NOUN
  • Definition - A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
  • Example - "Just bring me the old tinderbox that my grandmother forgot the last time she went down there."
  • Definition - (by extension) a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
  • Example - "Think of your blank journal as a tinderbox, a box for holding combustible materials, ready to catch fire when you sit down to work."
  • Definition - (by extension) a potentially dangerous situation.
  • Example - "This act was the "match that ignited the great tinderbox of fuel" that had been building for years between many of the countries in Europe."
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
tinderbox 19
7 Letter Words
dextrin 15 deorbit 10 orbited 10 bornite 9
5 Letter Words
boxed 15 boxer 14 inbox 14 detox 13 doxie 13 index 13 nixed 13 oxide 13 redox 13 oxter 12 toxin 12 bider 8 bidet 8 boned 8 bored 8 bride 8 debit 8 dobie 8 orbed 8 rebid 8 robed 8 bento 7 beton 7 biner 7 biont 7 biter 7 boite 7 boner 7 borne 7 brent 7 brine 7 orbit 7 robin 7 tribe 7 diner 6 doter 6 droit 6 drone 6 ident 6 noted 6 redon 6 ronde 6 teind 6 tined 6 tired 6 tondi 6 toned 6 trend 6 tried 6 trode 6
4 Letter Words
ibex 13 oxid 12 exit 11 exon 11 next 11 nixe 11 oxen 11 oxer 11 bend 7 bide 7 bind 7 bird 7 bode 7 bond 7 bred 7 debt 7 dobe 7 drib 7 bent 6 bier 6 bine 6 bint 6 biro 6 bite 6 bone 6 bore 6 born 6 bort 6 bren 6 brie 6 brin 6 brio 6 brit 6 ebon 6 obit 6 robe 6 deni 5 dent 5 diet 5 dine 5 dino 5 dint 5 dire 5 dirt 5 dite 5 doer 5 doit 5 done 5 dore 5 dote 5
3 Letter Words
box 12 dex 11 xed 11 nix 10 rex 10 tix 10 bed 6 bid 6 bod 6 deb 6 dib 6 ben 5 bet 5 bin 5 bio 5 bit 5 bot 5 bro 5 neb 5 nib 5 nob 5 obe 5 obi 5 orb 5 reb 5 rib 5 rob 5 den 4 die 4 din 4 dit 4 doe 4 don 4 dor 4 dot 4 end 4 nod 4 ode 4 red 4 rid 4 rod 4 ted 4 tod 4 eon 3 ern 3 ion 3 ire 3 net 3 nit 3 nor 3
2 Letter Words
ex 9 ox 9 xi 9 be 4 bi 4 bo 4 de 3 do 3 ed 3 id 3 od 3 en 2 er 2 et 2 in 2 it 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 oi 2 on 2 or 2 re 2 te 2 ti 2 to 2
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