My wife has taken to playing an online version of a game that looks a lot like Scrabble.
For her and lovers of language this post from Geek Dad reveals some words which start with the letter ‘Q’ but aren’t followed by the letter ‘U’.
The official scrabble list of words has undergone another update to reflect the changing nature of language. The big news is that there are two new words using the letter Q that do not require U.
QIN (n): A Chinese zither, with strings stretched across a flat box. Scrabble score: 12
and
FIQH (n): An expansion of Islamic sharia law, based directly on the Koran and Sunnah. Scrabble score: 19
So, word up folks. Print this out and be prepared. There are other words also added to the list including Wagyu (a Japanese Beef) and Webzine (which should make us all happy).
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