Backfire
Backfire is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 19 points
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of backfire
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nounThe backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.
Similar: blowback
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nounA loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine.
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nounA fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path.
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verbCome back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.
“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”
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verbEmit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire.
“My old car backfires all the time”
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verbSet a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire.
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of backfire
- fireback19
Words inside backfire
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- fabric13
- backer14
- bicker14
- caribe10
- fiacre11
- biface13
- cakier12
- farcie11
- break11
- baker11
- brick13
- brief10
- fiber10
- freak12
- biker11
- brace9
- brake11
- erica7
- farce10
- fibre10
- afire8
- caber9
- ceiba9
- ceria7
- crake11
- creak11
- facer10
- faker12
- fakir12
- feria8
- kafir12
- kefir12
- acerb9
- areic7
- baric9
- farci10
- icker11
- kebar11
- rabic9
- back12
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