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FIREBALL

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

FIREBALL 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

FIREBALLS-s 11 FIREBALLING-ing 11

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FIREBALLER 11 FIREBALLERS 11
noun
  1. A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
  2. figurativelyinformalA feisty, strong-willed person.
  3. figurativelySynonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
  4. A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
  5. A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
  6. A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
  7. historicalA bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
  8. historicalA charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
  9. obsoleteAn emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning.
  10. obsoleteA ball-shaped firelighter (“small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires”).
  11. obsoleteA ball of heat-resistant material placed in a fire to slow down the burning of the fuel.
  12. figurativelyobsoleteA statement intended to cause dissension or as a provocation.
adjective
  1. slangExcellent, terrific.
verb
  1. transitiveTo attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
  2. intransitiveTo explode in a ball of fire or flame.
    • The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.
  3. figurativelyintransitiveTo emerge suddenly; to explode.
  4. intransitiveTo pitch a baseball very fast.