6-letter words starting with J
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter J. This section showcases how J at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with J, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| johnny | 19 | `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms | - |
| joking | 18 | characterized by jokes and good humor | - |
| jacket | 19 | (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | - |
| junior | 13 | used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college | the junior class |
| joined | 14 | of or relating to two people who are married to each other | - |
| joseph | 18 | leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904) | - |
| jungle | 14 | a place where hoboes camp | - |
| jordan | 14 | a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan | - |
| jersey | 16 | a close-fitting pullover shirt | - |
| judges | 15 | a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges | - |
| juliet | 13 | - | - |
| junkie | 17 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | a news junkie |
| jammed | 18 | extremely crowed or filled to capacity | a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes |
| jessie | 13 | - | - |
| joanna | 13 | - | - |
| jumper | 17 | a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing | - |
| jingle | 14 | make a sound typical of metallic objects | - |
| jasper | 15 | an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone | - |
| joyful | 19 | full of high-spirited delight | a joyful heart |
| jockey | 22 | defeat someone through trickery or deceit | - |
| jaguar | 14 | a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis | - |
| jackal | 19 | Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair | - |
| joyous | 16 | full of or characterized by joy | felt a joyous abandon |
| jailed | 14 | being in captivity | - |
| jigsaw | 17 | a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut | - |
| juggle | 15 | the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | - |
| jagger | 15 | English rock star (born in 1943) | - |
| jinxed | 21 | (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune | - |
| jailer | 13 | someone who guards prisoners | - |
| jiggle | 15 | a slight irregular shaking motion | - |
| jester | 13 | a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages | - |
| jimmie | 17 | - | - |
| jagged | 16 | having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed | - |
| jabber | 17 | talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | - |
| jargon | 14 | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | - |
| jumble | 17 | small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | - |
| jilted | 14 | rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | jilted at the altar |
| jibber | 17 | - | - |
| jesuit | 13 | having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism | - |
| jangle | 14 | make a sound typical of metallic objects | - |
| jaeger | 14 | rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey | - |
| jiminy | 18 | - | - |
| justly | 16 | with honesty | - |
| jalopy | 18 | a car that is old and unreliable | - |
| jammer | 17 | a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming | - |
| juicer | 15 | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | - |
| junket | 17 | provide a feast or banquet for | - |
| jasmin | 15 | - | - |
| jemima | 17 | - | - |
| journo | 13 | - | - |
| jerkin | 17 | a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times | - |
| jogger | 15 | someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise) | - |
| jostle | 13 | come into rough contact with while moving | The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train |
| jailor | 13 | someone who guards prisoners | - |
| jaunty | 16 | having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air | walked with a jaunty step |
| jovial | 16 | full of or showing high-spirited merriment | a jovial old gentleman |
| jurist | 13 | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | - |
| jihadi | 17 | of or relating to a jihad | - |
| jolted | 14 | disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock | retrieved his named from her jolted memory |
