At a glance

Most common: QUITE, QUICK, QUEEN, SQUAD, EQUAL. 27 have been Wordle answers; 3 more are still possible. Plurals are left out.

The 48 most common

WordRarityWordle
QUITECommon#1124
QUICKCommon#784
QUEENCommon#887
SQUADCommon#296
EQUALCommon#481
QUIETCommon#16
QUOTEUncommon#813
QUESTUncommon#792
QUEUERare#883
QUEERRare#1831
QUERYRare#205
QUOTARare#1380
EQUIPRare#1031
QUASIRarepossible answer
SQUATRare#622
QUAKERare#1496
SQUIDRare#1311
QUITSEpic—
QUILTEpic#1646
QUIRKEpic#487
QUAILEpic#1457
QUILLEpic#1556
QUACKEpic#1774
QUARKEpic#1667
QUARTEpic#408
QUELLEpic#1820
PIQUEEpic#859
QUASHLegendary#1440
SQUAWLegendary—
QUINTLegendary—
QUANTLegendary—
ROQUELegendary—
SQUIBLegendarypossible answer
QUIRELegendary—
TOQUEMythic—
QUOTHMythicpossible answer
QUIFFMythic—
TRANQMythic—
SQUABMythic—
QUALMMythic#661
QUAFFMythic—
QUALEMythic—
QUAREMythic—
QUOINMythic—
QUERNMythic—
QUIRTMythic—
USQUEMythic—
QUOITMythic—

Possible future Wordle answers with Q (3)

QUASI, SQUIB, QUOTH

Past Wordle answers with Q (27)

QUIET #16, QUERY #205, SQUAD #296, QUART #408, EQUAL #481, QUIRK #487, SQUAT #622, QUALM #661, QUICK #784, QUEST #792, QUOTE #813, PIQUE #859, QUEUE #883, QUEEN #887, EQUIP #1031, QUITE #1124, SQUID #1311, QUOTA #1380, QUASH #1440, QUAIL #1457, QUAKE #1496, QUILL #1556, QUILT #1646, QUARK #1667, QUACK #1774, QUELL #1820, QUEER #1831

Questions

What is the most common five-letter word with Q?

QUITE, then QUICK and QUEEN.

How many Wordle answers have had Q in them?

27 so far, most recently QUEER (#1831). 3 more words with Q are on the answer list.

Do these include plurals?

No. Wordle does not use plural answers, so -S plurals are left out to keep the list useful.

Rarity is how often a word appears in a large sample of written English (the wordfreq dataset), the same measure Wordillion scores with. “Wordle” shows the puzzle number if the word has been a New York Times Wordle answer, or “possible answer” if it is on the answer list but has not come up yet.