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5-Letter Words Starting with JE

There are 16 five-letter words that start with JE on Word.ws, from jeans to jewel. The most common are jerry, jeans, jenny, jelly and jewel.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 16 five-letter words that start with JE

  • jeans12n. A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
  • jebel14n. A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa).
  • jects14n. A multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
  • jeera12n. Cumin.
  • jeesh15interj. Synonym of sheesh.
  • jello12n. A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often...
  • jelly15n. A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such...
  • jemmy19n. An immigrant.
  • jenny15n. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also...
  • jerko16n. A jerk; an obnoxious person.
  • jerky19adj. Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
  • jerry15n. A chamber pot.
  • jesty15adj. Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.
  • jeton12n. A counter or token.
  • jetty15n. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest...
  • jewel15n. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
11 rare five-letter words that start with JE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with JE are there?
Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with JE, plus 11 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with JE?
jerry, jeans, jenny, jelly, jewel, jerky, jetty and jello.
Which of the five-letter words that start with JE has the highest letter score?
jerky scores 19 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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