| junker | 17 | member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism | - |
| judger | 15 | - | - |
| jiving | 17 | - | - |
| jojoba | 22 | - | - |
| joiner | 13 | a person who likes to join groups | - |
| jotted | 14 | - | - |
| jerker | 17 | someone who gives a strong sudden pull | - |
| jangly | 17 | like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together | - |
| jigger | 15 | larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation | - |
| jiggly | 18 | - | - |
| jujube | 22 | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees | - |
| jarrah | 16 | - | - |
| jetsam | 15 | the floating wreckage of a ship | - |
| jetted | 14 | - | - |
| jocund | 16 | full of or showing high-spirited merriment | a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company |
| jitter | 13 | a small irregular movement | - |
| judoka | 18 | - | - |
| jungly | 17 | overgrown with tropical vegetation | - |
| jabbed | 18 | - | - |
| jabble | 17 | - | - |
| jabers | 15 | - | - |
| jabiru | 15 | large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America | - |
| jabots | 15 | - | - |
| jacals | 15 | - | - |
| jacana | 15 | - | - |
| jacare | 15 | - | - |
| jacent | 15 | - | - |
| jacked | 20 | - | - |
| jacker | 19 | - | - |
| jacksy | 22 | - | - |
| jadery | 17 | - | - |
| jading | 15 | - | - |
| jadish | 17 | - | - |
| jaffas | 19 | - | - |
| jagaed | 15 | - | - |
| jagers | 14 | - | - |
| jaghir | 17 | - | - |
| jagirs | 14 | - | - |
| jagras | 14 | - | - |
| jakest | 17 | - | - |
| jakeys | 20 | - | - |
| jalaps | 15 | - | - |
| jalebi | 15 | - | - |
| jalops | 15 | - | - |
| jamaat | 15 | - | - |
| jambed | 18 | - | - |
| jambee | 17 | - | - |
| jamber | 17 | - | - |
| jambes | 17 | - | - |
| jambok | 21 | - | - |
| jambos | 17 | used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) | - |
| jambul | 17 | - | - |
| jambus | 17 | - | - |
| jamjar | 22 | a jar for holding jellies or preserves | - |
| jampan | 17 | a kind of sedan chair used in India | - |
| jampot | 17 | a jar for holding jellies or preserves | - |
| jandal | 14 | - | - |
| janker | 17 | - | - |
| janney | 16 | - | - |
| jansky | 20 | - | - |
| jantee | 13 | - | - |
| japans | 15 | - | - |
| japers | 15 | - | - |
| japery | 18 | acting like a clown or buffoon | - |
| japing | 16 | - | - |
| japped | 18 | - | - |
| jarful | 16 | the quantity contained in a jar | - |
| jarina | 13 | - | - |
| jarool | 13 | - | - |
| jarped | 16 | - | - |
| jarred | 14 | - | - |
| jartas | 13 | - | - |
| jaruls | 13 | - | - |
| jarvey | 19 | - | - |
| jarvie | 16 | - | - |
| jaseys | 16 | - | - |
| jasies | 13 | - | - |
| jaspes | 15 | - | - |
| jaspis | 15 | - | - |
| jasses | 13 | - | - |
| jassid | 14 | a variety of leafhopper | - |
| jataka | 17 | - | - |
| jauked | 18 | - | - |
| jaunce | 15 | - | - |
| jaunse | 13 | - | - |
| jaunts | 13 | - | - |
| jauped | 16 | - | - |
| javels | 16 | - | - |
| jawans | 16 | - | - |
| jawari | 16 | - | - |
| jawbox | 25 | - | - |
| jawing | 17 | - | - |
| jaxies | 20 | - | - |
| jaycee | 18 | - | - |
| jaygee | 17 | - | - |
| jayvee | 19 | - | - |
| jazies | 22 | - | - |
| jazzbo | 33 | - | - |
| jazzed | 32 | - | - |
| jazzer | 31 | - | - |
| jazzes | 31 | - | - |
| jeaned | 14 | - | - |
| jebels | 15 | - | - |
| jeeing | 14 | - | - |
| jeeled | 14 | - | - |
| jeelie | 13 | - | - |
| jeeped | 16 | - | - |
| jeered | 14 | - | - |
| jeerer | 13 | someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision | - |
| jeesly | 16 | - | - |
| jeezly | 25 | - | - |
| jeffed | 20 | - | - |
| jehadi | 17 | - | - |
| jehads | 17 | - | - |
| jejuna | 20 | - | - |
| jejune | 20 | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | jejune responses to our problems |
| jelabs | 15 | - | - |
| jelled | 14 | congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling | - |
| jellos | 13 | - | - |
| jembes | 17 | - | - |
| jennet | 13 | female donkey | - |
| jerbil | 15 | - | - |
| jerboa | 15 | mouselike jumping rodent | - |
| jereed | 14 | - | - |
| jerids | 14 | - | - |
| jerked | 18 | - | - |
| jerque | 22 | - | - |
| jerrid | 14 | - | - |
| jessed | 14 | - | - |
| jesses | 13 | - | - |
| jested | 14 | - | - |
