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Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, also has a Q that is not directly followed by a U. The most familiar of these are the countries of Iraq and Qatar, along with the derived words Iraqi and Qatari. There are, in addition, many place names and personal names, mostly originating from Arabic-speaking countries, Albania, or China, that have a Q without a U. Proper nouns are not included in the list.

For words to appear here, they must appear in their own entry in a dictionary words that occur only as part of a longer phrase are not included. Of the 82 words in this list, 78 are (or can be) interpreted as nouns, and most would generally be considered loanwords However, all of the loanwords on this list are considered to be naturalised in English according to at least one major dictionary (see References), often because they refer to concepts or societal roles that do not have an accurate equivalent in English. However, alternative spellings are sometimes accepted, which use K (or sometimes C) in place of Q for example, Koran ( Qur'ān) and Cairo ( al-Qāhira). In Arabic, the letter ق, traditionally romanised as Q, is quite distinct from ك, traditionally romanised as K for example, قلب /qalb/ means "heart" but كلب /kalb/ means "dog". In other examples, Q represents in standard Arabic, such as in qat, faqir and Qur'ān. For example, in the Chinese pinyin alphabet, qi is pronounced /tʃi/ (similar to "chi" in English) by an English speaker, as pinyin uses "q" to represent the sound, which is approximated as (ch) in English. The majority of these are anglicised from Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Inuktitut, or other languages that do not use the English alphabet, with Q representing a sound not found in English. In English, the letter Q is usually followed by the letter U, but there are some exceptions. Like 32 of the 72 other English words that use a q not followed by a u, souq is of Arabic origin. Zedonk even has a playable variation: zeedonk.A souq in Marrakech, Morocco. The parentage of a zedonk is the other way around. The difference between those two wacky-sounding animals, you ask? A zonkey is sired from a male zebra and a female donkey. Zonkey joins zedonk among new words using a Z, one of the highest scorers in Scrabble along with Q (each has a face value of 10 points). Horchata is a sweet drink and kabocha is a winter squash. Mofongo is a traditional Puerto Rican dish made of fried or boiled plantains. Iftar is a meal taken by Muslims at sundown to break the daily fast during Ramadan. Many Scrabble players couldn't care less about definitions - only points - but informatively: The Merriam-Webster wordsmiths have added a slew of food-related words: iftar, horchata, kabocha, mofongo, zuke, zoodle, wagyu, queso and marg, for margarita, among them. So did kharif, the Indian subcontinent's fall harvest. Welp, thingie, roid, skeezy, slushee and hygge (the Danish obsession with getting cozy) also made the cut. Ixnay, which was already in the book, has been promoted to a verb, so ixnayed, ixnaying and ixnays are now allowed.

Yeehaw, meet bae, inspo, vibed and vibing, all new additions to the Scrabble dictionary. The Two-Way This winner of the French Scrabble title didn't speak French Others argued that the words, however heinous in definition, should remain playable so long as points are to be had.ĭespite home play rules that never specifically banned offensive words, you won't find the notorious 200 in the Scrabble dictionary, with rare exceptions for those with other meanings. Supporters of the cleanup called it long overdue. That has prompted furious debate among tournament players. In the last year or two, the Scrabble lexicon has been scrubbed of 200-plus racial, ethnic and otherwise offensive words - despite their presence in some dictionaries. Some deluxe Scrabble sets include one of the books. While the official rules of game play have always allowed the use of any dictionary that players sanction, many look to the official version when sitting down for a spot of Scrabble. Sokolowski and a team of editors at Merriam-Webster have mined the oft-freshened online database at to expand the Scrabble book. Book Reviews Too much 'word,' not enough 'nerd' in this Scrabble story