Scrabble and Words with Friends

• BACKFIRES is a valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• BACKFIRES is a valid Words with Friends word worth 22 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• BACKFIRES is a 9 letter word containing the letters a, b, c, e, f, i, k, r, s.

Definitions

• backfire

  noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

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• backfire

  noun a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

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• backfire

  noun a 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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• backfire

  noun a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

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• backfire

  verb come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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• backfire

  verb emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
  My old car backfires all the time

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• backfire

  verb set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

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