| jestee | 13 | - | - |
| jetlag | 14 | - | - |
| jetons | 13 | - | - |
| jetsom | 15 | - | - |
| jetson | 13 | - | - |
| jetton | 13 | - | - |
| jetway | 19 | - | - |
| jewels | 16 | - | - |
| jewies | 16 | - | - |
| jewing | 17 | - | - |
| jezail | 22 | - | - |
| jhalas | 16 | - | - |
| jhatka | 20 | - | - |
| jibbah | 20 | - | - |
| jibbas | 17 | - | - |
| jibbed | 18 | - | - |
| jibers | 15 | - | - |
| jibing | 16 | - | - |
| jicama | 17 | - | - |
| jigged | 16 | - | - |
| jigjig | 22 | - | - |
| jigots | 14 | - | - |
| jihads | 17 | - | - |
| jilbab | 17 | - | - |
| jilgie | 14 | - | - |
| jillet | 13 | - | - |
| jilter | 13 | - | - |
| jimjam | 24 | - | - |
| jimper | 17 | - | - |
| jimply | 20 | - | - |
| jimson | 15 | - | - |
| jingal | 14 | - | - |
| jingko | 18 | - | - |
| jingly | 17 | having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells | - |
| jinked | 18 | - | - |
| jinker | 17 | - | - |
| jinnee | 13 | (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | - |
| jinnis | 13 | - | - |
| jinxes | 20 | - | - |
| jirble | 15 | - | - |
| jirgas | 14 | - | - |
| jissom | 15 | - | - |
| jitney | 16 | a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | - |
| jivers | 16 | - | - |
| jivest | 16 | - | - |
| jivier | 16 | - | - |
| jizzes | 31 | - | - |
| jnanas | 13 | - | - |
| jobbed | 18 | - | - |
| jobber | 17 | someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | - |
| jobbie | 17 | - | - |
| jobing | 16 | - | - |
| jockos | 19 | - | - |
| jocose | 15 | characterized by jokes and good humor | - |
| jodels | 14 | - | - |
| jogged | 16 | - | - |
| joggle | 15 | a slight irregular shaking motion | - |
| joints | 13 | - | - |
| joists | 13 | - | - |
| jokers | 17 | - | - |
| jokier | 17 | - | - |
| jokily | 20 | - | - |
| joling | 14 | - | - |
| jolled | 14 | - | - |
| joller | 13 | - | - |
| jolley | 16 | - | - |
| jollof | 16 | - | - |
| jollop | 15 | - | - |
| jolter | 13 | - | - |
| jomons | 15 | - | - |
| jooked | 18 | - | - |
| jorams | 15 | - | - |
| jorums | 15 | - | - |
| joshed | 17 | - | - |
| josher | 16 | - | - |
| joshes | 16 | - | - |
| joskin | 17 | - | - |
| josser | 13 | - | - |
| josses | 13 | - | - |
| jotter | 13 | a small notebook for rough notes | - |
| jotunn | 13 | (Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir | - |
| jotuns | 13 | - | - |
| jouals | 13 | - | - |
| jouked | 18 | - | - |
| jouled | 14 | - | - |
| joules | 13 | - | - |
| jounce | 15 | a sudden jarring impact | - |
| jouncy | 18 | - | - |
| jousts | 13 | - | - |
| jowari | 16 | - | - |
| jowars | 16 | - | - |
| jowing | 17 | - | - |
| jowled | 17 | - | - |
| jowler | 16 | - | - |
| joying | 17 | - | - |
| joypad | 19 | - | - |
| joypop | 20 | - | - |
| jubate | 15 | - | - |
| jubbah | 20 | - | - |
| jubhah | 21 | - | - |
| jubile | 15 | - | - |
| judder | 15 | shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively | The old engine was juddering |
| judged | 16 | - | - |
| judgey | 18 | - | - |
| judies | 14 | - | - |
| judogi | 15 | - | - |
| jugaad | 15 | - | - |
| jugals | 14 | - | - |
| jugate | 14 | - | - |
| jugful | 17 | the quantity contained in a jug | - |
| jugged | 16 | - | - |
| juglet | 14 | - | - |
| jugula | 14 | - | - |
| jugums | 16 | - | - |
| juiced | 16 | - | - |
| juices | 15 | - | - |
| juking | 18 | - | - |
| juleps | 15 | - | - |
| jumars | 15 | - | - |
| jumart | 15 | - | - |
| jumbal | 17 | small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | - |
| jumbie | 17 | - | - |
| jumbly | 20 | - | - |
| jumbos | 17 | - | - |
| jumped | 18 | - | - |
| juncos | 15 | - | - |
| juncus | 15 | type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes | - |
| jungli | 14 | - | - |
| junked | 18 | - | - |
| juntas | 13 | - | - |
| juntos | 13 | - | - |
| jupati | 15 | a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | - |
| jupons | 15 | - | - |
| jurant | 13 | - | - |
| jurats | 13 | - | - |
| jurels | 13 | - | - |
| juried | 14 | - | - |
| juries | 13 | - | - |
| jurors | 13 | - | - |
| justed | 14 | - | - |
| juster | 13 | - | - |
| justle | 13 | - | - |
| jutted | 14 | - | - |
| juvies | 16 | - | - |
| jymold | 19 | - | - |
| jynxes | 23 | - | - |
