Wordscapes Level 846 Answers

LAITY

lay people, as distinct from the clergy

QUAIL

a small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage

QUALITY

the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something

QUAY

a stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships

QUILT

a warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of stitching, typically applied in a decorative design

QUIT

leave (a place), usually permanently

TAIL

the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect