backfire

backfire is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

   Synonyms: boomerang

2. 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
3. noun. a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
4. noun. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

   Synonyms: blowback

5. verb. set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
6. verb. emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

   "My old car backfires all the time"

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

   "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

   Synonyms: backlash, recoil

Synonyms

boomerang, blowback, backlash, recoil

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in backfire:

fireback

Common word forms

backfired, backfires, backfiring

Words from these letters

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