5 letter words with Q in position 3

There are 13 five-letter words in English with Q in position 3. 2 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 (2)

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

  • toque
  • pique

Other valid words (11)

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

  • coqui
  • faqir
  • fiqhs
  • fique
  • guqin
  • maqui
  • niqab
  • roque
  • tuque
  • usque
  • waqfs

Most likely letters by position

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

Pos. 1
f23%
t15%
p8%
c8%
g8%
Pos. 2
i31%
o23%
a23%
u15%
s8%
Pos. 3
q100%
Pos. 4
u62%
i15%
h8%
a8%
f8%
Pos. 5
e46%
i15%
s15%
r8%
n8%

Most frequent letters overall

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

q
u
i
e
f
a
o
s
t
r

Vowels per word

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

1 vowel
2 (15%)
2 vowels
3 (23%)
3 vowels
8 (62%)

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