7-letter words with J as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter

JE is a narrow start for seven-letter words: the matching lists for JA, JO, JU, and JI contain 144, 88, 84, and 54 words. Familiar examples include jealous, jewelry, and jerseys, but only 4 entries meet the common group. The mix runs from everyday terms to specialist vocabulary, so a matching pattern does not guarantee a word will feel familiar.

7-letter words with J as the 1st letter and E as the 2nd letter

• There are 76 matching words across the tournament dictionaries.
• Collins includes 73 entries, compared with 61 in NWL2023.
• ENABLE includes 54 entries, the smallest of the three dictionary counts.
• The most frequent final letter is S, with 32 words ending that way.
• Jeezely scores 26 points, the top score among these examples.

Why do so many of these words end in S?

Exactly 32 of the 76 words end in S, or about 42 percent. The next most common ending is G, with 10 words; D follows with 9. That makes S the clear leader, not just a narrow winner.

Examples such as jerseys, jellies, and jetties show familiar plural endings. Other entries, including jerking and jetting, finish with G instead. Use the final letter as a second filter when your puzzle already fixes the JE opening.

Which JE words score highest?

Jeezely leads at 26 points, followed by jezebel at 25 and jerqued at 24. Jejunum, jewfish, jerquer, jerques, and jezails each score 23, putting several less familiar choices close behind the leader.

Jetpack reaches 22 points, while jerkily scores 21. The high scorers lean on less common letters such as Z and Q, so consider those when a premium square is available. The average score across the matching set is 17.2.

A limit to keep in mind