Words That Start with JA

2-letter words that start with JA

• ja9adv. Yes.

3-letter words that start with JA

• jab12n. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
• jag11n. A sharp projection.
• jam12n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal....
• jap12v. (of a liquid) To spatter or splash over a surface.
• jar10n. An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding...
• jaw13n. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of...
• jay13n. Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within...
• jaz19n. Dated spelling of jazz (“musical style”).

4-letter words that start with JA

• jabo13n. A type of Spanish dance in a three-in-a-measure rhythm.
• jack17n. A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
• jade12n. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or...
• jadi12n. Pickled fish.
• jaga12v. To keep watch, to watch over.
• jail11n. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against...
• jake15adj. Synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.
• jako15n. An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage...
• jali11n. A stone screen, perforated or latticed, usually with a geometrical...
• jamb15n. Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a...
• jamo13n. Any of the component letters of the Korean hangul alphabet.
• jane11n. A female client of a prostitute.
• jang12n. Fermented ingredients used as the base for many Korean dishes and...
• jank15n. Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's...
• jann11n. The father of the jinn preceding humanity.
• japa13v. To emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.
• jape13n. A joke or quip.
• jark15n. A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
• jarl11n. A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
• jart11n. Synonym of lawn dart.
• jass11n. A trick-taking card game popular in Switzerland and neighboring areas...
• jati11n. A clan, tribe, or community in India.
• jato11n. An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power...
• jaun11n. Synonym of litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in...
• java14n. A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
• jave14n. A wave of water and ice released downstream when a fluvial ice jam...
• jawn14n. Something; a thing; any object, place, or person.
• jaws14n. The mouth.
• jazz29n. A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical...

5-letter words that start with JA

• jabot14n. A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.
• jacko18n. Laughing kookaburra.
• jacks18n. A pair of jacks.
• jacky21n. A sailor.
• jaded14adj. Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed...
• jadoo13n. Magic, sorcery.
• jaffa18n. A type of sweet orange, normally seedless.
• jagat13n. The material or physical world as subjectively experienced.
• jaggy17adj. Jagged, toothed or serrated.
• jagir13n. An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or...
• jagua13n. A tree of species Genipa americana, native to the tropical forests of...
• jaish15n. An army or legion.
• jakes16n. A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
• jakey19n. A homeless drunk.
• jakie16n. A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having...
• jaleo12n. A lively Andalusian dance.
• jalsa12n. A rally.
• jambe16n. A leg, of an animal or person.
• jambu16adj. Cute, adorable or beautiful.
• jammy19adj. Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.
• jamon14n. Spanish dry-cured ham.
• jamun14n. Synonym of jambul.
• janky19adj. Of poor quality.
• japan14n. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
• jarry15adj. Jarring, reverberating.
• jatra12n. An annual village festival in Maharashtra, India.
• jaunt12n. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short...
• javel15n. A vagabond.
• jawab17n. An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage...
• jawan15n. An infantryman; a soldier.
• jawar15n. Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
• jawed16adj. Having jaws.
• jazzy33adj. In the style of jazz.

6-letter words that start with JA

• jabber17v. To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or...
• jabiru15n. A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the...
• jacana15n. Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having...
• jackal19n. Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to...
• jacked20adj. High on drugs or stimulants.
• jacker19n. A robber; a carjacker.
• jacket19n. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse...
• jackey22n. Gin (the drink).
• jaeger14n. Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
• jagged16adj. Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
• jagger15n. Carrier, carter.
• jaguar14n. A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America...
• jailer13n. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
• jalapa15n. The convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make...
• jalebi15n. A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida...
• jalopy18n. An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
• jamaat15n. Party; community; group; assembly.
• jambon17n. A square puff pastry containing ham and cheese.
• jambox24n. Boom box.
• jammed18adj. Stuck.
• jammer17n. Any device used to jam radio reception.
• jammie17n. Pajama.
• janata13n. The people; the populace.
• jandal14n. A flip-flop (type of footwear).
• jangle14v. To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
• jangly17adj. Accompanied by a jangling sound.
• janken17n. The game of rock paper scissors.
• janney16n. A mummer.
• jannie13n. A janitor.
• jansky20n. A non-SI unit (symbol Jy) measuring electromagnetic flux density equal...
• jardin14n. The inclusions and fissures within an emerald.
• jargon14n. A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
• jarrah16n. A eucalypt tree of species Eucalyptus marginata, occurring in the...
• jarred14adj. Contained in a jar.
• jasoos13n. A spy.
• jasper15n. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull...
• jataka17n. Any of a large number of Indian tales concerning the previous lives of...
• jauhar16n. The mass suicide of Rajput women in order to escape defilement by...
• jaunty16adj. Airy; showy; finical.
• jawing17n. Worthless talk; blather.
• jazzbo33n. A jazz musician.
• jazzed32adj. Played in a jazz style.

