Words With the Letter J

J is one of the hardest letters to play and one of the most valuable in word games. Here are 1,333 words of up to ten letters that contain J, 509 of them common, sorted from shortest to longest.

Common words (509)

jab
jam
jar
jaw
jay
jet
jig
job
jog
jot
joy
jug
jut
ajar
jabs
jack
jade
jail
jamb
jams
jars
jaws
jays
jazz
jeer
jell
jerk
jest
jets
jibe
jigs
jilt
jinx
jobs
jogs
join
joke
jolt
jots
joys
judo
jugs
jump
junk
jury
just
jute
juts
banjo
eject
emoji
enjoy
jacks
jaded
jades
jails
jambs
jaunt
jawed
jeans
jeers
jells
jelly
jerks
jerky
jests
jetty
jewel
jibed
jibes
jiffy
jilts
joins
joint
joked
joker
jokes
jolly
jolts
joyed
judge
juice
juicy
jumbo
jumps
jumpy
junks
junta
juror
major
abject
adjoin
adjust
banjos
cajole
deject
ejects
emojis
enjoys
hijack
inject
injure
injury
jabbed
jabber
jackal
jacked
jacket
jading
jagged
jaguar
jailed
jailer
jalopy
jammed
jangle
jargon
jarred
jaunts
jaunty
jawing
jazzed
jazzes
jeered
jelled
jerked
jersey
jested
jester
jetted
jewels
jibing
jigged
jiggle
jigsaw
jilted
jingle
jinxed
jinxes
jobbed
jockey
jogged
jogger
joined
joints
jokers
joking
jolted
jostle
jotted
jovial
joyful
joying
joyous
judged
judges
jugged
juggle
juiced
juices
jumble
jumbos
jumped
jumper
jungle
junior
junked
junket
junkie
juntas
juries
jurors
juster
justly
jutted
majors
object
reject
rejoin
unjust
adjoins
adjourn
adjunct
adjusts
cajoled
cajoles
conjure
dejects
ejected
enjoyed
hijacks
injects
injured
injures
jabbers
jabbing
jackals
jackass
jackdaw
jackets
jacking
jackpot
jaguars
jailers
jailing
jamming
jangled
jangles
janitor
jarring
jaunted
javelin
jawbone
jaywalk
jazzing
jealous
jeering
jellied
jellies
jelling
jerkier
jerking
jerseys
jesters
jesting
jetties
jetting
jeweled
jeweler
jewelry
jiffies
jigging
jiggled
jiggles
jigsaws
jilting
jingled
jingles
jinxing
jitters
jittery
jobbing
jockeys
jocular
joggers
jogging
joining
jointed
jointly
jollied
jollier
jollies
jolting
jostled
jostles
jotting
journal
journey
jubilee
judging
jugging
juggled
juggler
juggles
jugular
juicier
juicing
jumbled
jumbles
jumpers
jumpier
jumping
jungles
juniors
juniper
junkets
junkies
junking
justest
justice
justify
jutting
majesty
majored
objects
pajamas
perjure
perjury
project
rejects
rejoice
rejoins
sojourn
subject
adjacent
adjoined
adjourns
adjuncts
adjusted
cajoling
conjugal
conjured
conjures
dejected
disjoint
ejecting
ejection
enjoying
flapjack
hijacked
injected
injuries
injuring
jabbered
jackpots
jaggeder
jalopies
jamboree
jangling
janitors
jaundice
jauntier
jauntily
jaunting
javelins
jawboned
jawbones
jaywalks
jealousy
jellying
jeopardy
jerkiest
jettison
jewelers
jeweling
jiggling
jigsawed
jingling
jockeyed
jointing
jolliest
jollying
jostling
journals
journeys
jovially
joyfully
joyously
joystick
jubilant
jubilees
judgment
judicial
jugglers
juggling
jugulars
juiciest
jumbling
jumpiest
junction
juncture
junipers
junketed
justices
juvenile
majestic
majoring
majority
misjudge
objected
objector
perjured
perjures
projects
readjust
rejected
rejoiced
rejoices
rejoined
sojourns
subjects
unjustly
adjective
adjoining
adjourned
adjusting
blackjack
conjugate
conjuring
dejecting
dejection
disjoints
ejections
enjoyable
enjoyment
flapjacks
hijacking
injecting
injection
injurious
injustice
interject
jabbering
jackasses
jackknife
jaggedest
jamborees
jaundiced
jaundices
jauntiest
jawboning
jaywalked
jaywalker
jealously
jellyfish
jettisons
jewelries
jigsawing
jitterier
jockeying
journeyed
joyfuller
judgments
judiciary
judicious
junctions
junctures
junketing
justified
justifies
juveniles
juxtapose
majesties
marijuana
misjudged
misjudges
objecting
objection
objective
objectors
perjuries
perjuring
prejudice
projected
projector
readjusts
rejecting
rejection
rejoicing
rejoinder
rejoining
sojourned
subjected
subjugate
adjectives
adjourning
adjustable
adjustment
blackjacks
conjecture
conjugated
conjugates
disjointed
enjoyments
hallelujah
injections
injunction
injustices
interjects
jackknifed
jackknifes
jackknives
jaundicing
jaywalkers
jaywalking
jealousies
jeopardize
jettisoned
jitteriest
journalism
journalist
journeying
joyfullest
jubilation
judicially
juggernaut
justifying
juxtaposed
juxtaposes
lumberjack
majorities
misjudging
objections
objectives
prejudiced
prejudices
projectile
projecting
projection
projectors
readjusted
rejections
rejoinders
rejuvenate
sojourning
subjecting
subjective
subjugated
subjugates

