Scrabble Words with Q but no S
There are 1,119 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter Q but not a single S, 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
12 words- fluoroquinolone27
grandiloquently29
in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner
- microearthquake35
- nonquantifiable29
- nonquantitative27
- quadruplicating30
- quadruplication29
quatercentenary29
the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- quinquagenarian34
- quintuplicating29
- ventriloquially30
- ventriloquizing37
14-letter words
23 words- bioequivalence30
- eigenfrequency32
grandiloquence27
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- headquartering28
magniloquently29
in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner
- microtechnique32
- multifrequency33
- nonequilibrium27
nonequivalence28
not interchangeable
- quadragenarian25
- quadruplicated29
quantification28
a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
quantitatively29
in a quantitative manner
- quarterbacking32
quincentennial25
the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- quinquennially35
- quintuplicated28
- reacquaintance27
tranquillizing33
tending to soothe or tranquilize
- underqualified28
- unquantifiable28
- unquantifiably31
- ventriloquized36
13-letter words
49 words- anthraquinone25
- bioequivalent27
- colloquiality27
- equilibrating25
equilibration24
stabilization by bringing into equilibrium
- equilibratory27
- equipollently27
- equiponderant25
- equipotential24
- frequentation25
frequentative28
a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action
grandiloquent24
lofty in style
- gyrofrequency34
- headquartered27
magniloquence27
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- nondelinquent23
- nonequilibria24
nonequivalent25
not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance
- overqualified29
phylloquinone30
a form of vitamin K
- prequalifying31
- quadratically28
- quadrennially26
quadrilateral23
a four-sided polygon
quadrillionth26
one part in a quadrillion equal parts
quadripartite25
involving four parties
quadrumvirate28
a group of four men
quadruplicate27
any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly
- quadruplicity30
qualification27
a statement that limits or restricts some claim
- qualificatory30
qualitatively28
in a qualitative manner
- quarterbacked31
quincentenary27
the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- quindecillion25
- quinquevalent34
quintillionth25
one part in a quintillion equal parts
- quintuplicate26
- reacquainting25
tranquilizing32
tending to soothe or tranquilize
- tranquillized32
tranquillizer31
a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity
unconquerable26
incapable of being surmounted or excelled
- unconquerably29
- unequivocably32
unequivocally30
in an unambiguous manner
unqualifiedly29
without qualification or limitation
- ventriloquial25
- ventriloquize34
12-letter words
71 wordsacquaintance25
a person with whom you are acquainted
aquacultural23
of or relating to aquiculture
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
- bequeathable28
- chequerboard29
- cinematheque28
colloquially26
with the use of colloquial expressions
- delinquently25
equalitarian21
a person who believes in the equality of all people
equalization30
the act of making equal or uniform
- equationally24
- equatorially24
- equilibrated24
- equilibrator23
- equipollence25
equiprobable27
equally probable
- equitability26
- equivalently27
- equivocality29
- equivocating27
equivocation26
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
harlequinade25
acting like a clown or buffoon
- hydroquinone28
inadequately25
in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree
ineloquently24
without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner
- inequivalved28
infrequently27
not many times
liquefaction26
the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
- liquefactive29
magniloquent24
lofty in style
methaqualone26
sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse
- overequipped29
- prequalified27
- prerequiring24
quadrangular23
of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle
quadraphonic29
of or relating to quadraphony
quadriphonic29
of or relating to quadraphony
quadriplegia25
paralysis of both arms and both legs
quadriplegic27
a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs
- quadrivalent25
- quadrophonic29
quantifiable26
capable of being quantified
- quantitating22
- quantitation21
quantitative24
(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables
- quantitively27
quantization30
the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
- quarantining22
quarterfinal24
one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
quattrocento23
the 15th century in Italian art and literature
- quinquennial30
quinquennium32
a period of five years
- quitclaiming26
quixotically33
in a quixotic manner
- quizzicality44
- reacquainted24
- reconquering24
- relacquering24
- reliquefying28
- reliquifying28
+ 11 more 12-letter words
11-letter words
107 words- acquainting23
acquirement24
an ability that has been acquired by training
acquittance24
a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
antiquarian20
an expert or collector of antiquities
- antiquating21
- antiquation20
- appliqueing25
aquaculture22
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- aquafarming26
- aquaplaning23
- aquatically25
- aquatinting21
aquiculture22
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
- barquentine22
- beliquoring23
- bequeathing26
biquadratic25
a polynomial of the fourth degree
- briquetting23
chloroquine25
an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
- cinquecento24
conquerable24
capable of being surmounted or excelled
- croquignole23
delinquency26
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
- equatorward24
equiangular21
having all angles equal
- equicaloric24
equilateral20
a figure whose sides are all equal
- equilibrant22
equilibrate22
bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrium24
a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
equinoctial22
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
- equipollent22
equivalence25
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- equivalency28
equivocally28
in an ambiguous manner
