Words that start with J

1,374 words, 2 to 17 letters. Highest score JABBERWOCKY (38 points).

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2 letters 1

3 letters 23

4 letters 85

jabs
jack
jade
jagg
jags
jail
jake
jamb
jams
jane
jape
jarl
jars
jato
jauk
jaup
java
jaws
jays
jazz
jean
jeed
jeep
jeer
jees
jeez
jefe
jehu
jell
jeon
jerk
jess
jest
jete
jets
jeux
jews
jiao
jibb
jibe
jibs
jiff
jigs
jill
jilt
jimp
jink
jinn
jins
jinx
jive
jobs
jock
joes
joey
jogs
john
join
joke
joky
jole
jolt
josh
joss
jota
jots
jouk
jowl
jows
joys
juba
jube
judo
juga
jugs
juju
juke
jump
junk
jupe
jura
jury
just
jute
juts

5 letters 133

jabot
jacal
jacks
jacky
jaded
jades
jager
jaggs
jaggy
jagra
jails
jakes
jalap
jalop
jambe
jambs
jammy
janes
janty
japan
japed
japer
japes
jarls
jatos
jauks
jaunt
jaups
javas
jawan
jawed
jazzy
jeans
jebel
jeeps
jeers
jefes
jehad
jehus
jells
jelly
jemmy
jenny
jerid
jerks
jerky
jerry
jesse
jests
jetes
jeton
jetty
jewed
jewel
jibbs
jibed
jiber
jibes
jiffs
jiffy
jihad
jills
jilts
jimmy
jimpy
jingo
jinks
jinni
jinns
jived
jiver
jives
jivey
jnana
jocko
jocks
joeys
johns
joins
joint
joist
joked
joker
jokes
jokey
joles
jolly
jolts
jolty
jones
joram
jorum
jotas
jotty
joual
jouks
joule
joust
jowar
jowed
jowls
jowly
joyed
jubas
jubes
judas
judge
judos
jugal
jugum
juice
juicy
jujus
juked
jukes
julep
jumbo
jumps
jumpy
junco

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6 letters 211

jabbed
jabber
jabiru
jabots
jacals
jacana
jackal
jacked
jacker
jacket
jading
jadish
jaeger
jagers
jagged
jagger
jagras
jaguar
jailed
jailer
jailor
jalaps
jalops
jalopy
jambed
jambes
jammed
jammer
jangle
jangly
japans
japers
japery
japing
jarful
jargon
jarina
jarrah
jarred
jarvey
jasmin
jasper
jassid
jauked
jaunce
jaunts
jaunty
jauped
jawans
jawing
jaygee
jayvee
jazzed
jazzer
jazzes
jebels
jeeing
jeeped
jeered
jeerer
jehads
jejuna
jejune
jelled
jennet
jerboa
jereed
jerids
jerked
jerker
jerkin
jerrid
jersey
jessed
jesses
jested
jester
jesuit
jetons
jetsam
jetsom
jetted
jetton
jewels
jewing
jezail
jibbed
jibber
jibers
jibing
jicama
jigged
jigger
jiggle
jiggly
jigsaw
jihads
jilted
jilter
jiminy
jimper
jimply
jingal
jingko
jingle
jingly
jinked
jinker
jinnee
jinxed
jinxes
jitney
jitter
jivers
jivier
jiving
jnanas
jobbed
jobber
jockey

91 more 6 letters — open them in the finder

7 letters 296

jabbers
jabbing
jabirus
jacales
jacamar
jacanas
jacinth
jackals
jackass
jackdaw
jackers
jackets
jackies
jacking
jackleg
jackpot
jacobin
jacobus
jaconet
jadedly
jadeite
jaditic
jaegers
jaggary
jaggers
jaggery
jaggier
jagging
jagless
jaguars
jailers
jailing
jailors
jalapic
jalapin
jaloppy
jambeau
jambing
jammers
jammier
jammies
jamming
jangled
jangler
jangles
janitor
jarfuls
jargons
jargoon
jarhead
jarinas
jarldom
jarrahs
jarring
jarsful
jarveys
jasmine
jasmins
jaspers
jaspery
jassids
jauking
jaunced
jaunces
jaunted
jauping
javelin
jawbone
jawlike
jawline
jaybird
jaygees
jayvees
jaywalk
jazzers
jazzier
jazzily
jazzing
jazzman
jazzmen
jealous
jeepers
jeeping
jeepney
jeerers
jeering
jejunal
jejunum
jellaba
jellied
jellies
jellify
jelling
jemadar
jemidar
jemmied
jemmies
jennets
jennies
jeopard
jerboas
jereeds
jerkers
jerkier
jerkies
jerkily
jerking
jerkins
jerreed
jerrids
jerries
jerseys
jessant
jessing
jesters
jestful
jesting
jesuits
jetbead
jetlike

