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

There actually are a few: https://scrabble.merriam.com/q-words-without-u.
Others have explained why it’s almost always followed by a u