Did you by any chance mean one of these? fair, fakir
Examples
“The alternate spelling "faqir" is very useful to Scrabble players, as an example of a permitted word that has a Q but not a U.”
“British archival sources report that a Muslim holy man, or faqir, attempted to give the people of Makin hope by laying a spell on the 6-inch howitzer shells and pledging that they would no longer explode in the valley.”
“To this the faqir replied: ‘O youth! it would be best for you to have nothing to do with me and to know nothing of my fortunes, for my story is fit neither for telling nor for hearing.’”
“While he was pondering what could have brought this into the merciless desert, a man drew near who was dressed like a faqir, and had bare head and feet, but walked with the free carriage of a person of rank.”
“He was put on a little silver tray, and an ingeniously wrought siphon showered him with pure water, which the faqir had no doubt drawn from some sacred well or spring.”
“My grandmother learnt it of a faqir, and taught it me.”
“But he could not speak just then, and the faqir dare not; for, as Sita saw, he was a Maunee, and, as such, bound to perpetual silence ....”
“I think the king's grief carried away some of his reason – it sometimes happens so, you know – for when Hari sent him a faqir to tell him that the gods had punished him for being so happy and foretasting heaven on earth, and that he must atone by becoming a Sadhu himself, he objected not, but listened calmly and obeyed.”
“Bytool Faakere, _baitu'l-faqir, _ 'the house of a holy man”
“To this the faqir replied: 'O youth! it would be best for you to have nothing to do with me and to know nothing of my fortunes, for my story is fit neither for telling nor for hearing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘faqir’.
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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U-less "Q" Words
Scrabble List
qat, qaid, qats, qoph, faqir, qanat, qindar, qintar, qwerty, sheqel, qindarka, sheqalim and 1 more...
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Q without U
Words that have, but are not followed by a U. Usually are of middle eastern origin
faqir, qaid, qanat, qat, qindar, qindarka, qintar, qoph, qwerty, sheqel, buqsha, burka and 23 more...
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Q And Not U
i like the band too
faqir, qaid, qanat, qat, qindar, qindarka, qintar, qoph, qwerty, sheqel, sheqalim, tranq and 1 more...
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Q without the U
From SOWPODS
qat, qaid, qoph, faqir, qanat, tranq, qindar, qwerty, sheqel, qintar, qindarka, sheqalim and 27 more...
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Gallimaufry
...words to be reassigned as time allows.
vade, viduity, surd, thropple, horary, sorites, ancile, roscid, spraints, birl, marmite, voxel and 68 more...
Tweets
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bilby A mortorium should be called on Q without U lists. Oct 11, 2008