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6-Letter Words (76):
qiviut (18 points)
Under belly muskox wool for Inuit outerwear
Q·10+I·1+V·4+I·1+U·1+T·1 = 18 pts
quacks (21 points)
Doctors' bills cause such outcry!
Duck sounds or bad doctors
Certain potion peddlers
Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 21 pts
quaere (15 points)
Note seeking further investigation
Q·10+U·1+A·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
quaffs (21 points)
Drinks in long swallows
Drinks in long draughts
Gulps with gusto
Q·10+U·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 21 pts
quagga (17 points)
Extinct zebra relative
Extinct S. Afr. zebra
Extinct type of zebra
Q·10+U·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+A·1 = 17 pts
quaggy (20 points)
Marshlike
Q·10+U·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 20 pts
quahog (19 points)
Clam - 50p with a pig (wordplay)
New England chowder clam
"Family Guy" setting
Q·10+U·1+A·1+H·4+O·1+G·2 = 19 pts
quaich (20 points)
""A small drinking vessel, also QUAIGH""
Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+H·4 = 20 pts
quaigh (19 points)
""A small drinking vessel, also QUAICH""
Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+H·4 = 19 pts
quails (15 points)
Small game birds
Cowers in fear
Migratory game birds
Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quaint (15 points)
Queen isn't commonly charming!
Like many an inn
Jamesian villain - one held to be dated
Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
quaked (20 points)
Shivered in one's shoes
Trembled, as with fear
Trembled, especially with cold or fear
Q·10+U·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
quaker (19 points)
Christian appearing fearful (wordplay)
William Penn, for one.
Friend (belonging to religion)
Q·10+U·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
quakes (19 points)
Bad vibrations (wordplay)
Country rockers (wordplay)
Shivers due to tremors (wordplay)
Q·10+U·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
qualia (15 points)
Quale
Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+A·1 = 15 pts
qualms (17 points)
Sticking points, maybe
Misgivings or pangs of conscience
Pangs of doubt
Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1 = 17 pts
qualmy (20 points)
Having misgiving
Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+M·3+Y·4 = 20 pts
quango (16 points)
Semi-public government board
Quasi non-governmental organisation
Semi-public body
Q·10+U·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1 = 16 pts
quanta (15 points)
Fundamental energy units
Smallest discrete amounts
Small discrete units of energy
Q·10+U·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1 = 15 pts
quants (15 points)
Wall Street number-crunchers
Q·10+U·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quarks (19 points)
Up and down
Particles in physics
Teeny particles in physics
Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 19 pts
quarry (18 points)
What you're after is a dugout, perhaps
Excavation of a certain kind.
Prey; open excavation
Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
quarte (15 points)
Fencer's parry
Position in which the fencer sounds in trouble!
Fencing position.
Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
quarto (15 points)
A couple of pints, love, and some paper!
A couple of pintos (wordplay)
One pair of pintos (wordplay)
Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1 = 15 pts
quarts (15 points)
Ice cream buys
Ice-cream buys
Parts of a gallon
Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quartz (24 points)
Watch crystal, maybe
Watch-crystal mineral
Silicon dioxide mineral
Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+Z·10 = 24 pts
quasar (15 points)
Distant, mystery sky object
It's like a star
Starlike celestial object
Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+R·1 = 15 pts
quatre (15 points)
Pas de - - (ballet for four)
Four in France
Card having four spots.
Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
quaver (18 points)
Trembling note (wordplay)
A noted wobble (wordplay)
Tremble when given a note
Q·10+U·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
queans (15 points)
Quean
Q·10+U·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
queasy (18 points)
Like a landlubber on the open sea, say
A little seasick, say
Feeling slightly sick, maybe at sea
Q·10+U·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
queazy (27 points)
""Squeamish, also QUEASY""
Q·10+U·1+E·1+A·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 27 pts
queens (15 points)
9 or fish from New York (wordplay)
Spud's related to royalty (wordplay)
County name ( In NB. PEI, and NS)
Q·10+U·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
queers (15 points)
Spoils (the pitch)
Ruins, as a deal
Spoils Slang.
Q·10+U·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quells (15 points)
Suppresses or crushes completely
Crushes or subdues
Extinguishes
Q·10+U·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quench (20 points)
Satisfy (a thirst)
Extinguish (a fire)
Satisfy thirst by drinking, extinguish
Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 20 pts
querns (15 points)
Primitive grain mills
Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quests (15 points)
Link list (wordplay)
Story lines of Indiana Jones films
Role-playing ventures
Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
queued (16 points)
Waited in line
Lined up for rations.
