flame

flame is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
2. noun. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.
3. noun. Ardor of affection; the passion of love.
4. noun. A person beloved; a sweetheart.
5. noun. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.
6. noun. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
7. transitive verb. To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
8. noun. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

   "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

   Synonyms: fire, flaming

9. verb. criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium

   "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"

10. verb. be in flames or aflame

    "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"

11. verb. shine with a sudden light

    "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"

    Synonyms: flare

Synonyms

fire, flaming, flare

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in flame:

fleam

Common word forms

flamed, flamer, flames, flaming, flameless

Words from these letters

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