Q without a U

It is well known that there are some words that have a Q which do not also have a U. You have probably seen all the shorter words before, so this is focusing on 10 words of 6 letters that fit this category.

However, just to remind you of the shorter words, they are:

CINQ, FAQIR, FIQH, NIQAB, QADI, QAID, QANAT, QAPIK, QAT, QI, QIBLA, QIN, QOPH, QORMA, TALAQ, TRANQ, WAQF

Just review those quickly. Are there any you haven't seen?

OK, here are the 10 words of 6 letters. You might know a few of these as well, but I am hoping some will be ones you haven't seen before

NIQAAB

A veil worn by some Muslim women. The same meaning as the alternative spellings of NIQAB and NIKAB, but maybe you haven't seen this one before with the double A. You can only have that with the Q. There is no AA spelling with a K

QABALA

A jewish doctrine based on hidden meanings in sacred texts. There are lots of alternative spellings. CABALA, CABBALA, CABBALAH, KABALA, KABBALA, KABBALAH, QABALAH

QASIDA

An Arabic poem of either praise or mourning

QAWWAL

A singer of QAWWALI, devotional music in the Sufism religion. Google tells me that Sufism is best described as Islamic mysticism

QIGONG

A system of Chinese meditative exercises

QINDAR

Monetary unit of Albania

QINTAR

Monetary unit of Albania

QWERTY

A traditional layout of the letters on a keyboard or typewriter. The name is taken from the first 6 letters on the top row

SHEQEL

A traditional unit of weight and money. Also SHEQALIM

YAQONA

A shrub in the Western Pacific. Also known as kava because it is the shrub from which that drink is made

Happy Scrabbling

Patrick