5-Letter Words With N and Q
There are 9 five-letter words containing both N and Q in our dictionary; 4 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 9 words
- queen14 points
- quins14 points
- quint14 points
- quoin14 points
- quant14 points
- quean14 points
- quern14 points
- qanat14 points
- tranq14 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 9
- By usage: 1 very common, 3 common, 5 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- qanat 14
- quant 14
- quean 14
- queen 14
- quern 14
- quins 14
- quint 14
- quoin 14
- tranq 14
Most common
- queen
- quins
- quint
- quoin
- quant
- quean
- quern
- qanat
- tranq
Definitions
- queen (noun)
- The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.
- quint (noun)
- The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
- quoin (noun)
- Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
- quern (noun)
- A primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand.
Words that contain both N and Q come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 9 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. QANAT is the top scorer here, worth 14 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
Every score badge on this page is the sum of the tile values in the word, with no board multipliers applied. Classic tiles value the common letters at one point and the awkward letters higher, up to ten for Q and Z. Blank tiles score nothing. The actual points you earn depend on where the word lands, so a modest word on a double-word square beats a high-value word on plain squares. Use the badges to compare words quickly, then check the board for the multiplier that changes the picture.
Questions
Which five-letter words containing both N and Q are the most common?
QUEEN, QUINS and QUINT are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words containing both N and Q you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.