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Comparing this list to a similar list in The Scrabble Book by Gyles Brandreth (ISBN 1851525181), I noticed multiple words that appeared in that list but are not in this list. That list claims to be sourced to the 1983 editions of Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, Webster's New International Dictionary (Second Edition), Webster's Third New International Dictionary, The Random House Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary and The Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately, it doesn't specify which word comes from which dictionary, and I don't have access to the dictionaries in question (either 1983 or current editions) to verify. However, maybe somebody else does and wishes to look into these further. The words in question are:
bathqol - a divine revelation in Hebrew tradition
qaneh - an ancient Hebrew measure of length
qantar - a Mediterranean unit of weight
qasab - an ancient Near Eastern unit of length
qasaba - an ancient Arabian measure of area
qobar - a dry fog of the Upper Nile
qs - the plural of the letter q
qt - quiet; usually used in the phrase 'on the qt'
qvint - a Danish weight
shoq - an East Indian tree
shurqee - a south-easterly wind of the Persian Gulf
trinq - an oracular statement in Rabelias' Pantagruel
zaqqum - a tree with bitter fruit, mentioned in the Koran
zindiq - a heretic extremely unfaithful to Islam
Lowercaserho (talk) 20:36, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Normally in English the QU combination is pronounced /kw/, or sometimes /k/, and is followed by a vowel. Maybe this article should include a sentence or two about words where a U after a Q represents a full vowel, such as qū, qurūsh, Quran, or whatever the various dictionaries may contain. While such words are technically outside the scope of the list as defined by its title, they are usually terms borrowed from languages (in these cases Chinese and Arabic) where the Q is an ordinary consonant that may or may not be followed by U, like almost all the words currently in the list are. --Theurgist (talk) 23:38, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
In fact this point has been raised more than once since the page's creation, above, and more examples have been cited, such as qubit. Usually foreignisms or new coinages, words with -qu- where the -u- is a full vowel are more akin to most words in this list than to the "ordinary" English words containing -qu-. Another recurring point is that many of the words listed are realia of the respective cultures and thus not truly English words. See a recent and brief discussion at the Language Reference Desk. --Theurgist (talk) 19:50, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
...is the name of an Arabic country. It begins with Q not followed by U. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 14:24, 7 January 2020 (UTC) It's on the list.
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I see a lot of references to words being excluded specifically because they are proper nouns, but I cannot see any reason that proper nouns are excluded as a rule. Conceivably some people don't want them included because this list serves use for avid Scrabble fans, but that is absolutely not Wikipedia's scope. I propose that the lead be reworded and (appropriate) proper nouns be included in the list. -- HTGS (talk) 20:08, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
so the page says there are 4422 such words, one of the photo captions says there are 72 such words, and the chart lists "82" of them. what thu...??
for starters, are the 82 here just a RANDOM SAMPLING of the 4422 or what? or are the rest all PROPER NOUNS, such that only 82 are considered fully "incorporated" into english? i notice that neither iraq nor qatar on the list, for example, despite being singled out elsewhere on the page.
and what's with 72 vs 82? is one or other a typo? 2601:19C:527F:7890:74B6:FD6C:2AC9:78A4 (talk) 19:44, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
why is the single most common word of all missing from this list?!
prereq, perq, and tranq are recognized by certain dictionaries, yet only the relatively rare (imho) "tranq" makes the list?
perq and tranq are usually respelled with a -k (perk, trank); i am not sure how many dictionaries actually list the q versions (maybe calling them "dated" or "obsolete"?). but surely "prereq" is in most! it does NOT get respelled, afaik, and is a wildly common word, at least in US english. i dare say it might be the MOST common word of the entire LIST (72, 82, 4422, w/e), were it included!!
i wanna "be bold" and add it, but surely there must be some reason it was considered and left out, so i will ask here. how on earth is "tranq" on this list and not "prereq"?!?! 2601:19C:527F:7890:74B6:FD6C:2AC9:78A4 (talk) 19:44, 1 January 2024 (UTC)