Q Words Without U
36 English words use Q without a U after it, such as qt, qing, qin, coq and niqab.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 36 words with Q but no U
- coq14n. A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
- faqih20n. An expert in Islamic law.
- fiqh19n. Jurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.
- jelqing24n. The use of the jelq technique for penis enlargement.
- maqam18n. A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North...
- naqib16n. One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared...
- niqab16n. A veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim...
- qadar15n. Divine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
- qadi14n. A judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.
- qalam16n. A reed pen used for Islamic calligraphy.
- qalandar18n. A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.
- qanat14n. An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from...
- qari13n. One who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of...
- qasr13n. A palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.
- qawwali22n. A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian...
- qh14adv. Quaque hora: every hour - used in medical pharmacy prescriptions...
- qibla16n. The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined...
- qigong17n. A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
- qila13n. A fort or fortress.
- qilin14n. A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in...
- qin12n. Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly...
- qing14n. A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.
- qipao16n. A traditional one-piece dress worn by Chinese women.
- qisas14n. Under sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive...
- qt11n. Quality time.
- riq12n. A kind of frame drum (tambourine) with jingles attached, originating in...
- sadaqa16n. Alms, charity.
- sharqi18n. A hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.
- talaq14n. An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.
- taqiyya22n. Religious dissimulation while under threat or persecution.
- taqlid16n. Conformity to traditional legal decisions in Shari'a jurisprudence.
- taqwa17n. The care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah.
- tariqa15n. A religious order of Sufism, formed around a murshid.
- tranq14n. The veterinary analgesic drug xylazine, used as a street drug.
- waqf19n. An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
- weiqi17n. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea...
123 rare words with Q but no U
- ablaq
- aqabamycin
- aqal
- aqiqah
- aqpik
- aqsaqal
- asqtad
- awqiyyah
- baqqarah
- bianqing
- coreq
- daniq
- daqingshanite
- dinq
- fanqie
- fasiq
- fotiaoqiang
- gqom
- halaqa
- heqat
- hiriq
- igqira
- igqirha
- inteqal
- iqama
- iqmik
- iqta
- iqtadar
- iqyax
- iraqite
- jelq
- jelqer
- katajjaq
- khanaqah
- lindqvistite
- manqabat
- maqaf
- maqama
- maqta
- masenqo
- mattaaq
- mbaqanga
- menqach
- mgqashiyo
- mintaqah
- mithqal
- nakkaalaaqite
- naniq
- naqareh
- naqqali
- niqabed
- niqabi
- pereq
- pishtaq
- pisiq
- piteraq
- powaqa
- qaaf
- qachel
- qadad
- qafiz
- qahal
- qalamdan
- qama
- qandilite
- qapik
- qareen
- qargi
- qarmaq
- qasab
- qasgiq
- qasida
- qass
- qatayef
- qawwal
- qaygiq
- qazf
- qeej
- qeleshe
- qeltite
- qene
- qenet
- qere
- qewl
- qewwal
- qibli
- qilianshanite
- qindarkas
- qingheiite
- qingsongite
- qinqin
- qintar
- qiran
- qirat
- qishlaq
- qishta
- qitianlingite
- qiyam
- qiyan
- qiyas
- qobar
- qoph
- qoryak
- qway
- qwertz
- qword
- raqi
- seqlock
- shiqdar
- softirq
- sqrk
- talqin
- taqiyah
- taqsim
- taqwacore
- taseqite
- teqball
- waqfed
- waqif
- xiangqi
- xiqin
- yangqin
- zhiqing
Questions about these words
- How many words with Q but no U are there?
- Word.ws lists 36 words with Q but no U, plus 123 rare ones.
- What are common words with Q but no U?
- qt, qing, qin, coq, niqab, qigong, fiqh and waqf.
- Which of the words with Q but no U has the highest letter score?
- jelqing scores 24 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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