The following words have something in common - other than starting with the same letter.. Can you determine what it is?

1. JAMB
2. JEEP
3. JINGLE
4. JAIL
5. JADED
6. JERK
7. JOEY
8. JACKAL

HINT:
It has to do with rhyming.

Answer:

Replacing the J in each word with SH gives a rhyming word - phonetically:

1. JAMB - SHAM
2. JEEP - SHEEP
3. JINGLE - SHINGLE 
4. JAIL - SHALE
5. JADED - SHADED
6. JERK - SHIRK
7. JOEY - SHOWY
8. JACKAL - SHACKLE 

Credit:
THE PUZZLE MASTER PRESENTS VOL. 2 
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Will Shortz