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7-letter words with J in the middle

79 words are exactly 7 letters long with J in the 4th slot. That is 0.2% of every seven-letter word.

Length 7 Slot 4 of 7 Consonant

The pattern

Every word below matches this shape, with the 4th tile fixed.

???J???

For example: acajous, conjoin, finjans, jimjams, outjest, project.

All 7-letter words with J in the middle

79 of 79 shown
acajous7
banjoes7
bhajans7
bhajees7
bonjour7
boojums7
bunjees7
bunjies7
carjack7
catjang7
conject7
conjeed7
conjees7
conjoin7
conjure7
conjury7
crojiks7
deejays7
disject7
disjoin7
disjune7
donjons7
evejars7
fanjets7
feijoas7
figjams7
finjans7
frijole7
ganjahs7
garjans7
gidjees7
goujons7
gurjuns7
hadjees7
hajjahs7
hanjars7
hobjobs7
jamjars7
jigjigs7
jimjams7
jinjili7
kunjoos7
logjams7
mahjong7
manjack7
masjids7
misjoin7
moujiks7
musjids7
muzjiks7
nonjury7
nutjobs7
outjest7
outjets7
outjinx7
outjump7
outjuts7
perjink7
perjure7
perjury7
poojahs7
popjoys7
potjies7
prajnas7
prejink7
project7
projets7
ramjets7
reeject7
sanjaks7
skyjack7
soojeys7
subject7
subjoin7
traject7
trijets7
veejays7
wudjula7
zanjero7

Why the middle slot is worth its own list

In a 7-letter word the 4th slot often sits on the seam between a stem and its ending. Seven letters is also a full Scrabble rack, so clearing all seven in one turn earns the 50-point bingo bonus.

J is a consonant, and a consonant in the centre usually means the word is split into two syllables around it or carries a consonant cluster there. That ranks it 24th out of 26 for this slot, so J in the middle is a genuinely narrowing clue. A short list here is good news.

Within this set, the most common first letters are P (10), C (9), B (7) and the most common last letters are S (47), T (7), K (5). If you already know one of those, jump straight to 7-letter words starting with J or 7-letter words ending in J to combine two fixed positions.

Quick answers

How many 7-letter words have J in the middle?

There are 79 of them, out of 33,296 7-letter words in total, so roughly 0.2% of all seven-letter words carry J in their centre slot. That ranks it 24th out of 26 for this slot, so J in the middle is a genuinely narrowing clue. A short list here is good news.

Which letter counts as "the middle" in a seven-letter word?

The 4th one. A seven-letter word has 3 letters before the centre and 3 after it, so there is exactly one middle slot with no ambiguity. Even-length words have two centre letters and no single middle, which is why this page only covers 3, 5, 7, 9 letters.

Where does a middle-letter clue actually come from?

Crossings. In a crossword, an intersecting entry hands you one letter in the middle of a 7-letter slot far more often than it hands you the first or the last. Scrabble does the same when you build through a tile already on the board.

What do these words tend to start and end with?

Among 7-letter words with J in the centre, the most common opening letters are P (10), C (9), B (7), and the most common final letters are S (47), T (7), K (5). Scanning by first letter is usually the quickest way through a list this size.

Are proper nouns included?

No. Only standard dictionary words appear, which is the same standard Wordle, Scrabble, and crossword grids apply. Missing words are almost always names, hyphenations, or abbreviations.

Same letter, other lengths

Same length, every letter

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