5-Letter Words Containing A and Q
There are 61 five-letter words containing A and Q, including 12 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters A and Q anywhere in the word, in any order. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Containing A and Q
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- SQUAD A small group of people organized for a particular purpose
- EQUAL Having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
- QUOTA A proportional share assigned to each participant
- QUASI Having some resemblance to something; seemingly but not really
- SQUAT To crouch with the knees bent and buttocks near the heels
- QUAKE An earthquake or trembling of the ground
- QUAIL A small game bird hunted for its meat
- QUACK An untrained person who pretends to be a physician
- QUARK A fundamental particle that makes up protons and neutrons
- QUART A unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a gallon
- QUASH To reject or void something officially, especially a legal decision
- QUALM A feeling of uneasiness or doubt about doing something
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: Q (72%), S (7%), T (3%)
- Most common last letter: S (21%), A (11%), E (8%)
- Most common additional vowel: U, in 74% of these words
- A is most often the third letter (48%)
- Q is most often the first letter (72%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: U, S, I, R, L
- Most have 2 vowels (64%)
- 13% contain a repeated letter
- 12 of the 61 are common puzzle answers (20%)
Other Valid Words
49 additional dictionary words contain both A and Q — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- QURAN
- QUADS
- SQUAW
- BURQA
- QUANT
- QUAYS
- NIQAB
- RAFIQ
- TALAQ
- TRANQ
- SQUAB
- QIBLA
- QUAFF
- QUALE
- QUINA
- QUARE
- AQUAE
- QUOAD
- AQUAS
- QIPAO
- QUATE
- FAQIR
- QUALY
- QUAIS
- MAQAM
- MAQUI
- QANAT
- QUEAN
- QUILA
- QADIS
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- QUENA
- QUAIR
- QUATS
- QUASS
- QUANK
- QUAKY
- QUAGS
- QUABS
- QUAWS
- QUARL
- QILAS
- QUAYD
- QAIDS
- QUAWK
- QAJAQ
- QORMA
- QAPIK
- WAQFS
- UMIAQ
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.