquette19
a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
moresque19
relating to or characteristic of the Moors
musquash22
beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
- nonequal17
- nonquota17
- oldsquaw21
opaquely22
in an opaque manner
- opaquest19
- oquassas17
- outquote17
paraquat19
a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide
paraquet19
any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
paroquet19
any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
+ 100 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
147 words- acquest18
aqueous16
produced by the action of water
banquet18
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
baroque18
elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
- barques18
- basques18
bequest18
(law) a gift of personal property by will
- bosques18
- bosquet18
bouquet18
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
brusque18
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- buqshas21
- calqued19
- calques18
- casqued19
- casques18
chequer21
one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
- cheques21
- claquer18
- claques18
- cloques18
coequal18
having the same standing before the law
conquer18
overcome by conquest
- coquets18
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
cumquat20
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
equable18
not easily irritated
equably21
in an equable manner
- equaled17
equally19
in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way
- equated17
- equates16
equator16
a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts
equerry19
a personal attendant of the British royal family
kumquat22
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
lacquer18
a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
- lacquey21
- loquats16
macaque20
short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
marquee18
large and often sumptuous tent
- marques18
masquer18
a participant in a masquerade
- masques18
- mosques18
obloquy21
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- obsequy21
- opaqued19
- opaquer18
- opaques18
- oquassa16
parquet18
a floor made of parquetry
- plaques18
- prequel18
- pulques18
qabalah21
an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
- qabalas18
- quacked23
- quadded19
- quadrat17
- quaeres16
+ 87 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
101 wordsbarque17
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
basque17
a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
- bosque17
- buqsha20
- burqas17
calque17
an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
casque17
(15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor
cheque20
a written order directing a bank to pay money
claque17
a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
- cloque17
coquet17
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- equals15
equate15
be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
- exequy25
loquat15
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
manque17
unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
marque17
a name given to a product or service
masque17
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
mosque17
(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
opaque17
not clearly understood or expressed
plaque17
(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
pulque17
fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
qabala17
an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
- qajaqs31
- qanats15
- quacks21
- quacky24
- quaere15
- quaffs21
quagga17
mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
quaggy20
(of soil) soft and watery
quahog19
Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
- quaked20
quaker19
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- quakes19
- qualms17
- qualmy20
quango16
a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
- quanta15
- quants15
- quarks19
quarry18
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- quarte15
quarto15
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
- quarts15
quartz24
a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
quasar15
a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
- quatre15
quaver18
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
- qubyte20
- queans15
queasy18
causing or able to cause nausea
- queazy27
queens15
a borough of New York City
- queeny18
- queers15
- quelea15
- quells15
quench20
cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
- querns15
+ 41 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
49 words- aquae14
- aquas14
burqa16
a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan
equal14
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- eques14
- qajaq30
- qanat14
- qophs19
quack20
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- quads15
quaff20
a hearty draft
- quags15
quake18
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- quaky21
- quale14
qualm16
a mild state of nausea
- quant14
- quare14
quark18
(physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3
quart14
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
quash17
declare invalid
- quass14
- quate14
- quays17
- quean14
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
- quods15
- quoll14
quota14
a limitation on imports
quote14
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- quoth17
- qursh17
- roque14
squab16
a soft padded sofa
squad15
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
squat14
a small worthless amount
- squeg15
toque14
a small round woman's hat
- tranq14
- tuque14
- usque14
4-letter words
9 wordsaqua13
a shade of blue tinged with green
- qats13
qoph18
the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
quad14
(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
quag14
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
quay16
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
- quey16
- quod14
- suqs13
3-letter words
3 wordsqat12
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- qua12
- suq12