Five-letter words starting with J

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JAUNT Possible used JAZZY Very unlikely used JELLY Very unlikely used JERKY Very unlikely used JETTY Likely JEWEL Very unlikely used JIFFY Very unlikely used JOINT Very unlikely used JOIST Very unlikely used JOKER Very unlikely used JOLLY Very unlikely used JOUST Very unlikely used JUDGE Very unlikely used JUICE Very unlikely used JUICY Likely JUMBO Very unlikely used JUMPY Very unlikely used JUNTA Likely JUNTO Likely JUROR Likely JACKS Very unlikely JAILS Very unlikely JAMES Very unlikely JAPAN Very unlikely JEANS Very unlikely JENNY Very unlikely JERKS Very unlikely JERRY Possible JESSE Very unlikely JESUS Very unlikely JIHAD Possible JIMMY Possible JOHNS Very unlikely JOINS Very unlikely JOKED Possible JOKES Very unlikely JOLIE Very unlikely JONES Very unlikely JUDAS Very unlikely JULIA Very unlikely JUMPS Very unlikely JAAPS Very unlikely JABOT Very unlikely JACAL Very unlikely JACET Very unlikely JACKY Very unlikely JADED Possible JADES Very unlikely JAFAS Very unlikely JAFFA Very unlikely JAGAS Very unlikely JAGER Very unlikely JAGGS Very unlikely JAGGY Very unlikely JAGIR Very unlikely JAGRA Very unlikely JAKER Very unlikely JAKES Very unlikely JAKEY Very unlikely JAKIE Very unlikely JALAP Very unlikely JALEO Very unlikely JALOP Very unlikely JAMBE Very unlikely JAMBO Very unlikely JAMBS Very unlikely JAMBU Very unlikely JAMMY Very unlikely JAMON Very unlikely JAMUN Very unlikely JANES Very unlikely JANKY Possible JANNS Very unlikely JANNY Very unlikely JANTY Very unlikely JAPED Possible JAPER Very unlikely JAPES Very unlikely JARKS Very unlikely JARLS Very unlikely JARPS Very unlikely JARTA Very unlikely JARUL Very unlikely JASEY Very unlikely JASPE Very unlikely JASPS Very unlikely JATHA Very unlikely JATIS Very unlikely JATOS Very unlikely JAUKS Very unlikely JAUNE Very unlikely JAUPS Very unlikely JAVAS Very unlikely JAVEL Very unlikely JAWAN Very unlikely JAWED Possible JAWNS Very unlikely JAXIE Very unlikely JEATS Very unlikely JEBEL Very unlikely JEDIS Very unlikely JEELS Very unlikely JEELY Very unlikely JEEPS Very unlikely JEERA Very unlikely JEERS Very unlikely JEEZE Very unlikely JEFES Very unlikely JEFFS Very unlikely JEHAD Very unlikely JEHUS Very unlikely JELAB Very unlikely JELLO Very unlikely JELLS Very unlikely JEMBE Very unlikely JEMMY Very unlikely JEONS Very unlikely JERID Very unlikely JESSY Very unlikely JESTS Very unlikely JETEE Very unlikely JETES Very unlikely JETON Very unlikely JEUNE Very unlikely JEWED Very unlikely JEWIE Very unlikely JHALA Very unlikely JHEEL Very unlikely JHILS Very unlikely JIAOS Very unlikely JIBBA Very unlikely JIBBS Very unlikely JIBED Possible JIBER Very unlikely JIBES Very unlikely JIFFS Very unlikely JIGGY Very unlikely JIGOT Very unlikely JILLS Very unlikely JILTS Very unlikely JIMPY Very unlikely JINGO Very unlikely JINGS Very unlikely JINKS Very unlikely JINNE Very unlikely JINNI Very unlikely JINNS Very unlikely JIRDS Very unlikely JIRGA Very unlikely JIRRE Very unlikely JISMS Very unlikely JITIS Very unlikely JITTY Very unlikely JIVED Very unlikely JIVER Very unlikely JIVES Very unlikely JIVEY Very unlikely JNANA Very unlikely JOBED Very unlikely JOBES Very unlikely JOCKO Very unlikely JOCKS Very unlikely JOCKY Very unlikely JOCOS Very unlikely JODEL Very unlikely JOEYS Very unlikely JOKEY Possible JOKOL Very unlikely JOLED Very unlikely JOLES Very unlikely JOLLO Very unlikely JOLLS Very unlikely JOLTS Very unlikely JOLTY Very unlikely JOMON Very unlikely JOMOS Very unlikely JONGS Very unlikely JONTY Very unlikely JOOKS Very unlikely JORAM Very unlikely JORTS Very unlikely JORUM Very unlikely JOTAS Very unlikely JOTTY Very unlikely JOTUN Very unlikely JOUAL Very unlikely JOUGS Very unlikely JOUKS Very unlikely JOULE Possible JOURS Very unlikely JOWAR Very unlikely JOWED Very unlikely JOWLS Very unlikely JOWLY Possible JOYED Very unlikely JUBAS Very unlikely JUBES Very unlikely JUCOS Very unlikely JUDGY Possible JUDOS Very unlikely

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BONEY leaves 10.8054 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 225 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, JETTY has a 11.1% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 28.3987 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with J?
There are 225 five-letter words that start with J in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 words are possible answers.