Rather, they were terraces of beautiful greenery rising out of the desert, watered by an ingenious system of qanats. Extra bonus fact: if they existed ( historians say it's complicated), the Hanging Gardens of Babylon didn't hang. In the drier spots, the qanats were in the country before Arabic was. Canals of all kinds are an big deal in lots of Arabic-speaking countries. QANAT - That's a type of underground canal. QADI - A 'qadi,' in addition to being a Q followed by three of the most common letters in Scrabble, is a judge in a Muslim religious court. When a language has no U, it can hardly be expected to have rules like 'no Q without U.' Here are three pieces of Scrabble gold courtesy of the world's sixth most common language. Written Arabic is an abjad (itself a fine Scrabble word) a script without written vowels. It chases them down alleyways and mugs them for loose vocabulary. ArabesqueД®nglish, as the worthy James Nicoll put it, doesn't borrow from other languages.

In the meantime, stay on top of your game with these winning Scrabble words containing 'qa' you can play. They only got around to adding 'ok' in 2018. Remember, Scrabble takes two-letter words very seriously ( and rightly so). Don't lose hope! You have lots of Scrabble words with 'qa' you can play. To the frustration of quality assurance professionals and mystical students of Hebrew scripture alike, 'qa' is not a playable word in Scrabble.

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