Puzzle Description:

A Scrabble tile! Legal Scrabble words that include a Q but no U include QAID, QAT, QI, and QOPH.

#1: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Dec 14, 2008 [SPOILER]

What an interesting topic for a puzzle. I have never heard of those "words" before.

I wonder what they mean

Qaid is a Muslim tribal chief.
Qat is a kind of Arabian shrub used as a narcotic.
Qi is, in Chinese culture, a physical life force.
Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Source Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_containing_Q_not_followed_by_U#Words

So scrabble accepts other languages huh.. that makes it much easier.

no Judy but certain word from other language are in the dictionary and legal under official Scabble rule

Like the way in english their no equivalent for boeuf bourguignon or creme brulé many other words from other language are ok.

And if I remember correctly we don't have much more words in french that use the Q without the u except maybe : cinq (five) and coq (rooster) but I dont think that qaid and qoph are in the french dictionary

it could be interesting to play multilanguage scrabble.. especially if the players don't understand the other languages... talk about cheating opportunities.

Ah, Scrabble - one of my old favorites. When I was nearing the end of this puzzle, it seemed so familiar, but I couldn't guess it until I read your description, then I thought "Of course!"

Qi has bailed me out quite a few times!

www.rackaroo.com is a nice free 'Scrabble' site. Beware of SATMan!!

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