So I am running a Boggle Solver in java on the NetBeans IDE. When I run it, i have to quit after 10 minutes or so because it will end up taking about 2 hour to run completely. Is there something wrong with my code or a way that will make is substantially faster?

public void findWords(String word, int iLoc, int jLoc, ArrayList<JLabel> labelsUsed){

    if(iLoc < 0 || iLoc >= 4 || jLoc < 0 || jLoc >= 4){
        return;
    }

    if(labelsUsed.contains(jLabels[iLoc][jLoc])){
        return;
    }

    word += jLabels[iLoc][jLoc].getText();
    labelsUsed.add(jLabels[iLoc][jLoc]);

    if(word.length() >= 3 && wordsPossible.contains(word)){
        wordsMade.add(word);
    }

    findWords(word, iLoc-1, jLoc, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc+1, jLoc, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc, jLoc-1, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc, jLoc+1, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc-1, jLoc+1, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc-1, jLoc-1, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc+1, jLoc-1, labelsUsed);
    findWords(word, iLoc+1, jLoc+1, labelsUsed);

    labelsUsed.remove(jLabels[iLoc][jLoc]);
}

here is where I call this method from:

public void findWords(){
    ArrayList <JLabel> labelsUsed = new ArrayList<JLabel>();
    for(int i=0; i<jLabels.length; i++){
        for(int j=0; j<jLabels[i].length; j++){
            findWords(jLabels[i][j].getText(), i, j, labelsUsed);
            //System.out.println("Done");
        }
    }
}

edit: BTW I am using a GUI and the letters on the board are displayed by using a JLabel.