5 letter words starting with que

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with que.

  • QUEAN
  • QUECK
  • QUEEK
  • QUEEM
  • QUEEN
  • QUEER
  • QUELL
  • QUEME
  • QUENA
  • QUERN
  • QUERY
  • QUESO
  • QUEST
  • QUETE
  • QUEUE
  • QUEYN
  • QUEYS
  • QUEYU

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:


Definition of queen

queen (noun)

  1. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.
  2. The wife or widow of a king.
  3. The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
  4. A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a given suit.
  5. A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.
  6. A powerful or forceful female person.
  7. An effeminate male homosexual. (See usage notes.)
  8. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  9. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
  10. A queen olive.
  11. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., esp. Danaus gilippus).

queen (verb)

  1. To make a queen.
  2. To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
  3. To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
  4. To provide with a new queen.
  5. To be the queen of a colony.
  6. (BDSM, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.

Definition of queer

queer (noun)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
  3. (sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
  4. (definite, with "the") Counterfeit money.

queer (verb)

  1. To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
  2. To puzzle.
  3. To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
  4. To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
  5. To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.

queer (adjective)

  1. Weird, odd or different; whimsical.
  2. Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").
  3. Drunk.
  4. (sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.
  5. (sometimes derogatory) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
  6. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.

queer (adverb)

  1. Queerly.

Definition of quell

quell (noun)

  1. A subduing.

quell (verb)

  1. To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
  2. To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
  3. To kill.
  4. To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
  5. To die.

quell (noun)

  1. A source, especially a spring.
  2. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.