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5 letter words with J

Every five-letter word that contains J, grouped by where the J sits, with Scrabble and Words With Friends scores shown separately, Wordle letter stats, definitions and filters.

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J can sit in any slot · 463 words in our list

The short answer

There are 463 five words with J in this list. J is most often the first letter, and the most common last letter is S. The top face-value Scrabble score is 33 for jazzy.

463five J words in our list

67%start with J

25%end in S, mostly plurals

14.7average Scrabble face score

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The complete list

All 5 letter words with J

Grouped by where J first appears. The small number is the face-value Scrabble score.

J is the 1st letter (312)

JA95 words

jaaps¹⁴jabia¹⁴jabot¹⁴jabul¹⁴jacal¹⁴jacht¹⁷jacko¹⁸jacks¹⁸jacky²¹jacob¹⁶jaded¹⁴jades¹³jafas¹⁵jaffa¹⁸jagas¹³jagat¹³jager¹³jaggs¹⁴jaggy¹⁷jagir¹³jagla¹³jagra¹³jagua¹³jahve¹⁸jails¹²jaime¹⁴jaina¹²jaker¹⁶jakes¹⁶jakey¹⁹jakob¹⁸jakos¹⁶jakun¹⁶jalap¹⁴jalee¹²jalet¹²jalop¹⁴jalor¹²jalur¹²jaman¹⁴jambe¹⁶jambo¹⁶jambs¹⁶jambu¹⁶james¹⁴jamie¹⁴jammy¹⁹jamon¹⁴janes¹²janet¹²janky¹⁹janns¹²janny¹⁵janos¹²jantu¹²janty¹⁵janua¹²janus¹²japan¹⁴japed¹⁵japer¹⁴japes¹⁴japyx²⁴jarde¹³jared¹³jarks¹⁶jarls¹²jarmo¹⁴jarps¹⁴jarra¹²jarry¹⁵jarta¹²jarul¹²jarvy¹⁸jasey¹⁵jason¹²jaspe¹⁴jasps¹⁴jatha¹⁵jatki¹⁶jatni¹²jatos¹²jauks¹⁶jaunt¹²jaups¹⁴javan¹⁵javas¹⁵javel¹⁵javer¹⁵jawab¹⁷jawan¹⁵jawed¹⁶jaxie¹⁹jazey²⁴jazzy³³

JE47 words

jeans¹²jeany¹⁵jeats¹²jebat¹⁴jebel¹⁴jebus¹⁴jedis¹³jeels¹²jeely¹⁵jeeps¹⁴jeers¹²jeery¹⁵jeeze²¹jefes¹⁵jeffs¹⁸jehad¹⁶jehup¹⁷jehus¹⁵jelab¹⁴jelib¹⁴jello¹²jells¹²jelly¹⁵jembe¹⁶jemez²³jemmy¹⁹jenna¹²jenny¹⁵jeons¹²jerez²¹jerib¹⁴jerid¹³jerks¹⁶jerky¹⁹jerry¹⁵jesse¹²jests¹²jesus¹²jetes¹²jeton¹²jetty¹⁵jeune¹²jewed¹⁶jewel¹⁵jewie¹⁵jewis¹⁵jewry¹⁸

JH3 words

jhala¹⁵jheel¹⁵jhool¹⁵

JI38 words

jiaos¹²jibba¹⁶jibbs¹⁶jibby¹⁹jibed¹⁵jiber¹⁴jibes¹⁴jiboa¹⁴jiffs¹⁸jiffy²¹jiggy¹⁷jigot¹³jihad¹⁶jills¹²jilts¹²jimbo¹⁶jimmy¹⁹jimpy¹⁹jingo¹³jingu¹³jinja¹⁹jinks¹⁶jinne¹²jinni¹²jinns¹²jinny¹⁵jiqui²¹jirds¹³jirga¹³jirre¹²jisms¹⁴jitro¹²jived¹⁶jiver¹⁵jives¹⁵jivey¹⁸jixie¹⁹jizya²⁴

JN1 words

jnana¹²

JO63 words

jobed¹⁵jobes¹⁴jocko¹⁸jocks¹⁸jocky²¹jocos¹⁴jocum¹⁶jodel¹³joeys¹⁵johan¹⁵johns¹⁵joins¹²joint¹²joist¹²joked¹⁷joker¹⁶jokes¹⁶jokey¹⁹jokol¹⁶jokul¹⁶joled¹³joles¹²jolls¹²jolly¹⁵jolts¹²jolty¹⁵jomon¹⁴jomos¹⁴jonah¹⁵jonas¹²jones¹²jongs¹³jonty¹⁵jooks¹⁶joola¹²joram¹⁴joree¹²jorge¹³jorum¹⁴josey¹⁵joshi¹⁵josie¹²josip¹⁴jotas¹²jotty¹⁵jotun¹²joual¹²jough¹⁶jougs¹³jouks¹⁶joule¹²journ¹²jours¹²joust¹²jowar¹⁵jowed¹⁶jowel¹⁵jower¹⁵jowls¹⁵jowly¹⁸jowpy²⁰joyce¹⁷joyed¹⁶

JU65 words

juang¹³juans¹²jubas¹⁴jubbe¹⁶jubes¹⁴jubus¹⁴jucos¹⁴judah¹⁶judas¹³judex²⁰judge¹⁴judgy¹⁷judos¹³jufti¹⁵jufts¹⁵jugal¹³juger¹³jugum¹⁵juice¹⁴juicy¹⁷juise¹²jujus¹⁹juked¹⁷jukes¹⁶jukus¹⁶julep¹⁴jules¹²julia¹²julid¹³julie¹²julio¹²julus¹²jumar¹⁴jumba¹⁶jumbo¹⁶jumby¹⁹jumma¹⁶jumps¹⁶jumpy¹⁹junco¹⁴jundy¹⁶junks¹⁶junky¹⁹junta¹²junto¹²jupes¹⁴jupon¹⁴jural¹²jurat¹²jurel¹²jures¹²juris¹²juror¹²jussi¹²justo¹²justs¹²jutes¹²jutic¹⁴jutka¹⁶jutty¹⁵juves¹⁵juvia¹⁵juvie¹⁵juxta¹⁹juyas¹⁵

J is the 2nd letter (22)

ajaja¹⁹ajari¹²ajava¹⁵ajhar¹⁵ajies¹²ajiva¹⁵ajuga¹³ajwan¹⁵djave¹⁶djinn¹³djins¹³djuka¹⁷eject¹⁴ejido¹³ejusd¹³fjeld¹⁶fjord¹⁶ijmaa¹⁴ijore¹²njave¹⁵ojime¹⁴sjaak¹⁶

J is the 3rd letter (74)

adjag¹⁴anjan¹²anjou¹²arjun¹²bajan¹⁴bajau¹⁴bajra¹⁴bajri¹⁴bajus¹⁴bejan¹⁴bejel¹⁴bejig¹⁵bijou¹⁴cajan¹⁴cajon¹⁴cajou¹⁴cajun¹⁴cujam¹⁶dojos¹³dujan¹³eejit¹²enjoy¹⁵fujis¹⁵gajos¹³gojis¹³gujar¹³hajes¹⁵hajib¹⁷hajis¹⁵hajji²²hejab¹⁷hejra¹⁵hijab¹⁷hijra¹⁵injun¹²kajar¹⁶kojis¹⁶majas¹⁴major¹⁴majos¹⁴mojos¹⁴mujik¹⁸nejdi¹³objet¹⁴pujah¹⁷pujas¹⁴qajaq³⁰rajab¹⁴rajah¹⁵rajas¹²rajes¹²rajiv¹⁵rejig¹³rejon¹²rojak¹⁶rojis¹²sajou¹²sijos¹²sojas¹²sojus¹²sujee¹²tajes¹²tajik¹⁶tejon¹²unjam¹⁴upjet¹⁴vajra¹⁵vejoz²⁴vijao¹⁵vijay¹⁸wojus¹⁵yajes¹⁵yajna¹⁵yojan¹⁵

J is the 4th letter (50)

badju¹⁵banjo¹⁴benjy¹⁷bhaji¹⁷bruja¹⁴brujo¹⁴bunje¹⁴bunjy¹⁷chaja¹⁷chuje¹⁷cooja¹⁴daijo¹³dooja¹³dorje¹³emoji¹⁴frija¹⁵funje¹⁵gadje¹⁴gadjo¹⁴ganja¹³gauje¹³girja¹³guijo¹³gunja¹³hadji¹⁶hodja¹⁶inaja¹²kanji¹⁶khaja¹⁹khoja¹⁹kopje¹⁸lapje¹⁴linja¹²linje¹²meiji¹⁴nduja¹³ninja¹²ouija¹²polje¹⁴ponja¹⁴pooja¹⁴punji¹⁴rioja¹²shoji¹⁵shojo¹⁵slojd¹³sonja¹²thuja¹⁵wilja¹⁵zanja²¹

J is the 5th letter (5)

aflaj¹⁵basij¹⁴falaj¹⁵kilij¹⁶samaj¹⁴

Words with two Js (4)

ajaja¹⁹hajji²²jinja¹⁹jujus¹⁹

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Where does J sit?

Position of J in five-letter words

Words are counted by their first J, so each word appears once. Words with two Js are listed separately below.

