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8-letter words starting with Q
There are 158 8-letter words starting with Q in the standard word-game list. The most common are question, quarters, quitting, quadrant, quantity, quagmire.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| question | an instance of questioning | 17 |
| quarters | housing available for people to live in | 17 |
| quitting | The deliberate ending of something. | 18 |
| quadrant | a quarter of the circumference of a circle | 18 |
| quantity | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | 20 |
| quagmire | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | 20 |
| quickest | most quickly | 23 |
| quacking | Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so. | 24 |
| quandary | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | 21 |
| quenched | allayed | 23 |
| quantify | use as a quantifier | 23 |
| quickens | (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a… | 23 |
| qindarka | 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania | 22 |
| quaalude | sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse | 18 |
| quackery | medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | 26 |
| quackish | Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery. | 26 |
| quackism | Behaviour of a quack; quackery. | 25 |
| quadplex | A building divided into four separate residences or commercial premises | 27 |
| quadrans | A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as. | 18 |
| quadrate | having four sides and four angles | 18 |
| quadriga | A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast. | 19 |
| quadroon | an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black | 18 |
| quaestor | any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration) | 17 |
| quaffing | The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking. | 24 |
| quagmiry | Like a quagmire. | 23 |
| quailing | The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear. | 18 |
| quaintly | in a strange but not unpleasant manner | 20 |
| qualmish | Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous. | 22 |
| quandang | Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed | 19 |
| quandong | Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed | 19 |
| quantile | One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized… | 17 |
| quantize | approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a… | 26 |
| quantong | red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam | 18 |
| quarried | Provided with quarry or prey. | 18 |
| quarrier | a man who works in a quarry | 17 |
| quartern | one of four equal parts | 17 |
| quartile | (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one… | 17 |
| quashing | The action of quashing something. | 21 |
| quatorze | The four aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, in the game of piquet, any of these counting as fourteen points. | 26 |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines | 17 |
| quaverer | One who quavers. | 20 |
| quaylike | Resembling or characteristic of a quay. | 24 |
| quayside | An area alongside a quay. | 21 |
| queasily | in a queasy manner | 20 |
| queendom | The condition or character of a queen; queenly rule, power, or authority. | 20 |
| queening | Any of several kinds of apple. | 18 |
| queering | The process by which something is queered. | 18 |
| queerish | Somewhat queer. | 20 |
| quelling | forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | 18 |
| quencher | Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.) | 22 |
| quenelle | A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached. | 17 |
| quercine | Having characteristics of an oak (of genus Quercus) | 19 |
| querying | Questioning, or prone to asking questions. | 21 |
| questing | The act of going in quest of something. | 18 |
| quibbler | a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | 21 |
| quickset | grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground | 23 |
| quiddity | an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | 22 |
| quidnunc | a person who meddles in the affairs of others | 20 |
| quieting | The act of making something quiet. | 18 |
| quietism | a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God | 19 |
All 158 words
- question
- quarters
- quitting
- quadrant
- quantity
- quagmire
- quickest
- quacking
- quandary
- quenched
- quantify
- quickens
- qindarka
- quaalude
- quackery
- quackish
- quackism
- quadding
- quadplex
- quadrans
- quadrate
- quadrats
- quadrics
- quadriga
- quadroon
- quaestor
- quaffers
- quaffing
- quaggier
- quagmiry
- quahaugs
- quaiches
- quailing
- quainter
- quaintly
- quakiest
- qualmier
- qualmish
- quandang
- quandong
- quantics
- quantile
- quanting
- quantize
- quantong
- quarrels
- quarried
- quarrier
- quarries
- quartans
- quartern
- quartets
- quartics
- quartile
- quartzes
- quashers
- quashing
- quassias
- quassins
- quatorze
- quatrain
- quavered
- quaverer
- quayages
- quaylike
- quayside
- queasier
- queasily
- queazier
- queendom
- queening
- queerest
- queering
- queerish
- quellers
- quelling
- quencher
- quenches
- quenelle
- quercine
- queridas
- queriers
- querists
- querying
- questers
- questing
- questors
- quetzals
- queueing
- quezales
- quibbled
- quibbler
- quibbles
- quickies
- quickset
- quiddity
- quidnunc
- quietens
- quieters
- quietest
- quieting
- quietism
- quietist
- quietude
- quillaia
- quillais
- quillaja
- quillets
- quilling
- quilters
- quilting
- quincunx
- quinelas
- quinella
- quiniela
- quininas
- quinines
- quinnats
- quinoids
- quinolin
- quinones
- quinsies
- quintain
- quintals
- quintans
- quintars
- quintets
- quintics
- quintile
- quintins
- quippers
- quipping
- quippish
- quipster
- quirkier
- quirkily
- quirking
- quirkish
- quirting
- quisling
- quitches
- quitrent
- quitters
- quittors
- quivered
- quiverer
- quixotes
- quixotic
- quixotry
- quizzers
- quizzing
- quoining
- quoiting
- quomodos
- quotable
- quotably
- quotient
- qurushes