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BACKFIRE
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Classic
11
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Big
11
pts
Super Big
11
pts
BACKFIRE is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.
Word family
noun
- A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
- An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
- An explosion in other equipment.
- alternativeAlternative form of back fire.
verb
- intransitiveOf a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc., to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
- intransitiveOf a reciprocating engine, to experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
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idiomatictransitiveTo fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
- His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.
- Her plan backfired on her.
- To set a back fire (small, controlled fire to limit spread of a larger fire).