9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| judgement | 20 | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | - |
| jewellery | 22 | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | - |
| justified | 20 | having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins | - |
| jellyfish | 25 | large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | - |
| jailhouse | 19 | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | - |
| jabbering | 21 | rapid and indistinct speech | - |
| journeyed | 20 | - | - |
| jellyroll | 19 | thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake | - |
| judiciary | 22 | persons who administer justice | - |
| jailbreak | 22 | an escape from jail | - |
| jockstrap | 24 | a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | - |
| judicious | 19 | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | judicious use of one's money |
| juridical | 19 | of or relating to the law or jurisprudence | juridical days |
| jambalaya | 23 | spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | - |
| jackknife | 29 | a large knife with one or more folding blades | - |
| jealously | 19 | with jealousy; in an envious manner | he looked at his friend's new car jealously |
| jitterbug | 19 | a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s | - |
| jaundiced | 20 | affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc | - |
| jockeying | 26 | - | - |
| jellybean | 21 | - | - |
| janissary | 19 | a loyal supporter | - |
| judgeship | 23 | the position of judge | - |
| jerkiness | 20 | the quality of being spasmodic and irregular | - |
| jerkwater | 23 | small and remote and insignificant | a jerkwater college |
| jobcentre | 20 | a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered | - |
| jackfruit | 25 | East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds | - |
| janitress | 16 | - | - |
| jointress | 16 | - | - |
| juxtapose | 25 | place side by side | The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors |
| jabberers | 20 | - | - |
| jabbingly | 24 | - | - |
| jaborandi | 19 | - | - |
| jacaranda | 19 | an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black | - |
| jacchuses | 23 | - | - |
| jacinthes | 21 | - | - |
| jackalled | 23 | - | - |
| jackalope | 24 | - | - |
| jackaroos | 22 | - | - |
| jackasses | 22 | - | - |
| jackboots | 24 | - | - |
| jackeroos | 22 | - | - |
| jacketing | 23 | - | - |
| jacklight | 26 | hunt with a jacklight | - |
| jacklings | 23 | - | - |
| jackplane | 24 | - | - |
| jackrolls | 22 | - | - |
| jackscrew | 27 | screw-operated jack | - |
| jackshaft | 28 | - | - |
| jacksmelt | 24 | a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length) | - |
| jacksmith | 27 | - | - |
| jacksnipe | 24 | American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting | - |
| jackstaff | 28 | - | - |
| jackstays | 25 | - | - |
| jackstone | 22 | - | - |
| jackstraw | 25 | a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws | - |
| jacobuses | 20 | - | - |
| jacquards | 28 | - | - |
| jacquerie | 27 | - | - |
| jactation | 18 | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness | - |
| jaculated | 19 | - | - |
| jaculates | 18 | - | - |
| jaculator | 18 | - | - |
| jadedness | 18 | - | - |
| jagdwurst | 21 | - | - |
| jaggaries | 18 | - | - |
| jaggedest | 19 | - | - |
| jaggeries | 18 | - | - |
| jaghirdar | 21 | - | - |
| jailbaits | 18 | - | - |
| jailbirds | 19 | - | - |
| jailbroke | 22 | - | - |
| jaileress | 16 | - | - |
| jailoress | 16 | - | - |
| jakfruits | 23 | - | - |
| jalapenos | 18 | - | - |
| jalfrezis | 28 | - | - |
| jaloppies | 20 | - | - |
| jalousied | 17 | - | - |
| jalousies | 16 | - | - |
| jalousing | 17 | - | - |
| jambiyahs | 26 | - | - |
| jambokked | 29 | - | - |
| jambolana | 20 | - | - |
| jambolans | 20 | - | - |
| jamborees | 20 | - | - |
| jambuster | 20 | - | - |
| jampacked | 27 | - | - |
| jampanees | 20 | - | - |
| jangliest | 17 | - | - |
