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5-Letter Words Starting with JI

There are 11 five-letter words that start with JI on Word.ws, from jiffy to jizya. The most common are jimmy, jihad, jiffy, jinks and jiggy.

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

All 11 five-letter words that start with JI

  • jiffy21n. A very short, unspecified length of time.
  • jiggy17adj. Resembling or suggesting a jig.
  • jihad16n. A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
  • jimmy19n. Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
  • jingo13n. One who supports policy favouring war.
  • jings13interj. An exclamation of surprise.
  • jinja19n. A Shinto place of worship.
  • jinks16interj. Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.
  • jinky19adj. Mazy, windy, zigzagging in its motion.
  • jirga13n. A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially...
  • jizya24n. A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim...
11 rare five-letter words that start with JI

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with JI are there?
Word.ws lists 11 five-letter words that start with JI, plus 11 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with JI?
jimmy, jihad, jiffy, jinks, jiggy, jirga, jinja and jizya.
Which of the five-letter words that start with JI has the highest letter score?
jizya scores 24 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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