Less common and rare words (824)

A selection of 500; the rest are mostly technical or very rare.

haj
jag
jib
hajj
jags
jape
jato
java
jean
jeep
jeez
jibs
jiff
jink
jinn
jive
jock
joey
john
josh
jowl
bhaji
bijou
fjord
ganja
hajji
hijab
jabot
jammy
japan
japed
japes
jatos
jazzy
jeeps
jemmy
jenny
jiffs
jihad
jimmy
jinks
jinni
jived
jives
jocks
joeys
johns
joist
jokey
joule
joust
jowls
jowly
julep
junco
kanji
ninja
rajah
rejig
abjure
adjure
bijoux
deejay
enjoin
fajita
fjords
hajjes
hajjis
hijabs
jabots
jaeger
japans
japing
jarful
jasper
jejuna
jejune
jennet
jerkin
jetsam
jibbed
jigger
jiggly
jihads
jingly
jinked
jitney
jitter
jiving
jobber
jocose
jocund
joggle
johnny
joiner
joists
jojoba
jokier
jokily
jolter
joshed
josher
joshes
jotter
joules
jounce
jouncy
journo
jousts
judder
jugful
juicer
jujube
juleps
juncos
junker
jurist
logjam
ninjas
pajama
pyjama
rajahs
ramjet
rejigs
veejay
abjured
abjurer
abjures
adjudge
adjured
adjures
bejewel
cajoler
carjack
conjoin
deejays
ejector
enjoins
fajitas
injurer
jacobus
jaconet
jadedly
jadeite
jammier
jangler
jarfuls
jasmine
jawline
jaybird
jazzier
jejunum
jemmied
jemmies
jennets
jennies
jerkily
jerkins
jetport
jibbing
jiggers
jimmied
jimmies
jinking
jitneys
jobbers
jobless
joggled
joggles
joiners
joinery
jokiest
jollify
jollily
jollity
jolters
jonquil
joshers
joshing
jostler
jotters
jounced
jounces
journos
jousted
jouster
jowlier
joyless
joyride
joyrode
judders
jugfuls
juicers
juicily
jujitsu
jujubes
jukebox
jumpily
junkers
junkier
juridic
jurists
juryman
jurymen
killjoy
lockjaw
logjams
majorly
overjoy
pyjamas
ramjets
rejudge
skyjack
subjoin
veejays
abjectly
abjurers
abjuring
adjudged
adjudges
adjuring
adjuster
adjutant
banjoist
basenjis
bejewels
cajolers
cajolery
carjacks
conjoins
conjoint
conjunct
conjurer
demijohn
disjoins
djellaba
doorjamb
ejectors
enjoined
hijacker
injector
injurers
jabberer
jackboot
jackdaws
jacketed
jackfish
jacquard
jaggedly
jailbird
jalapeno
jalousie
jammiest
janglers
japanned
jasmines
jawlines
jaybirds
jazziest
jemmying
jeremiad
jeroboam
jerrycan
jetliner
jetports
jewelled
jeweller
jiggered
jihadist
jimmying
jingoism
jingoist
jobshare
jocosely
jocosity
jocundly
jodhpurs
joggling
johnnies
jokingly
jonquils
jottings
jouncing
jousters
jousting
jowliest
joyrider
joyrides
juddered
jugglery
julienne
jumpsuit
junkiest
junkyard
juristic
justness
killjoys
majolica
marjoram
nonjuror
overjoys
perjurer
