5 letter words with Q in position 2

There are 15 five-letter words in English with Q in position 2. 7 of them appear on the curated Wordle answer list, so they are the most likely candidates if you hit this pattern in today's puzzle. Q is one of the rarer letters in English, which is why the list is short — and why, when it shows up, it usually cracks the puzzle open.

Common words (7)

Words from the curated Wordle answer list — the most likely candidates for today’s solution.

  • squaw
  • squad
  • equal
  • equip
  • squib
  • squat
  • squid

Other valid words (8)

Five-letter words from the broader English dictionary the game accepts as guesses, but which rarely show up as answers.

  • aquae
  • aquas
  • eques
  • equid
  • squab
  • squeg
  • squit
  • squiz

Most likely letters by position

For each slot, the letters that appear most often in these words. Color intensity reflects frequency.

Pos. 1
s60%
e27%
a13%
Pos. 2
q100%
Pos. 3
u100%
Pos. 4
a47%
i40%
e13%
Pos. 5
d20%
b13%
t13%
s13%
w7%

Most frequent letters overall

Useful for picking your next guess — frequent letters give you more information per try.

q
u
s
a
e
i
d
b
t
w

Vowels per word

How many vowels (A, E, I, O, U) these five-letter words contain.

2 vowels
9 (60%)
3 vowels
5 (33%)
4 vowels
1 (7%)

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