Why does the letter ‘Q’ always needs to be followed my the letter ‘U’ for every word in the English language?

Question

Never understood this rule. Its the only letter that needs to be paired together. I cant think of any words that are just Q without the U. Why are these two inseparable!! I need to know why!!

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Answer 1

It doesn’t need to be followed by U in *every* case. Qi doesn’t use the U after the Q. It’s even recognized by Scrabble as being a legal word.