Lined (up)
Q·10+U·1+E·1+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
queuer (15 points)
Line former
Strange about Burmese man's title being one in file
Q·10+U·1+E·1+U·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
queues (15 points)
Bank hold-ups (wordplay)
People make them long
Lines of waiting people or vehicles
Q·10+U·1+E·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quezal (24 points)
""A tropical bird, also QUETZAL""
Q·10+U·1+E·1+Z·10+A·1+L·1 = 24 pts
quiche (20 points)
Real men don't eat this (wordplay)
What real men don't eat (wordplay)
Lorraine's pastry flan (wordplay)
Q·10+U·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 20 pts
quicks (21 points)
Mercury
Q·10+U·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 21 pts
quiets (15 points)
Places a gag order on, say
Treats with acoustic foam, say
Oils, maybe
Q·10+U·1+I·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quiffs (21 points)
Heads-up perhaps for the teddy boys
Upward-brushed forelocks
Prominent forelocks
Q·10+U·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 21 pts
quills (15 points)
Porcupine's protection
Porcupine's barbs
Feathers used as writing pens
Q·10+U·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quilts (15 points)
Collections of patches, say
Bee products (wordplay)
Types of bed covers
Q·10+U·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quince (17 points)
Peter - (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Fruit used to make jam
Fruit concealed by harlequin? Certainly
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
quinic (17 points)
Of quinine
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
quinin (15 points)
""An alkaloid, also QUININE, QUININA""
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
quinoa (15 points)
Trendy food from the Andes
Grain with a Quechua-derived name
Trendy alternative to rice
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+A·1 = 15 pts
quinol (15 points)
Photographer's chemical
Reducing agent used as a developer in photography
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1 = 15 pts
quinsy (18 points)
Inflammation of tonsils
Tonsil inflammation
Tonsilitis
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
quinte (15 points)
Fencing position
Fencing term
Fifth of eight parrying positions in fencing
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
quints (15 points)
Special delivery (wordplay)
Five of a kind
Five that arrive together
Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quippu (19 points)
""A device to help memory, also QUIPO, QUIPU""
Q·10+U·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+U·1 = 19 pts
quipus (17 points)
Quipu
Q·10+U·1+I·1+P·3+U·1+S·1 = 17 pts
quired (16 points)
Divided and folded sheets of paper
In sets of 24 sheets
Arranged in sheets, in bookmaking.
Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
quires (15 points)
Sounds of choirs, on paper
There are twenty in a ream
Paper units equal to 24 sheets
Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quirks (19 points)
Strange attitudes or habits
Strange habits
Kooky traits
Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 19 pts
quirky (22 points)
Kinky, off-beat
Peculiar in behaviour
Like They Might Be Giants
Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 22 pts
quirts (15 points)
Riding whips.
Riding whips
Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quitch (20 points)
Another name for couch-grass
Another name for couch grass
Couch grass
Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 20 pts
quiver (18 points)
Shake (with arrows?)
The Archers must have a shake for shafts
Archer's need
Q·10+U·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
quohog (19 points)
Hard shell clam
Q·10+U·1+O·1+H·4+O·1+G·2 = 19 pts
quoins (15 points)
Keystones or cornerstones
Q·10+U·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quoits (15 points)
Where rings are at stake (wordplay)
Game with rings, played on deck perhaps
Ring toss game
Q·10+U·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quokka (23 points)
Small-tailed Australian wallaby
Selfie-loving marsupial (if you don't know about this, go look it up. Now.)
Q·10+U·1+O·1+K·5+K·5+A·1 = 23 pts
quorum (17 points)
Business necessity (wordplay)
Min. number for a meeting
Requirement for a vote
Q·10+U·1+O·1+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 17 pts
quotas (15 points)
Production numbers (wordplay)
They're filled at factories
Monthly sales goals
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quoted (16 points)
Cited (part of text)
In a sound bite, say
Gave, as an estimate
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
quoter (15 points)
One issuing a citation (wordplay)
Stockbroker, at times
User of poetic references.
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
quotes (15 points)
Printing marks Colloq.
Uses another's exact words
Bartlett's collection
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
quotha (18 points)
Indeed! once
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+A·1 = 18 pts
qurush (18 points)
""A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, also QURSH, GIRSH, GURSH""
Q·10+U·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts

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