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8 letters 212

jabbered
jabberer
jacamars
jacinthe
jacinths
jackaroo
jackboot
jackdaws
jackeroo
jacketed
jackfish
jacklegs
jackpots
jackroll
jackstay
jacobins
jaconets
jacquard
jaculate
jadeites
jadishly
jaggeder
jaggedly
jagghery
jaggiest
jailbait
jailbird
jalapeno
jalapins
jalopies
jalousie
jambeaux
jamboree
jammiest
janglers
janglier
jangling
janiform
janisary
janitors
janizary
japanize
japanned
japanner
japeries
japingly
japonica
jargoned
jargonel
jargoons
jarheads
jarldoms
jarosite
jarovize
jasmines
jauncing
jaundice
jauntier
jauntily
jaunting
javelina
javelins
jawboned
jawboner
jawbones
jawlines
jaybirds
jaywalks
jazziest
jazzlike
jealousy
jeepneys
jejunely
jejunity
jellabas
jellying
jelutong
jemadars
jemidars
jemmying
jeopards
jeopardy
jeremiad
jerkiest
jeroboam
jerreeds
jerrican
jerrycan
jerseyed
jestings
jesuitic
jesuitry
jetbeads
jetliner
jetports
jettiest
jettison
jettying
jewelers
jeweling
jewelled
jeweller
jezebels
jibbooms
jibingly
jigaboos
jiggered
jigglier
jiggling
jigsawed
jillions
jimmying
jingalls
jingkoes
jinglers
jinglier
jingling
jingoish
jingoism
jingoist

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9 letters 168

jabberers
jabbering
jaborandi
jacaranda
jacinthes
jackaroos
jackasses
jackboots
jackeroos
jacketing
jackfruit
jackknife
jacklight
jackrolls
jackscrew
jacksmelt
jackstays
jackstraw
jacobuses
jacquards
jacquerie
jaculated
jaculates
jadedness
jaggaries
jaggedest
jaggeries
jailbirds
jailbreak
jailhouse
jalapenos
jaloppies
jalousies
jambalaya
jamborees
jangliest
janissary
japanized
japanizes
japanners
japanning
japonicas
jargonels
jargoning
jargonish
jargonize
jarosites
jarovized
jarovizes
jarringly
jaundiced
jaundices
jauntiest
javelinas
javelined
jawboners
jawboning
jayhawker
jaywalked
jaywalker
jazziness
jealously
jeeringly
jellified
jellifies
jellybean
jellyfish
jellylike
jelutongs
jeoparded
jeremiads
jerkiness
jerkwater
jeroboams
jerricans
jerrycans
jessamine
jesuitism
jetliners
jettisons
jewellers
jewellery
jewellike
jewelling
jewelries
jewelweed
jewfishes
jiggering
jiggliest
jigsawing
jingliest
jingoisms
jingoists
jipijapas
jitterbug
jitterier
jittering
jiujitsus
jiujutsus
jobberies
jobholder
jockettes
jockeying
jockstrap
jocularly
jocundity
johnboats
joineries
jointedly
jointress
jointured
jointures
jointworm
jokesters
jollified
jollifies
jollities
jongleurs
jounciest
journeyed

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10 letters 118

jaborandis
jaboticaba
jacarandas
jackanapes
jackassery
jackbooted
jacketless
jackfishes
jackfruits
jackhammer
jackknifed
jackknifes
jackknives
jacklights
jackrabbit
jackrolled
jackscrews
jacksmelts
jackstraws
jacqueries
jaculating
jaggedness
jaggheries
jaguarondi
jaguarundi
jailbreaks
jailhouses
jambalayas
janisaries
janitorial
janizaries
japanizing
jardiniere
jargonized
jargonizes
jarovizing
jasperware
jaundicing
jauntiness
javelining
jawbonings
jawbreaker
jayhawkers
jaywalkers
jaywalking
jealousies
jejuneness
jejunities
jellifying
jellybeans
jeopardies
jeoparding
jeopardise
jeopardize
jessamines
jesuitical
jesuitisms
jesuitries
jettisoned
jewelweeds
jimsonweed
jingoistic
jinricksha
jinrikisha
jitterbugs
jitteriest
jobholders
jockstraps
jocoseness
jocosities
jocularity
johnnycake
jointuring
jointworms
jokinesses
jollifying
journalese
journalism
journalist
journalize
journeyers
journeying
journeyman
journeymen
jovialties
joyfullest
joyfulness
joyousness
joypoppers
joypopping
joyridings
jubilances
jubilantly
jubilarian
jubilating
jubilation
judgements
judgeships
judgmental
judicatory
judicature
judicially
juggernaut
juggleries
jugulating
juiceheads
julienning
junctional
junglelike
juniorates
junketeers
justiciars
justifiers
justifying
justnesses
juvenility
juxtaposed
juxtaposes

