37 common words, 57 with definitions — filter by type, find a Wordle guess.
In 5-letter words starting with QU, the most common letters in position 3 are: A, I, E, O, B.
| Word | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| QUACK | noun | a fraudulent healer or charlatan |
| QUADE | adjective | archaic word meaning evil, bad, or wicked |
| QUADS | noun | quadrangles, sets of four, or large courtyard spaces |
| QUAFF | verb | to drink deeply or heartily |
| QUAGS | noun | marshy or boggy patches of soft wet ground |
| QUAIL | noun | a small game bird with a rounded body |
| QUAIR | noun | a quire, or a set of paper sheets bound together |
| QUAIS | noun | wharves or solid landing places built beside water |
| QUAKE | noun | a trembling movement or an earthquake |
| QUAKY | adjective | shaky, tremulous, or likely to quake |
| QUALE | noun | the felt subjective quality of an experience |
| QUALM | noun | an uneasy feeling of doubt, guilt, or nausea |
| QUANT | noun | a specialist in quantitative analysis, especially in finance |
| QUARE | adjective | dialect word meaning odd, strange, or unusual |
| QUARK | noun | an elementary particle that combines to form protons and neutrons |
| QUART | noun | a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a gallon |
| QUASH | verb | to suppress, reject, or put an end to something |
| QUASI | adjective | seemingly but not actually; partly or almost |
| QUASS | noun | a variant spelling of kvass, a fermented drink made from bread |
| QUAVE | verb | obsolete word meaning to quiver or tremble |
| QUAYS | noun | loading platforms or wharves built along the water's edge |
| QUBIT | noun | the basic unit of information in quantum computing |
| QUEAN | noun | an impudent girl or a disreputable woman |
| QUEEN | noun | a female monarch or the highest-ranking female member of a group |
| QUEER | adjective | strange, unusual, or outside ordinary expectations |
| QUEGH | noun | a small cask or barrel |
| QUELL | verb | to calm, overpower, or bring to an end |
| QUEME | adjective | obsolete word meaning pleasing, agreeable, or satisfying |
| QUERN | noun | a hand mill used for grinding grain |
| QUERY | noun | a question or request for information |
| QUEST | noun | a long or difficult search for something |
| QUEUE | noun | a line of people or items waiting in order |
| QUICK | adjective | moving fast or done in little time |
| QUIDS | noun | British slang for pounds sterling |
| QUIET | adjective | making little or no noise |
| QUIFF | noun | a tuft of hair brushed upward from the forehead |
| QUILL | noun | a large feather or a pen made from one |
| QUILT | noun | a padded bedcover made from stitched layers |
| QUINE | noun | a self-referential computer program that outputs its own source code |
| QUINS | noun | sets of five, especially quintuplets |
| QUINT | noun | one of five equal parts or a group of five |
| QUIPO | noun | a variant spelling of quipu, a knotted record cord |
| QUIPS | noun | clever or witty remarks |
| QUIPU | noun | an Andean record made of knotted cords |
| QUIRE | noun | a set of paper sheets, traditionally twenty-four or twenty-five |
| QUIRK | noun | a peculiar habit or unexpected feature |
| QUIRT | noun | a short riding whip |
| QUITE | adverb | completely or to a considerable degree |
| QUITS | adjective | even, square, or with nothing more owed |
| QUOIN | noun | an external corner of a wall or a wedge used to lock printing type |
| QUOIT | noun | a ring thrown in a target game or the game itself |
| QUOLL | noun | a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea |
| QUOOK | verb | obsolete word meaning to quake or tremble |
| QUOTA | noun | a fixed share, limit, or assigned amount |
| QUOTE | verb | to repeat or cite someone's exact words |
| QUOTH | verb | archaic word meaning said or spoke |
| QURSH | noun | a monetary unit used in several Middle Eastern countries |
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This list has 57 five-letter words starting with QU that have definitions. 37 are common everyday words. Wordle's answer list includes 9 of them.
If QU is confirmed in positions 1–2, try QUOTE, QUIET, QUOTA. Those words are in Wordle's answer list and cover common letters in the remaining slots.
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