The game of Scrabble has been around since 1948, and according to the official Scrabble website (www.scrabble.com), it can today be found in one in three American homes. But how many players know what to do with a 10-point Q tile when all the U's are blocked or held by other players? There are precious few permissible solutions — and they're all here. (Add an S to create a plural for any of the words except sheqalim.) Learn them, use them, and win.

FAQIR: Variation of fakir, a Hindu ascetic.
QAID: Variation of caid, a Muslim leader.
QANAT: A system of underground tunnels and wells in the Middle East.
QAT: Variation of kat, an evergreen shrub.
QINDAR: Variation of qintar, a monetary unit of Albania.
QINTAR: See qindar.
QOPH: A letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
QWERTY: A standard typewriter keyboard.
SHEQEL: An ancient unit of weight and money.
SHEQALIM: The plural of sheqel.
TRANQ: Variation of trank (i.e., tranquilizer).

Source: Everything Scrabble, by Joe Edley and John D. Williams (Pocket Books, $11, www.amazon.com).