J
Yellow tile in Wordle? In Wordle, a yellow tile on J means the letter is in the answer but not in the position you guessed. All 268 words below contain J somewhere. Use the Wordle Solver to filter by known and eliminated letters.
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All 268 Five-Letter Words Containing J

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Share of dataset
2.1%

268 of 12,478 verified words

Five unique letters
66.4%

178 words without repeats

Average vowel count
1.8

Most common bucket: 2 vowels

Average Scrabble score
14.5

Calculated from standard English tile values

How To Narrow Words That Contain J

Containing-letter pages are the bridge between a yellow tile and a fully specified pattern. J appears somewhere in 268 verified five-letter words, with the most common opening letters at J (191), B (9), and H (9) and the most common endings at S (94), Y (33), and A (21).

From here, the useful next step is to split the pool by position. If the letter is ruled out from one or two slots, the related position pages and Wordle Solver cut the set down much faster than browsing the full alphabetical list.

Example Words From This List

CAJUN

a louisianian descended from acadian immigrants from nova scotia (`cajun' comes from `acadian')

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 14
JELLO

fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark jell-o) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder

2 vowels | Has repeat | Scrabble 12
JOUST

a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 12
JUDGE

a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 14
JUDOS

a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 13
JUICE

the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking

3 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 14