- equivocated26
equivocator25
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
forequarter23
the front half of a side of meat
- frequenting24
- genderqueer22
headquarter24
provide with headquarters
hindquarter24
the back half of a side of meat
- illiquidity24
inequitable22
not equitable or fair
inequitably25
in an inequitable manner
- inequivalve26
- infrequence25
infrequency28
noteworthy scarcity
inquiringly24
in an inquiring manner
lacquerware25
a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
- lacquerwork29
liquidambar25
any tree of the genus Liquidambar
- liquidating22
liquidation21
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- liquidizing31
maquiladora23
an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
marqueterie22
inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
- menaquinone22
- prerequired23
propinquity27
the property of being close together
+ 47 more 11-letter words
10-letter words
132 wordsacquainted22
having fair knowledge of
acquirable23
capable of being acquired
- acquitting22
adequately23
in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
- antiplaque21
antiquated20
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- aquafarmed25
aquamarine21
a shade of blue tinged with green
- aquaplaned22
- aquaplaner21
- aquatinted20
- aquatinter19
- aquilinity22
banqueting22
eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
- barbequing24
- beliquored22
- bequeathal24
- bequeathed25
- bequeather24
- blanquette21
- briquetted22
catafalque24
a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
- chautauqua24
chequebook30
a book issued to holders of checking accounts
- chequering25
chinquapin26
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
cinquefoil24
an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
- coequality24
- coequating22
colloquial21
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
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)
conquering22
the act of conquering
- coquetting22
- craquelure21
- critiquing22
- croqueting22
delinquent20
a young offender
earthquake26
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
eloquently22
in an articulate manner
- equability24
- equalizing29
equanimity24
steadiness of mind under stress
- equational19
equatorial19
a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
- equilibria21
equitation19
the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
equivalent22
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
equivocate24
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- frequented23
frequenter22
a regular customer
frequently25
many times at short intervals
inadequacy25
a lack of competence
inadequate20
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
- ineloquent19
inequality22
lack of equality
infrequent22
not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
- inquieting20
inquietude20
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- lacquering22
+ 72 more 10-letter words
9-letter words
181 wordsacquiring21
the act of acquiring something
acquittal20
a judgment of not guilty
acquitted21
declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless
- acquitter20
antiquark22
the antiparticle of a quark
antiquary21
an expert or collector of antiquities
antiquate18
give an antique appearance to
- antiquely21
- antiquing19
antiquity21
an artifact surviving from the past
- appliqued23
aquaplane20
a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water
- aquarelle18
aquilegia19
a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
- baldaquin21
- banqueted21
- banqueter20
banquette20
an upholstered bench
- barbequed23
- baroquely23
- barquette20
becquerel22
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)
- boutiquey23
briquette20
a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
chequered24
patterned with alternating squares of color
- chibouque25
clinquant20
glittering with gold or silver
- coequally23
- coequated21
- colloquia20
- conquered21
- conquerer20
conqueror20
someone who is victorious by force of arms
- coquetted21
- critiqued21
- croqueted21
croquette20
minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
dominique21
American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs
eloquence20
powerful and effective language
- enquiring19
- equalized28
equalizer27
a score that makes the match even
- equalling19
- equatable20
- equimolal20
- equimolar20
equipment22
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
equipping23
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
equitable20
fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
equitably23
in an equitable manner
equivocal23
open to question; ; -Anna Jameson
- equivoque30
etiquette18
rules governing socially acceptable behavior
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
harlequin21
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
- inquieted19
- inquiline18
+ 121 more 9-letter words
8-letter words
203 wordsacquaint19
cause to come to know personally
acquired20
gotten through environmental forces
- acquiree19
acquirer19
a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
adequacy23
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
adequate18
about average; acceptable
- aequorin17
- alfaquin20
aliquant17
an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity
- antiqued18
- antiquer17
applique21
a decorative design made of one material sewn over another
- aquacade20
- aquafaba22
- aquafarm22
aquanaut17
a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
- aquarial17
- aquarian17
aquarium19
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
aquatint17
a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
- aquatone17
aqueduct20
a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
aquiline17
curved down like an eagle's beak
barbeque21
a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
- barrique19
- bedquilt20
- beliquor19
bequeath22
leave or give by will after one's death
- biunique19
boutique19
a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
- calquing20
- chaqueta22
- charquid23
- cinquain19
- claqueur19
- cliquier19
- cliquing20
- coequate19
colloquy22
a conversation especially a formal one
- conquian19
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
- cotquean19
critique19
