11 little-known ‘J’ words you can successfully play in Words With Friends

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A while back we provided a handy list of 105 two-letter words you can play in Words With Friends.  Hopefully you bookmarked that post (highly unlikely) and have used it (again, highly unlikely) to triumph against those you battle in WWF.

Today, as part of a feature on mental_floss where they post 11 lists of 11 on the 11th of every month, they offer “11 Obscure ‘J’ Words Useful in Words With Friends.”

The 11 they’ve selected are:

1. Jute

A strong, coarse fiber from two East Indian plants often used in making burlap and gunny.

2. Jus

A legal word (from Latin) meaning “a right” or a yummy word meaning juice or gravy, as in “au jus,” which is French for “in its own juice”.

3. Jow

As a noun, it’s the ringing or tolling of a bell. As a verb, it is to ring or toll a bell or to hit or strike someone, especially on the head.

4. Jarl

A Scandinavian earl.

5. Jaup

It means a splash or drop of water. As a verb, to splash or spatter.

6. Jauk

To dawdle. Not thought to be onomatopoetic in origin, although it is incidentally the exact sound that I tend to make when procrastinating.

7. Jinn

From Islamic mythology, the class of supernatural beings that, on the spirit hierarchy, is just below angels. The Qu’ran indicates that they are one of the three sentient creatures of Allah (along with angels and humans) and were made of “smokeless fire.”

8. Juba

A kind of lively dance that involves rhythmic hand-clapping, stomping, and patting of the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.

9. Jupe

French for “skirt,” this word has, over the years, referred to several different articles of clothing: a tunic, usually featuring heraldic arms, typically worn over armor (shortened from “jupon”); a type of skirt; a style of jacket; or baggy pants in what they call “Central European hip-hop fashion”—a style with which I am not at all familiar but surely ought to be.

10. Jabot

A decorative ruffle or other arrangement of lace or cloth starting at the neckline and extending down the front of a shirt or dress.

11. Jawan

A soldier in the Indian army.

 

Any other ‘J’ words you’ve found success with?  Share them with us in the comments.

Oh, and if you play Words With Friends, l look me up, jffcrmr, and let’s play.

 

Author : Jeff Cormier –  http://about.me/jffcrmr

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