8 Letter Words Containing Q
There are 421 8-letter English words that contain Q, from ACEQUIAS to VAQUEROS. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: QUIZZING (36), QUIZZERS (35), BEZIQUES (28). The longest entry here is ACEQUIAS at 8 letters.
Word list
A
- ACEQUIAS19 pts
- ACQUAINT19 pts
- ACQUESTS19 pts
- ACQUIRED20 pts
- ACQUIRER19 pts
- ACQUIRES19 pts
- ADEQUACY23 pts
- ADEQUATE18 pts
- AEQUORIN17 pts
- ALFAQUIN20 pts
- ALFAQUIS20 pts
- ALIQUANT17 pts
- ALIQUOTS17 pts
- ANTIQUED18 pts
- ANTIQUER17 pts
- ANTIQUES17 pts
- APPLIQUE21 pts
- AQUACADE20 pts
- AQUANAUT17 pts
- AQUARIAL17 pts
- AQUARIAN17 pts
- AQUARIST17 pts
- AQUARIUM19 pts
- AQUATICS19 pts
- AQUATINT17 pts
- AQUATONE17 pts
- AQUAVITS20 pts
- AQUEDUCT20 pts
- AQUIFERS20 pts
- AQUILINE17 pts
- ARQUEBUS19 pts
B
C
- CACIQUES21 pts
- CALQUING20 pts
- CAZIQUES28 pts
- CHAQUETA22 pts
- CHARQUID23 pts
- CHARQUIS22 pts
- CHEQUERS22 pts
- CINQUAIN19 pts
- CLAQUERS19 pts
- CLAQUEUR19 pts
- CLIQUIER19 pts
- CLIQUING20 pts
- CLIQUISH22 pts
- COEQUALS19 pts
- COEQUATE19 pts
- COLLOQUY22 pts
- CONQUERS19 pts
- CONQUEST19 pts
- CONQUIAN19 pts
- COQUETRY22 pts
- COQUETTE19 pts
- COQUILLE19 pts
- COQUINAS19 pts
- COQUITOS19 pts
- COTQUEAN19 pts
- CRITIQUE19 pts
- CROQUETS19 pts
- CUMQUATS21 pts
D
E
- ELOQUENT17 pts
- ENQUIRED18 pts
- ENQUIRES17 pts
- EQUALING18 pts
- EQUALISE17 pts
- EQUALITY20 pts
- EQUALIZE26 pts
- EQUALLED18 pts
- EQUATING18 pts
- EQUATION17 pts
- EQUATORS17 pts
- EQUINELY20 pts
- EQUINITY20 pts
- EQUIPAGE20 pts
- EQUIPPED22 pts
- EQUIPPER21 pts
- EQUISETA17 pts
- EQUITANT17 pts
- EQUITIES17 pts
- EQUIVOKE24 pts
- ESQUIRED18 pts
- ESQUIRES17 pts
- EXEQUIAL24 pts
- EXEQUIES24 pts
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Q
- QINDARKA22 pts
- QUAALUDE18 pts
- QUACKERY26 pts
- QUACKING24 pts
- QUACKISH26 pts
- QUACKISM25 pts
- QUADDING20 pts
- QUADPLEX27 pts
- QUADRANS18 pts
- QUADRANT18 pts
- QUADRATE18 pts
- QUADRATS18 pts
- QUADRICS20 pts
- QUADRIGA19 pts
- QUADROON18 pts
- QUAESTOR17 pts
- QUAFFERS23 pts
- QUAFFING24 pts
- QUAGGIER19 pts
- QUAGMIRE20 pts
- QUAGMIRY23 pts
- QUAHAUGS21 pts
- QUAICHES22 pts
- QUAILING18 pts
- QUAINTER17 pts
- QUAINTLY20 pts
- QUAKIEST21 pts
- QUALMIER19 pts
- QUALMISH22 pts
- QUANDANG19 pts
- QUANDARY21 pts
- QUANDONG19 pts
- QUANTICS19 pts
- QUANTIFY23 pts
- QUANTILE17 pts
- QUANTING18 pts
- QUANTITY20 pts
- QUANTIZE26 pts
- QUANTONG18 pts
- QUARRELS17 pts
- QUARRIED18 pts
- QUARRIER17 pts
- QUARRIES17 pts
- QUARTANS17 pts
- QUARTERN17 pts
- QUARTERS17 pts
- QUARTETS17 pts
- QUARTICS19 pts
- QUARTILE17 pts
- QUARTZES26 pts
- QUASHERS20 pts
- QUASHING21 pts
- QUASSIAS17 pts
- QUASSINS17 pts
- QUATORZE26 pts
- QUATRAIN17 pts
- QUAVERED21 pts
- QUAVERER20 pts
- QUAYAGES21 pts
- QUAYLIKE24 pts
- QUAYSIDE21 pts
- QUEASIER17 pts
- QUEASILY20 pts
- QUEAZIER26 pts
- QUEENDOM20 pts
- QUEENING18 pts
- QUEEREST17 pts
- QUEERING18 pts
- QUEERISH20 pts
- QUELLERS17 pts
- QUELLING18 pts
- QUENCHED23 pts
- QUENCHER22 pts
- QUENCHES22 pts
- QUENELLE17 pts
- QUERCINE19 pts
- QUERIDAS18 pts
- QUERIERS17 pts
- QUERISTS17 pts
- QUERYING21 pts
- QUESTERS17 pts
- QUESTING18 pts
- QUESTION17 pts
- QUESTORS17 pts
- QUETZALS26 pts
- QUEUEING18 pts
- QUEZALES26 pts
- QUIBBLED22 pts
- QUIBBLER21 pts
- QUIBBLES21 pts
- QUICKENS23 pts
- QUICKEST23 pts
- QUICKIES23 pts
- QUICKSET23 pts
- QUIDDITY22 pts
- QUIDNUNC20 pts
- QUIETENS17 pts
- QUIETERS17 pts
- QUIETEST17 pts
- QUIETING18 pts
- QUIETISM19 pts