7-letter words that start with JA

• jabbing19n. A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.
• jabroni16n. An obnoxious or contemptible person; a crybaby.
• jacinth19n. A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
• jackass20n. A male donkey.
• jackbox29n. A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
• jackdaw24n. A bird of the genus Coloeus, similar in appearance to crows and found...
• jacking21n. A street robbery.
• jackman22n. A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.
• jackpot22n. A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for...
• jacobin18n. A domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) with reversed feathers on...
• jacquet25n. A game resembling backgammon.
• jacuzzi34n. A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.
• jadeite15n. A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical...
• jaggery19n. A traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which...
• jaggies16n. Jagged artifacts in raster graphics, such as those caused by resizing a...
• jailing15n. An instance of a person being jailed.
• jalouse14v. To suspect.
• jamaica18n. Roselle.
• jamdani17n. A fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali origin, with coloured stripes...
• jammers18n. A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
• jamming19n. The act or process by which something is jammed.
• janitor14n. Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public...
• japchae21n. A Korean dish made of sweet-potato dangmyeon cellophane noodles...
• jarhead18n. A US marine.
• jarring15adj. That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
• jasmine16n. Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia...
• javelin17n. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
• jawbone19n. The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
• jawless17adj. Lacking a jaw.
• jawline17n. The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by...
• jaybird20n. A jay or blue jay.
• jayhawk27v. To steal.
• jaywalk24v. To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by...
• jazzman34n. A male member of a jazz band.

8-letter words that start with JA

• jackaroo21n. A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand...
• jackboot23n. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with...
• jacketed22adj. Dressed in a jacket.
• jackfish27n. A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
• jackhole24n. A hole that is created using a jack or wedge.
• jacquard27n. Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
• jaggedly21adv. In a jagged manner.
• jagirdar17n. One who holds a jagir.
• jailable17adj. For which one may be jailed.
• jailbait17n. A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age...
• jailbird18n. A prisoner or an ex-prisoner.
• jailtime17n. A prison/jail sentence.
• jalfrezi27n. A Bengali curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat...
• jalousie15n. A component in a ventilation system.
• jamboree19n. A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
• jangling17n. A jangle, the sounds of a jangle.
• japonica19n. A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.
• jarosite15n. A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, KFe₃³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.
• jasmonic19adj. Of or pertaining to jasmonic acid or its derivatives, the jasmonates.
• jatropha20n. Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern...
• jaundice18n. A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and...
• jauntily18adv. In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
• jaunting16n. The act of taking a jaunt.
• javelina18n. A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles...
• jazzfest36n. A festival of jazz music.

9-letter words that start with JA

• jabbering21n. Speech that jabbers; gibberish.
• jacaranda19n. Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South...
• jackalope24n. A folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an...
• jacketing23n. Material used to make jackets.
• jackfruit25n. A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which...
• jackknife29n. A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each...
• jackscrew27n. A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a...
• jackshaft28n. A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize...
• jacquerie27n. A revolt organized by peasants, typically violent.
• jailbreak22n. An escape from prison.
• jailhouse19n. A building containing a prison.
• jambalaya23n. Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole...
• janissary19n. An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the...
• japanning19n. A European technique of creating lacquerware in imitation of the...
• japonaise18n. A kind of almond meringue dessert.
• japonisme20n. An influence of Japanese art and culture on European art and design.
• jarringly20adv. In a jarring manner.
• jasmonate18n. Any of several esters of jasmonic acid that act as plant hormones; they...
• jaundiced20adj. Affected with jaundice.
• jawboning22n. Persistent persuasive talk, particularly (politics, economics) talk...
• jaywalker26n. A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a...

10-letter words that start with JA

• jackanapes25n. (A proper name for) an ape or monkey, especially a tame one kept for...
• jackbooted26adj. Wearing jackboots.
• jackhammer30n. A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used...
• jackrabbit27n. Any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus.
• jailbroken23adj. Having undergone jailbreaking.
• janitorial17adj. Of or pertaining to a janitor.
• jasperware22n. A form of pottery that has a stoneware body which is either white or...
• jawbreaker26n. A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
• jaywalking28n. An act of behaving as a jaywalker.
• jazzercise37n. A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance.

11-letter words that start with JA

• jabberwocky34n. Invented or meaningless language; nonsense.

Questions about these words

How many words that start with JA are there?

Word.ws lists 204 words that start with JA, plus 486 rare ones.

What are common words that start with JA?

japan, jack, jail, jane, jay, jacket, jazz and jake.

Which of the words that start with JA has the highest letter score?

jazzercise scores 37 points with the standard letter tile values.

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