11 letters 59

jabberwocky
jaboticabas
jackhammers
jackknifing
jackrabbits
jackrolling
jactitation
jadednesses
jaguarondis
jaguarundis
janissaries
jardinieres
jargonistic
jargonizing
jasperwares
jawbreakers
jazzinesses
jealousness
jellyfishes
jeopardised
jeopardises
jeopardized
jeopardizes
jerkinesses
jettisoning
jewelleries
jimsonweeds
jinrickshas
jinrikishas
jitteriness
joblessness
jocundities
johnnycakes
jointedness
jointresses
journaleses
journalisms
journalists
journalized
journalizer
journalizes
journeywork
jovialities
joylessness
jubilarians
jubilations
judgmatical
judicatures
judiciaries
judiciously
juggernauts
juicinesses
jumpinesses
juridically
justiciable
justifiable
justifiably
juvenescent
juxtaposing

12 letters 30

jackanapeses
jackasseries
jackhammered
jactitations
jaggednesses
japonaiserie
jauntinesses
jejunenesses
jeopardising
jeopardizing
jesuitically
jettisonable
jitterbugged
jocosenesses
jocularities
johnsongrass
journalistic
journalizers
journalizing
journeyworks
joyfulnesses
joyousnesses
judgmentally
judicatories
jurisconsult
jurisdiction
jurisprudent
juristically
juvenescence
juvenilities

13 letters 21

jabberwockies
jackhammering
japonaiseries
jealousnesses
jitterbugging
jitterinesses
joblessnesses
jointednesses
jollification
joylessnesses
judgmatically
judiciousness
jurisconsults
jurisdictions
jurisprudence
jurisprudents
justification
justificative
justificatory
juvenescences
juxtaposition

14 letters 9

jingoistically
johnsongrasses
jollifications
jurisdictional
jurisprudences
justiciability
justifiability
justifications
juxtapositions

15 letters 3

judiciousnesses
jurisprudential
juxtapositional

16 letters 4

journalistically
jurisdictionally
justiciabilities
justifiabilities

17 letters 1

jurisprudentially

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What is in this list

This list holds 1,374 words, 0.8% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. They run from 2 to 17 letters, and the most common length is 7 letters with 296 words (21.5% of the list). The shortest is JO; the longest is JURISPRUDENTIALLY. Of the 13 lists in this group it is the 9th largest: “words that start with S” leads with 18,959 and “words that start with X” has the fewest, 136. 2 words that would also fit were left out by this site's blocklist of slurs and explicit words.

Points and vowels

Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 21.3 points (median 21); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 13.2, so this list runs 8.1 points richer. The top scorers are JABBERWOCKY (38), JABBERWOCKIES (37), JAZZLIKE (36), JURISPRUDENTIALLY (36). Point for point, JAZZ earns the most per letter: 27 points over 4 letters, 6.8 each. J itself is worth 10 points here, which is why so many of these words outscore their length.

Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 37.1% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 27 words are more than half vowels. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is K: 1.9% of the letters, against 0.8% overall.

How the words are built

After the opening J, the next letter is A in 28.8% of words, then U (23.4%) and O (21.2%). 397 words have a doubled letter (28.9%); the most common doubles are SS (73), LL (66), GG (59). The most common endings are -ING (108, as in JABBERING), -ERS (64, as in JABBERERS), -IES (52, as in JABBERWOCKIES). 35.4% end in a single S — mostly plurals and verb forms of shorter words.

Word play in this list

The biggest anagram family here is JEOPARDIES and JEOPARDISE — 2 words from the same 10 letters. Altogether 24 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 48 words. The longest word with no letter repeated is JOURNALIZED (11 different letters). JACARANDAS is the longest word here that uses only one kind of vowel, ahead of JACKSTRAWS.

28.3% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word (JAB, JABBER and JABBERER among them); after S, the most useful end letter is D, which extends 37 words. At the front, D turns 9 words into new ones (JEBEL → DJEBEL); E turns 4 words into new ones (JACULATE → EJACULATE); A turns 3 words into new ones (JAR → AJAR).

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