- QUIETIST17 pts
- QUIETUDE18 pts
- QUILLAIA17 pts
- QUILLAIS17 pts
- QUILLAJA24 pts
- QUILLETS17 pts
- QUILLING18 pts
- QUILTERS17 pts
- QUILTING18 pts
- QUINCUNX26 pts
- QUINELAS17 pts
- QUINELLA17 pts
- QUINIELA17 pts
- QUININAS17 pts
- QUININES17 pts
- QUINNATS17 pts
- QUINOIDS18 pts
- QUINOLIN17 pts
- QUINONES17 pts
- QUINSIES17 pts
- QUINTAIN17 pts
- QUINTALS17 pts
- QUINTANS17 pts
- QUINTARS17 pts
- QUINTETS17 pts
- QUINTICS19 pts
- QUINTILE17 pts
- QUINTINS17 pts
- QUIPPERS21 pts
- QUIPPING22 pts
- QUIPPISH24 pts
- QUIPSTER19 pts
- QUIRKIER21 pts
- QUIRKILY24 pts
- QUIRKING22 pts
- QUIRKISH24 pts
- QUIRTING18 pts
- QUISLING18 pts
- QUITCHES22 pts
- QUITRENT17 pts
- QUITTERS17 pts
- QUITTING18 pts
- QUITTORS17 pts
- QUIVERED21 pts
- QUIVERER20 pts
- QUIXOTES24 pts
- QUIXOTIC26 pts
- QUIXOTRY27 pts
- QUIZZERS35 pts
- QUIZZING36 pts
- QUOINING18 pts
- QUOITING18 pts
- QUOMODOS20 pts
- QUOTABLE19 pts
- QUOTABLY22 pts
- QUOTIENT17 pts
- QURUSHES20 pts
R
S
- SEAQUAKE21 pts
- SEQUELAE17 pts
- SEQUENCE19 pts
- SEQUENCY22 pts
- SEQUENTS17 pts
- SEQUINED18 pts
- SEQUITUR17 pts
- SEQUOIAS17 pts
- SHEQALIM22 pts
- SILIQUAE17 pts
- SILIQUES17 pts
- SOLIQUID18 pts
- SQUABBLE21 pts
- SQUADDED20 pts
- SQUADRON18 pts
- SQUALENE17 pts
- SQUALLED18 pts
- SQUALLER17 pts
- SQUALORS17 pts
- SQUAMATE19 pts
- SQUAMOSE19 pts
- SQUAMOUS19 pts
- SQUANDER18 pts
- SQUARELY20 pts
- SQUARERS17 pts
- SQUAREST17 pts
- SQUARING18 pts
- SQUARISH20 pts
- SQUASHED21 pts
- SQUASHER20 pts
- SQUASHES20 pts
- SQUATTED18 pts
- SQUATTER17 pts
- SQUAWKED25 pts
- SQUAWKER24 pts
- SQUEAKED22 pts
- SQUEAKER21 pts
- SQUEALED18 pts
- SQUEALER17 pts
- SQUEEGEE18 pts
- SQUEEZED27 pts
- SQUEEZER26 pts
- SQUEEZES26 pts
- SQUEGGED20 pts
- SQUELCHY25 pts
- SQUIBBED22 pts
- SQUIDDED20 pts
- SQUIFFED24 pts
- SQUIGGLE19 pts
- SQUIGGLY22 pts
- SQUILGEE18 pts
- SQUILLAE17 pts
- SQUILLAS17 pts
- SQUINTED18 pts
- SQUINTER17 pts
- SQUIREEN17 pts
- SQUIRING18 pts
- SQUIRISH20 pts
- SQUIRMED20 pts
- SQUIRMER19 pts
- SQUIRREL17 pts
- SQUIRTED18 pts
- SQUIRTER17 pts
- SQUISHED21 pts
- SQUISHES20 pts
- SQUOOSHY23 pts
- SQUUSHED21 pts
- SQUUSHES20 pts
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Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.
Top 10 highest-scoring words
Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.
| # | Word | Scrabble | WWF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quizzing | 36 | 39 |
| 2 | quizzers | 35 | 36 |
| 3 | beziques | 28 | 30 |
| 4 | caziques | 28 | 30 |
| 5 | mezquite | 28 | 30 |
| 6 | mezquits | 28 | 30 |
| 7 | jacquard | 27 | 31 |
| 8 | quadplex | 27 | 30 |
| 9 | squeezed | 27 | 28 |
| 10 | quixotry | 27 | 27 |
Strategy for this list
The Q is the highest-scoring tile in Scrabble at 10 points and the hardest to place because 90% of English words containing Q also contain U immediately after it. The most useful Q-words are the Q-without-U set (QI, QAT, QOPH, QINTAR, TRANQ) — learn these first because they let you dump the Q without waiting for a U to arrive. When you have Q + U + one vowel, prioritise QUIRK, QUART, QUEST and QUOTA over rarer alternatives — these hook to common plays. On premium squares, a Q on a triple-letter square (Q×3 = 30) doubled through a double-word square scores 61 for a two-letter play alone.
FAQs
How many 8-letter words contain Q?
421 valid 8-letter English words contain the letters Q in the ENABLE English word list.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).