# Need scrabble words Q but no U **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 3, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067 "2011-04-03T20:13:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/1 "2011-04-03T20:13:20Z")
Help me think of some Scrabble-eligible words that use a Q but not a U… ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/2 "2011-04-03T20:14:22Z")
[http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en\_US/quList.cfm](http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/quList.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/3 "2011-04-03T20:14:51Z")
[Here](http://boardgames.about.com/od/scrabble/a/q_without_u.htm) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/4 "2011-04-03T20:16:07Z")
QAT, QAID and QANAT are my personal favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/5 "2011-04-03T20:48:45Z")
never forget suq. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/6 "2011-04-03T20:53:20Z")
I usually try for qoph. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/7 "2011-04-03T20:57:46Z")
Qi Qis Faqir Qaid Qaids Qadi Qadis Sheqel Sheqels All I can remember right now. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/8 "2011-04-03T21:03:13Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I usually try for qoph. That’s my “go to” word when I have q and no u! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/9 "2011-04-03T21:23:59Z")
Moving from Cafe Society to Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/10 "2011-04-03T21:58:50Z")
qi has saved my ass more times than I can count. You get an I next to a trip word score and can put the q on it with another 1 to do qi twice you’re golden. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/11 "2011-04-03T22:31:55Z")
Damned if I know. Sincerely, Qadgop ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/12 "2011-04-03T22:54:42Z")
I always liked SUQ, QAT, TRANQ, and FAQIR. (Of course SUQ requires a U, but sometimes you can find one on the board that will work.) ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/13 "2011-04-04T00:37:51Z")
Are names of countries allowed? I forget. My first guess was Iraq or Qatar. I played scrabble with a girl I goto school with, and she used VQA (some abbreviation in her Canadian English dictionary). I called bullshit and said that abbreviations were not allowed. She protested and refused to look up the rules. Guess who won? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/14 "2011-04-04T01:44:19Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Are names of countries allowed? I forget. My first guess was Iraq or Qatar. Not in Scrabble. By the way, when did “QI” become acceptable in American Scrabble? I remember in the late 90s it was on the British Scrabble two-letter word lists (was that OSW?) , but not the official American Scrabble word lists (OSPD). I remember this coming up when playing Scrabble with British friends. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/15 "2011-04-04T01:53:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Not in Scrabble. > > By the way, when did “QI” become acceptable in American Scrabble? I remember in the late 90s it was on the British Scrabble two-letter word lists (was that OSW?) , but not the official American Scrabble word lists (OSPD). I remember this coming up when playing Scrabble with British friends. It works on my iphone scrabble game. That’s good enough for me. On the other hand, it accepts “sith” but not “jedi.” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/16 "2011-04-04T02:02:22Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > It works on my iphone scrabble game. That’s good enough for me. Sorry. I know that it _is_ acceptable in American Scrabble now. Just wondering when that happened. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/17 "2011-04-04T02:02:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Not in Scrabble. > > By the way, when did “QI” become acceptable in American Scrabble? I remember in the late 90s it was on the British Scrabble two-letter word lists (was that OSW?) , but not the official American Scrabble word lists (OSPD). I remember this coming up when playing Scrabble with British friends. I could look it up, but if I recall correctly, about four years ago or so. At the same time, “ZA” (short for pizza of course, an abbreviation no one has ever heard or used in real life) became acceptable. Some of the Scrabble world was up in arms about it actually - a game-changer. Before that in American Scrabble there were no two-letter words you could use with Q or Z. I hadn’t been playing Scrabble very long (except when I was a kid) when they became acceptable, so I didn’t care – in fact I was glad – but some people were seriously upset. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/18 "2011-04-04T02:03:50Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > On the other hand, it accepts “sith” but not “jedi.” 😕 “Sith” is an old form of “since.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/19 "2011-04-04T02:05:48Z")
> [@tesseract](#): > > At the same time, “ZA” (short for pizza of course, an abbreviation no one has ever heard or used in real life) became acceptable. Yes! I’m pretty sure “ZA” was the other two-letter anomaly. I used to play with a group of British guys when I lived in Europe–this would have been 1998-2003–and the first few times I played Scrabble with them, these two-letter words would come out. IIRC, the Scrabble set came with a 2-letter word list, and QI was definitely on it, and I _think_ ZA may have been at the time as well. I’m not positive about ZA though. ETA: Also, I’ve certainly heard “za” in real life–most recently on a TV commercial yesterday. My brother and I use the word in a tongue-in-cheek manner. It’s not really part of our slang, but we’ve heard it enough to, well, use it in a tongue-and-cheek manner. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067/20 "2011-04-04T02:12:12Z")
Dammit, missed the edit window. It was today’s broadcast of the Cubs game that Bob Brenly used the word “za,” not a commercial. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-scrabble-words-q-but-no-u/577067.md?page=2)