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9 perfectly legal 'Scrabble' words that use Q but not U
Happy National Scrabble Day!
Yes, believe it or not, this is a thing. April 13 is officially the day we celebrate the classic vocabulary-building board game that has been kicking off passionate arguments about spelling for nearly 80 years. Why today? Because according to legend, American architect Alfred Butts created the enduring game on April 13, 1938.
This year’s rumination is brought to you by the letter Q. In Scrabble, Q is kind of like a Wonder Twin – powerful when teamed with its sidekick, but otherwise, not much use.
That sidekick, of course, is the letter U. Paired up properly, Q and its vowel pal can quite happily conjugate quizzical quotations till the quails come home, and latch onto triple-word-score spaces for outrageous point totals.
But what to do with a Q by its lonesome? You may think such a tile is just deadweight on your little wooden rack. Au qontraire! The scholars at Dictionary.com have tracked down no fewer than nine perfectly legal Scrabble words that use a Q but no U.
Be prepared to justify your spellings, though, because some of these are going to be a hard sell to your competitors, particularly if you’ve just used them to rack up a 60-point lead.
1. Qi
A variant spelling for “chi,” a vital life force which is a central concept in Chinese medicine (Point total: 11)
2. Qat
An evergreen shrub native to Arabia and Africa whose leaves are sometimes used as a narcotic (can be spelled kat or khat as well) (Point total: 12)
3. Faqir
A religious ascetic in the Muslim and Hindu religions, often believed to be capable of mystical powers (alternate spellings: fakir and faquir) (Point total: 17)
4. Qwerty
This familiar acronym for the standard typewriter keyboard is a legitimate Scrabble word (Point total: 21)
5. Qaid
From the Arabic word for “leader,” this refers to a figure of authority, often in a tribal context (Point total: 14)
6. Qadi
An Islamic judge (Point total: 14)
7. Sheqel
An ancient measurement of weight, equivalent to about a third of an ounce (Point total: 18)
8. Qindar
In Albanian currency, a 100th of a lek (Point total: 16)
9. Qoph
The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (Point total: 18)
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