qi
nounthe circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy andmedicine.
There are thousands. As a general guide, a lot of Q words are followed by a U. Use this rule to think of more words. Here's a sample of Q words:QuandaryQuantifyQuantumQuarrelQuartsQuiverQuirkyQueueQuietQuidQuiz
qanat, qawwali
No - most Q words require a UFor words with a U see:http://boardgames.about.com/od/scrabble/a/q_without_u.htm
No English words end in Q, since Q is always followed by U.
Merriam-Webster's Official Scrabble Players Dictionary includes the words qi, qat, qaid, qadi, qoph, qanat, tranq, sheqel, qabala, qabalah, qindar, qintar, qindarka, mbaqanga, and qwerty. They are valid scrabble words.
I think you meant Q and no U. You can play QI which requires no U
buqshabuqshasburqaburqasfaqirfaqirsmbaqangambaqangasqabalaqabalahqabalahsqabalasqadiqadisqaidqaidsqanatqanatsqatqatsqiqindarqindarkaqindarsqintarqintarsqisqiviutqiviutsqophqophsqwertyqwertyssheqalimsheqelsheqelssuqstranqsumiaqs
· Qatar (a country)
ANSWERVirtually, there are no real words that start with a Q with no U. It is a rule in vocabulary.ANSWERThere are very few: qat, qi, qoph.The place name qatar begins with q and has no u.
There are thousands. As a general guide, a lot of Q words are followed by a U. Use this rule to think of more words. Here's a sample of Q words:QuandaryQuantifyQuantumQuarrelQuartsQuiverQuirkyQueueQuietQuidQuiz
qanat, qawwali
No - most Q words require a UFor words with a U see:http://boardgames.about.com/od/scrabble/a/q_without_u.htm
Most are foreign words that have been adopted into English. There are 39 inthe TWL, (the Scrabble dictionary).buqshabuqshasburqaburqasfaqirfaqirsmbaqangambaqangasqabalaqabalahqabalahsqabalasqadiqadisqaidqaidsqanatqanatsqatqatsqiqindarqindarkaqindarsqintarqintarsqisqiviutqiviutsqophqophsqwertyqwertyssheqalimsheqelsheqelssuqstranqsumiaqs
The letter Q makes a (kw) sound when paired with U. Practically all Q words are QU words and have the (kw) sound. There is no silent U. Some words from other languages use Q without a U and may have either the (kw) sound or just a (k) sound. E.g. qoph (Hebrew letter) has the sound (kof)
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -Q---U-. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter Q and 6th letter U. In alphabetical order, they are: aqueous
Iraq iraqi
Most words which contain a Q that is not followed by a U are words that have been adopted into English from other languages. These thirty-nine examples are taken from the TWL (the Scrabble dictionary):buqshabuqshasburqaburqasfaqirfaqirsmbaqangambaqangasqabalaqabalahqabalahsqabalasqadiqadisqaidqaidsqanatqanatsqatqatsqiqindarqindarkaqindarsqintarqintarsqisqiviutqiviutsqophqophsqwertyqwertyssheqalimsheqelsheqelssuqstranqsumiaqs