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85 five letter words begin with Q, and more than nine in ten of them put a U straight after it.
U takes about ninety two percent of the second box. A and I share most of the remaining eight, and those entries are borrowed words rather than English roots.
Because the second box is settled before you start, every guess here is effectively a three letter guess aimed at the last three positions.
QUOTE, QUICK, QUITE, QUEEN and QUERY are the most used entries, and between them they test five different third letters.
QUITE or QUOTE. Both cover common third letters and between them they test I, T, E and O, which is most of what the later boxes hold.
QATAR and QIBLA style entries, all borrowed from other languages. They are about eight percent of the list and rarely appear as puzzle answers.
No. Q appears in very few words overall, so an early Q guess eliminates almost nothing. It is only worth playing once the Q is confirmed.
They use the same five letters with the T and E swapped, so guessing one tells you little about the other. That pair catches people out.