Five-letter words starting with Q

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103 matching words2 not previously used21 past answers

Position 2U 90%A 5%I 3%O 2%
Position 3A 27%I 27%E 17%O 16%
Position 4R 12%I 10%N 10%L 9%
Position 5S 23%K 13%E 12%T 11%

used already been a Wordle answer · Likelihood labels describe modelled chance within a year, not eligibility. Method.

QUACK Very unlikely used QUAIL Very unlikely used QUAKE Very unlikely used QUALM Very unlikely used QUARK Very unlikely used QUART Very unlikely used QUASH Very unlikely used QUASI Likely QUEEN Very unlikely used QUEER Very unlikely used QUELL Very unlikely used QUERY Very unlikely used QUEST Very unlikely used QUEUE Very unlikely used QUICK Very unlikely used QUIET Possible used QUILL Very unlikely used QUILT Very unlikely used QUIRK Very unlikely used QUITE Very unlikely used QUOTA Very unlikely used QUOTE Very unlikely used QUOTH Likely QUITS Very unlikely QURAN Possible QADIS Very unlikely QAIDS Very unlikely QAJAQ Very unlikely QANAT Very unlikely QAPIK Very unlikely QIBLA Very unlikely QILAS Very unlikely QIPAO Very unlikely QOPHS Very unlikely QORMA Very unlikely QUABS Very unlikely QUADS Very unlikely QUAFF Possible QUAGS Very unlikely QUAIR Very unlikely QUAIS Very unlikely QUAKY Very unlikely QUALE Very unlikely QUALY Very unlikely QUANK Very unlikely QUANT Possible QUARE Very unlikely QUARL Very unlikely QUASS Very unlikely QUATE Very unlikely QUATS Very unlikely QUAWK Very unlikely QUAWS Very unlikely QUAYD Very unlikely QUAYS Very unlikely QUBIT Very unlikely QUEAN Very unlikely QUECK Very unlikely QUEEK Very unlikely QUEEM Very unlikely QUEME Very unlikely QUENA Very unlikely QUERN Very unlikely QUESO Possible QUETE Very unlikely QUEYN Very unlikely QUEYS Very unlikely QUEYU Very unlikely QUIBS Very unlikely QUICH Very unlikely QUIDS Very unlikely QUIES Very unlikely QUIFF Very unlikely QUILA Very unlikely QUIMS Very unlikely QUINA Very unlikely QUINE Very unlikely QUINK Very unlikely QUINO Very unlikely QUINS Very unlikely QUINT Very unlikely QUIPO Very unlikely QUIPS Very unlikely QUIPU Very unlikely QUIRE Very unlikely QUIRL Very unlikely QUIRT Very unlikely QUIST Very unlikely QUOAD Very unlikely QUODS Very unlikely QUOIF Very unlikely QUOIN Very unlikely QUOIS Very unlikely QUOIT Very unlikely QUOLL Very unlikely QUONK Very unlikely QUOPS Very unlikely QUORK Very unlikely QUORL Very unlikely QUOUK Very unlikely QUOYS Very unlikely QURSH Very unlikely QUYTE Very unlikely

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CASTE leaves 6.4244 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 103 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, QUASI has a 29.8% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 11.903 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with Q?
There are 103 five-letter words that start with Q in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 23 words are possible answers.