Words Containing QA

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing QA?

QAIMAQAMS is worth 31 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are QAIMAQAM (30), MUQADDAMS (24), MBAQANGAS (23).

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All Words Containing QA 36 words

How often does QA appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 36 words containing QA. Most are 8 letters long, they average 19.4 points, the best is QAIMAQAMS (31 points) and 47.2% end in S.

Total words: 36
Most common length: 8 letters; 9 words
Average Scrabble score: 19.4; out of 31 max
Longest word: QABALISTIC; 10 letters
Most common ending: S; 47.2% of words

Most common last letters

s 47.2%
a 11.1%
m 11.1%

Top vowel pairs

ai11.1%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing QA

q ₁₀a ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁q ₁₀a ₁m ₃s ₁

Q 10 + A 1 + I 1 + M 3 + A 1 + Q 10 + A 1 + M 3 + S 1 = 31 points

Double word: 62 pts
Triple word: 93 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

qaimaqams

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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