popinjay
prejudge
rejigged
rejigger
rejudged
rejudges
skyjacks
subjoins
turbojet
abjection
adjacency
adjudging
adjusters
adjutancy
adjutants
applejack
banjoists
bejeweled
bluejeans
carjacked
carjacker
coadjutor
conjoined
conjoiner
conjuncts
conjurers
demijohns
djellabas
doorjambs
ejectment
enjoining
enjoyably
hijackers
injectors
jabberers
jacaranda
jackboots
jackstraw
jadedness
jailbirds
jailbreak
jailhouse
jalapenos
jalousies
jambalaya
japanning
japonicas
jarringly
jeeringly
jellybean
jellylike
jellyroll
jeremiads
jerkiness
jerkwater
jeroboams
jerrycans
jestingly
jetliners
jewellers
jewellery
jewelling
jiggering
jihadists
jingoists
jitterbug
jobholder
jobshares
jobsworth
jockstrap
jocularly
jocundity
jolliness
journeyer
joviality
joylessly
joyridden
joyriders
joyriding
joysticks
juddering
judgement
judgeship
judicator
juiciness
jukeboxes
jumpiness
jumpsuits
junketeer
junkyards
juridical
jurywoman
jurywomen
maharajah
majordomo
majorette
objectify
objurgate
overjoyed
perjurers
popinjays
prejudged
prejudges
readjourn
rejiggers
rejigging
rejudging
skyjacked
skyjacker
sojourner
subjoined
turbojets
uninjured
abjectness
abjuration
abjuratory
adjacently
adjectival
adjudicate
adjuration
amberjacks
bejeweling
bejewelled
bluejacket
cajolement
carjackers
carjacking
coadjutors
conjoiners
conjoining
conjointly
conjugally
dejectedly
electrojet
enjambment
hijackings
jacarandas
jackbooted
jackhammer
jackrabbit
jackstraws
jaggedness
jailbreaks
jailhouses
janitorial
jardiniere
jauntiness
jawbreaker
jellybeans
jellyrolls
jeopardise
jerrybuilt
jimsonweed
jingoistic
jinrikisha
jitterbugs
jobholders
jobsworths
jockstraps
jocoseness
jocularity
johnnycake
journalese
journeyers
journeyman
journeymen
joyfulness
joyousness
jubilantly
judgements
judgmental
judicatory
judicature
junctional
junketeers
kurrajongs
maharajahs
majordomos
majorettes
mujaheddin
objurgated
objurgates
overjoying
pejoration
pejorative
prejudging
projective
rejiggered
rejoicings
skyjackers
skyjacking
sojourners
subjacency
subjection
subjoining
tearjerker
trajectory
windjammer

How to use it

Short words are at the top of each section; they fit tight spots on a board.
Use the Scrabble word finder to check which ones your rack can make.

Tips

J is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.

Questions

What are short words with J?

The shortest are at the top of the list, for example JAB, JAM, JAR, JAW, JAY.