5-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and J as the 4th letter

This pattern leaves just 10 tournament-dictionary words, and only one ranks among the 25,000 most common English words: BANJO. The opening letter gives you a useful clue: G starts four matches, while H starts two. For a tight grid, check the less familiar entries too; a familiar-looking pattern does not guarantee a common answer.

5-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and J as the 4th letter

• There are 10 tournament-dictionary matches for this five-letter pattern.
• BANJO is the only match in the common-word group.
• G begins four matches, the most of any starting letter.
• HAJJI leads the score list at 22 points; ZANJA follows at 21.
• Nine of the 10 matches have dictionary definitions.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

HAJJI scores 22 points, ahead of ZANJA at 21. KANJI and HADJI each score 16, while BANJO scores 14. Those unusual J-bearing spellings carry the top totals; the everyday BANJO is easier to recognize, but it is not the strongest scoring play.

Four words tie at 14: GADJO, GADJE, and LAPJE join BANJO. GANJA and GAUJE score 13 apiece.

These are base word scores, so a letter or word premium on the board changes the final total. Check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Does this pattern work for Wordle?

Exactly one match is a Wordle answer, and all 10 are counted among the allowed guesses. The answer is not identified by name here, so use the list to test the pattern rather than treating every entry as a likely solution. BANJO is the lone common word, which makes frequency a useful filter.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes all 10 matches, while NWL2023 and ENABLE each include five. For 5-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and J as the 4th letter, that split matters more than the high score: a word accepted in one game may not be accepted in another.