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Not all words in this list are acceptable in Scrabble tournament games. Scrabble tournaments around the world use their own sets of words from selected dictionaries that might not contain all the words listed here. Qi is the most commonly played word in Scrabble tournaments, [10] and was added to the official North American word list in 2006. [11]
acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars; initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
Abbreviation Meaning q: each, every (from Latin quaque) : q15: every 15 minutes q6h q6° once every 6 hours q2wk: once every 2 weeks qAc Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum)
qu counts as a single consonant, so that in the word aqua "water" the first syllable is short, not like the Italian acqua. In certain words like Iuppiter , Iovem , iam , iussit , and iēcit , i is a consonant, pronounced like the English y, so Iup-pi-ter has three syllables and iē-cit "he threw" has two.
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...
In English, the digraph qu most often denotes the cluster / k w /; however, in borrowings from French, it represents / k /, as in 'plaque'. See the list of English words containing Q not followed by U. Q is the second least frequently used letter in the English language (after Z), with a frequency of just 0.1% in
List of English words containing Q not followed by U; The Latin name for the Roman script letter Q; Qu (digraph), a digraph used in several languages; Qu County, county in Sichuan, China; Qū (曲/麹/麴), fermentation starters used in East Asia in the production of traditional Chinese alcoholic beverages;
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples quadr-four: Latin: quattuor: quadrangle, quadrennial, quadriceps, quadracycle ...