Slot 1312 · 67%jaaps, jabia, jabot

Slot 222 · 5%ajaja, ajari, ajava

Slot 374 · 16%adjag, anjan, anjou

Slot 450 · 11%badju, banjo, benjy

Slot 55 · 1%aflaj, basij, falaj

Everyday words

Common 5 letter words with J

The full list includes rare words. These 80 are the ones you are most likely to meet in puzzles, writing and classrooms.

majorjamesjapanenjoyjonesjointjesusjudgejasonjokesjerryjimmyjeansjuicejuliejanetjamiejacobjuliajessejennyjohnsjeweljoinsjoyceeejitjetesjeatsjetontajestejonjoreeajiesjaleejatnijatosjennajotasejectjathainajajainajaletjanesjartajestsjosieanjanjeersjeonsjinnejnanajoistijorejiaoshajesajarijanosjeelsjitrojonasninjarajesrejonsonjaejidojeuneriojasojasdoojajadeshejrajheeljohanjonahjannsjinnijoolarajassujee

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Which letters keep company with J?

Among the 463 words in our list, these are the eight letters that appear most often alongside J. They make good second guesses once J is confirmed.

A236

E165

O145

S140

U134

I123

N95

R79

Vowel pairs

The most common adjacent vowel pairs in these words are OU (13), EE (11), IE (8), OO (6), UI (6).

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Sorted by ending

5 letter J words by last letter and last two letters

Ends	Words	Examples
-S	117	ajies, bajus, djins, dojos, fujis, gajos, gojis
-A	60	ajaja, ajava, ajiva, ajuga, bajra, bruja, chaja
-Y	49	benjy, bunjy, enjoy, jacky, jaggy, jakey, jammy
-E	42	bunje, chuje, djave, dorje, funje, gadje, gauje
-N	27	ajwan, anjan, arjun, bajan, bejan, cajan, cajon
-D	21	ejusd, fjeld, fjord, jaded, japed, jared, jawed
-O	21	banjo, brujo, daijo, ejido, gadjo, guijo, jacko
-R	19	ajhar, gujar, jager, jagir, jaker, jalor, jalur

Ends	Words	Examples
-ES	25	ajies, hajes, jades, jakes, james, janes
-JA	25	ajaja, bruja, chaja, cooja, dooja, frija
-ED	13	jaded, japed, jared, jawed, jewed, jibed
-OS	13	dojos, gajos, jakos, janos, jatos, jiaos
-AN	12	ajwan, anjan, bajan, bejan, cajan, dujan
-AS	12	jafas, jagas, javas, jonas, jotas, jubas

Fixed start and end? Use the combine word generator or letter words ending with. Words that end in J itself: aflaj, basij, falaj, kilij, samaj

Letter patterns

J words with striking patterns

Silent J

No common silent-J words sit at this length — most five-letter J words sound it out.

Two Js (4)

ajajahajjijinjajujus

JA and JU openers

95 words start with JA and 65 start with JU in this list.

jaapsjabiajabotjabuljacaljachtjackojacksjackyjacobjadedjadesjafasjaffajagasjagat

J with Z, X, J or Q (16)

adjagaflajajajaajariajavaajharajiesajivaajugaajwananjananjouarjunbadjubajanbajau

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High scorers

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with J

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends
jazzy	33	34
qajaq	30	32
japyx	24	26
jazey	24	25
jizya	24	25
vejoz	24	27
jemez	23	26
hajji	22	25
jacky	21	23
jeeze	21	23
jerez	21	23
jiffy	21	22

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Words with meanings

12 five-letter J words, defined

jabotnounA cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.

jacalnounA wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US.

jackonounlaughing kookaburra

jacksnounA pair of jacks.

jackynounA sailor.

jadedadjectiveBored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.

jaffanounA type of sweet orange, normally seedless.

jagatnounThe material or physical world as subjectively experienced.

jaggyadjectivejagged, toothed or serrated

jagirnounAn assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity

jaglanounA watchman.

jaguanounA tree of species Genipa americana, native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean; genipap.

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Questions about 5 letter words with J

How many five-letter words contain J?

The general English word list used on this page has 463 five-letter words with J. Counts differ between dictionaries, and Scrabble-style lists are larger, so confirm in your game’s dictionary.

Where does J usually sit in a five-letter word?

In this list J is the first letter of 312, the third letter of 74, the fourth letter of 50, the second letter of 22, the fifth letter of 5.

What are common five-letter words with J?

Everyday examples include major, james, japan, enjoy, jones, joint, jesus, judge, jason, jokes. They are useful Wordle guesses because they use common letters.

Which five-letter J words score the most in Scrabble?

At face value the top scores are jazzy at 33 and qajaq at 30, before any bonus squares. Words With Friends uses different tile values, so totals can differ.

Are there five-letter words that end in J?

Yes: aflaj, basij, falaj, kilij, samaj.

Which five-letter words have a silent J?

Silent-J words are rare at this length; most five words sound the J out.

How do I find five-letter words with J in a certain position?

Use the position selector above, or type a pattern with blanks such as _ _ _ _ J in the word generator by pattern.

What is the difference between words starting with J and words containing J?

Words starting with J must begin with it. Words containing J can have it in any slot, so the list is much longer. For the start-only list use words that start with.