| janglings | 18 | - | - |
| janneying | 20 | - | - |
| jannyings | 20 | - | - |
| japanised | 19 | - | - |
| japanises | 18 | - | - |
| japanized | 28 | - | - |
| japanizes | 27 | - | - |
| japanners | 18 | - | - |
| japanning | 19 | - | - |
| japonicas | 20 | - | - |
| jararacas | 18 | - | - |
| jararakas | 20 | - | - |
| jargoneer | 17 | - | - |
| jargonels | 17 | - | - |
| jargonier | 17 | - | - |
| jargoning | 18 | - | - |
| jargonise | 17 | - | - |
| jargonish | 20 | - | - |
| jargonist | 17 | - | - |
| jargonize | 26 | - | - |
| jarlsberg | 19 | - | - |
| jarosites | 16 | - | - |
| jarovised | 20 | - | - |
| jarovises | 19 | - | - |
| jarovized | 29 | - | - |
| jarovizes | 28 | - | - |
| jarringly | 20 | in a manner that jars and irritates | the piano was jarringly out of tune |
| jasmonate | 18 | - | - |
| jasperier | 18 | - | - |
| jasperise | 18 | - | - |
| jasperize | 27 | - | - |
| jasperous | 18 | - | - |
| jaspidean | 19 | - | - |
| jaspilite | 18 | - | - |
| jatrophas | 21 | - | - |
| jaundices | 19 | - | - |
| jauntiest | 16 | - | - |
| javelinas | 19 | - | - |
| javelined | 20 | - | - |
| jawbation | 21 | - | - |
| jawboners | 21 | - | - |
| jawboning | 22 | - | - |
| jayhawker | 29 | - | - |
| jaywalked | 27 | - | - |
| jaywalker | 26 | a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally | - |
| jazerants | 25 | - | - |
| jazziness | 34 | - | - |
| jealoused | 17 | - | - |
| jealouser | 16 | - | - |
| jealouses | 16 | - | - |
| jeanettes | 16 | - | - |
| jeanswear | 19 | - | - |
| jeelieing | 17 | - | - |
| jeeringly | 20 | in a disrespectful jeering manner | - |
| jehadisms | 22 | - | - |
| jehadists | 20 | - | - |
| jellabahs | 21 | - | - |
| jellified | 20 | - | - |
| jellifies | 19 | - | - |
| jellylike | 23 | thick like gelatin | - |
| jelutongs | 17 | - | - |
| jemminess | 20 | - | - |
| jenneting | 17 | - | - |
| jeoparded | 20 | - | - |
| jeoparder | 19 | - | - |
| jequerity | 28 | - | - |
| jequirity | 28 | - | - |
| jeremiads | 19 | - | - |
| jerepigos | 19 | - | - |
| jerfalcon | 21 | - | - |
| jerkingly | 24 | - | - |
| jeroboams | 20 | - | - |
| jerquings | 26 | - | - |
| jerricans | 18 | - | - |
| jerrycans | 21 | - | - |
| jessamies | 18 | - | - |
| jessamine | 18 | a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea | - |
| jesserant | 16 | - | - |
| jestbooks | 22 | - | - |
| jestingly | 20 | in jest | - |
| jesuitism | 18 | the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) | - |
| jetliners | 16 | - | - |
| jetplanes | 18 | - | - |
| jetstream | 18 | - | - |
| jettatura | 16 | - | - |
| jettiness | 16 | - | - |
| jettisons | 16 | - | - |
| jewelfish | 25 | - | - |
| jewellers | 19 | - | - |
| jewellike | 23 | - | - |
| jewelling | 20 | - | - |
| jewelries | 19 | - | - |
| jewelweed | 23 | North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil | - |
| jewfishes | 25 | - | - |
| jibbering | 21 | - | - |
| jickajogs | 30 | - | - |
| jigamaree | 19 | - | - |
| jiggering | 19 | - | - |
| jiggliest | 18 | - | - |
| jiggumbob | 24 | - | - |
| jigjigged | 27 | - | - |
| jigsawing | 21 | - | - |
| jihadisms | 22 | - | - |
| jihadists | 20 | - | - |
| jillaroos | 16 | - | - |
| jillflirt | 19 | - | - |
| jillionth | 19 | - | - |
| jimcracks | 26 | - | - |
| jingbangs | 20 | - | - |
| jingliest | 17 | - | - |
| jingoisms | 19 | - | - |
| jingoists | 17 | - | - |
| jinkering | 21 | - | - |
| jinriksha | 23 | - | - |
| jipijapas | 27 | - | - |
| jirkinets | 20 | - | - |
| jitterier | 16 | - | - |
| jittering | 17 | undergoing small rapid variations | - |
| jiujitsus | 23 | - | - |
| jiujutsus | 23 | - | - |
| jiveasses | 19 | - | - |
| joanneses | 16 | - | - |
| jobations | 18 | - | - |
| jobberies | 20 | - | - |
| jobernowl | 21 | - | - |
| jobholder | 22 | an employee who holds a regular job | - |
| jobseeker | 22 | - | - |
| jobshares | 21 | - | - |
| jobsworth | 24 | - | - |
| jockettes | 22 | - | - |
| jockeyish | 28 | - | - |
| jockeyism | 27 | - | - |