a serious examination and judgment of something
daiquiri18
a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice
eloquent17
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- enquired18
enquirer17
someone who asks a question
- equaling18
equality20
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
equalize26
compensate; make the score equal
- equalled18
equating18
the act of regarding as equal
equation17
a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal
- equative20
- equinely20
- equinity20
equipage20
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
equipped22
carrying weapons
+ 143 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
174 words- acequia18
acquire18
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- alfaqui19
aliquot16
an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity
antique16
an elderly man
- aquafit19
- aquaria16
aquatic18
a plant that lives in or on water
aquavit19
Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
aquifer19
underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
- aquiver19
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
bezique27
a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
bouquet18
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
briquet18
a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
cacique20
black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
- calqued19
cazique27
black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
- charqui21
chequer21
one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
- claquer18
- cliqued19
- cliquey21
coequal18
having the same standing before the law
conquer18
overcome by conquest
- coquina18
- 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
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
enquire16
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
enquiry19
a search for knowledge
equable18
not easily irritated
equably21
in an equable manner
- equaled17
equally19
in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way
- equated17
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
equinox23
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
- inquiet16
inquire16
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
inquiry19
a search for knowledge
jonquil23
often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil
- kamotiq22
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
- lalique16
- liquate16
liquefy22
become liquid
liqueur16
strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
- liquidy20
liquify22
become liquid or fluid when heated
macaque20
short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
- maquila18
marquee18
large and often sumptuous tent
- mezquit27
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
+ 114 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
91 wordsacquit17
behave in a certain manner
barque17
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
- caique17
calque17
an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
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
claque17
a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
clique17
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- cliquy20
- cloque17
coquet17
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- diquat16
equate15
be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
equine15
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
equity18
conformity with rules or standards
- exequy25
faquir18
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
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
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
- niqaab17
opaque17
not clearly understood or expressed
- piqued18
piquet17
a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
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
- qigong17
- qindar16
qintar15
100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania
- qiviut18
- quacky24
- quaere15
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
- quaich20
- quaigh19
quaint15
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
- quaked20
quaker19
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- qualia15
- qualmy20
quango16
a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
- quanta15
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
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
- quatre15
quaver18
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
- qubyte20
- queazy27
- queeny18
- quelea15
quench20
cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
- queued16
+ 31 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
57 words- aquae14
burqa16
a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan
- coqui16
equal14
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
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
faqir17
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
- fique17
- maqui16
niqab16
a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women
pique16
a sudden outburst of anger
- qajaq30
- qanat14
- qapik20
qibla16
a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa
quack20
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
quaff20
a hearty draft
quail14
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
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
- quate14
- qubit16
- 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
queue14
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
quick20
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
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
quint14
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
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
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
quota14
a limitation on imports
quote14
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- quoth17
- roque14
toque14
a small round woman's hat
- tranq14
- tuque14
- umiaq16
4-letter words
16 wordsaqua13
a shade of blue tinged with green
- cinq15
qadi14
an Islamic judge
- qaid14
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
- quai13
quay16
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
- 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
3-letter words
2 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
2-letter words
1 wordqi11
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