What are the valid URL characters that can be used in a query variable?

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What are the valid characters that can be used in a URL query variable?

I'm asking because I would like to create GUIDs of minimal string length by using the largest character set so long as they can be passed as a URL query variable (www.StackOverflow.com?query=guiddaf09834fasnv)

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