| jockteleg | 23 | - | - |
| jocularly | 21 | - | - |
| joculator | 18 | - | - |
| jocundest | 19 | - | - |
| jocundity | 22 | a feeling facetious merriment | - |
| jodelling | 18 | - | - |
| johnboats | 21 | - | - |
| joineries | 16 | - | - |
| jointedly | 20 | - | - |
| jointings | 17 | - | - |
| jointless | 16 | - | - |
| jointness | 16 | - | - |
| jointured | 17 | - | - |
| jointures | 16 | - | - |
| jointweed | 20 | - | - |
| jointworm | 21 | larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains | - |
| jokesmith | 25 | - | - |
| jokesters | 20 | - | - |
| joliotium | 18 | - | - |
| jolleyers | 19 | - | - |
| jolleying | 20 | - | - |
| jollified | 20 | - | - |
| jollifies | 19 | - | - |
| jolliment | 18 | - | - |
| jolliness | 16 | feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor | - |
| jollities | 16 | - | - |
| jollyboat | 21 | - | - |
| jollyhead | 23 | - | - |
| jollyings | 20 | - | - |
| joltheads | 20 | - | - |
| joltingly | 20 | - | - |
| joncanoes | 18 | - | - |
| jongleurs | 17 | - | - |
| jonnycake | 25 | - | - |
| jookeries | 20 | - | - |
| jordeloos | 17 | - | - |
| joshingly | 23 | - | - |
| jostlings | 17 | - | - |
| jouisance | 18 | - | - |
| joukeries | 20 | - | - |
| jounciest | 18 | - | - |
| journaled | 17 | - | - |
| journeyer | 19 | a traveler going on a trip | - |
| joustings | 17 | - | - |
| joviality | 22 | feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor | - |
| jowliness | 19 | - | - |
| joyfuller | 22 | - | - |
| joylessly | 22 | in a joyless manner; without joy | she greeted her guests joylessly |
| joypopped | 26 | - | - |
| joypopper | 25 | - | - |
| joyridden | 21 | - | - |
| joyriders | 20 | - | - |
| joyriding | 21 | - | - |
| joysticks | 25 | - | - |
| jubilance | 20 | a feeling of extreme joy | - |
| jubilancy | 23 | a feeling of extreme joy | - |
| jubilated | 19 | - | - |
| jubilates | 18 | - | - |
| judderier | 18 | - | - |
| juddering | 19 | - | - |
| judgeable | 20 | - | - |
| judgeless | 18 | - | - |
| judgelike | 22 | - | - |
| judgingly | 22 | - | - |
| judgmatic | 22 | - | - |
| judgments | 20 | - | - |
| judicable | 21 | capable of being judged or decided | judicable issues |
| judicares | 19 | - | - |
| judicator | 19 | - | - |
| jugginses | 18 | - | - |
| jugglings | 19 | - | - |
| jugulated | 18 | - | - |
| jugulates | 17 | - | - |
| juicehead | 22 | - | - |
| juiceless | 18 | lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless | dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life |
| juiciness | 18 | a juicy appetizingness | - |
| jukeboxes | 29 | - | - |
| julienned | 17 | - | - |
| juliennes | 16 | - | - |
| jumarring | 19 | - | - |
| jumbliest | 20 | - | - |
| jumboised | 21 | - | - |
| jumboises | 20 | - | - |
| jumboized | 30 | - | - |
| jumboizes | 29 | - | - |
| jumpiness | 20 | the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | - |
| jumpingly | 24 | - | - |
| jumpropes | 22 | - | - |
| jumpshots | 23 | - | - |
| jumpsuits | 20 | - | - |
| junctions | 18 | - | - |
| junctural | 18 | - | - |
| junctures | 18 | - | - |
| juneating | 17 | - | - |
| junglegym | 23 | - | - |
| jungliest | 17 | - | - |
| junglists | 17 | - | - |
| juniorate | 16 | - | - |
| junioring | 17 | - | - |
| juniority | 19 | - | - |
| junkanoos | 20 | - | - |
| junkerdom | 23 | - | - |
| junketeer | 20 | go on a pleasure trip | - |
| junketers | 20 | - | - |
| junketing | 21 | taking an excursion for pleasure | - |
| junketted | 21 | - | - |
| junketter | 20 | - | - |
| junkiness | 20 | - | - |
| junkyards | 24 | - | - |
| jurymasts | 21 | - | - |
| jurywoman | 24 | someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
| jurywomen | 24 | - | - |
| justicers | 18 | - | - |
| justiciar | 18 | formerly a high judicial officer | - |
| justifier | 19 | a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | - |
| justifies | 19 | - | - |
| juttingly | 20 | - | - |
| juveniles | 19 | - | - |
| juvenilia | 19 | - | - |
