Is backfires a Scrabble word?
Yes, backfires is a Scrabble word!
...and is worth 20 points in Scrabble, and 22 points in Words with Friends
Backfires is a valid Scrabble word.
Backfires is a word starting with b ending with s. Check our list of words starting with b ending with s.
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Dictionary definitions of the word backfires
The meaning of backfires
backfires
7 definitions of the word backfires.
Verb
- Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
- Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
- Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
Noun
- The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- A fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
- A miscalculation that recoils on its maker
What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in backfires?
9 Letter Words
6 Letter Words
- backer14
- bakers12
- bicker14
- biface13
- bikers12
- braces10
- braise8
- brakes12
- breaks12
- bricks14
- briefs11
- cabers10
- cakier12
- caribe10
- caries8
- ceibas10
- cerias8
- crakes12
- creaks12
- ericas8
- fabric13
- facers11
- facies11
- fakers13
- fakirs13
- farces11
- farcie11
- ferias9
- fiacre11
- fibers11
- fibres11
- fraise9
- freaks13
- ickers12
- kafirs13
- kaiser10
- kebars12
- kefirs13
- rabies8
- sacker12
- screak12
- scribe10
- sicker12
5 Letter Words
- abris7
- acerb9
- acres7
- afire8
- areic7
- arise5
- asker9
- backs13
- baker11
- bakes11
- bares7
- barfs10
- baric9
- barks11
- baser7
- basic9
- beaks11
- bears7
- becks13
- berks11
- bices9
- biers7
- biker11
- bikes11
- birks11
- birse7
- brace9
- braes7
- brake11
- break11
- brick13
- brief10
- bries7
- brisk11
- caber9
- cafes10
- cakes11
- carbs9
- cares7
- carks11
- carse7
- ceiba9
- ceria7
- cires7
- crabs9
- crake11
- creak11
- cribs9
- cries7
- erica7
- escar7
- eskar9
- facer10
- faces10
- fairs8
- faker12
- fakes12
- fakir12
- farce10
- farci10
- fares8
- fears8
- fecks14
- feria8
- fiars8
- fiber10
- fibre10
- fices10
- fires8
- freak12
- fries8
- frise8
- frisk12
- icker11
- kafir12
- kaifs12
- kbars11
- kebar11
- kefir12
- keirs9
- kerbs11
- kerfs12
- kibes11
- kiefs12
- kiers9
- rabic9
- races7
- racks11
- raise5
- rakes9
- rakis9
- recks11
- reifs8
- ribes7
- rices7
- ricks11
- saber7
- sabir7
- sabre7
- safer8
- saice7
- saker9
- scare7
- scarf10
- serac7
- serai5
- serif8
- siker9
- skier9
4 Letter Words
- abri6
- aces6
- acre6
- airs4
- arbs6
- arcs6
- ares4
- arfs7
- arks8
- asci6
- back12
- bake10
- bare6
- barf9
- bark10
- bars6
- base6
- bask10
- beak10
- bear6
- beck12
- berk10
- bias6
- bice8
- bier6
- bike10
- birk10
- bise6
- bisk10
- brae6
- bras6
- brie6
- bris6
- cabs8
- cafe9
- cake10
- carb8
- care6
- cark10
- cars6
- case6
- cask10
- cire6
- crab8
- crib8
- cris6
- ears4
- eras4
- fabs9
- face9
- fair7
- fake11
- fare7
- fear7
- feck13
- fiar7
- fibs9
- fice9
- fire7
- firs7
- fisc9
- frae7
- ices6
- ires4
- irks8
- isba6
- kabs10
- kaes8
- kafs11
- kaif11
- kbar10
- keas8
- kefs11
- keir8
- kerb10
- kerf11
- kibe10
- kief11
- kier8
- kifs11
- kirs8
- kris8
- race6
- rack10
- rais4
- rake8
- raki8
- rase4
- rebs6
- reck10
- recs6
- refs7
- reif7
- reis4
- rias4
- ribs6
- rice6
- rick10
- rife7
- rifs7
- rise4
- risk8
- sabe6
- sack10
- safe7
- sake8
- saki8
- sari4
- sark8
- scab8
- scar6
- sear4
- seif7
- sera4
- serf7
- sice6
- sick10
- sika8
- sike8
- sire4
3 Letter Words
1 Anagram of Backfires
Anagrams are words that use the same letters as other words, but in a different order.
Anagrams are sometimes called a Word Unscramble