Hooking with -QUE words
Endings like -QUE let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.
A quick statistical tour
The shape of this list: 81 entries between 5 and 15 letters long, peaking at 6 letters with 25 words. Five-letter picks number 6 and seven-letter picks 12. Nothing here outscores MICROTECHNIQUE — 32 points from 14 tiles on plain squares.
The five biggest scorers on the page: MICROTECHNIQUE (32), CHURRIGUERESQUE (30), EQUIVOQUE (30), CINEMATHEQUE (28), BEZIQUE (27). The longest entry is CHURRIGUERESQUE at 15 letters, and the average word here is worth about 20 points. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are U, E and Q, which appear in 81, 81 and 81 of the words respectively.
Three words worth learning first
- RISQUE is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 15 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- When the rack looks hopeless, TORQUE (6 letters, 15 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
- UNIQUE earns 15 points from just 6 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
Round out your set with ROQUE (14), TOQUE (14), TUQUE (14), USQUE (14), BARQUE (17) — all built from common tiles.
Back-hooking with -QUE
When the board tightens up late in a Scrabble game, -QUE words keep you scoring: they attach to existing letters instead of needing seven clean tiles. Crossword solvers use the same trick in reverse — if the grid gives you the last letters, this list is the candidate pool. Check the length filter in the Word Finder to match your open squares exactly.
More endings
Narrow it down
Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.