VERB
  • Definition - (of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
  • Definition - (of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
  • Definition - To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
  • Example - His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
backfired 21
8 Letter Words
backfire 19 fireback 19
7 Letter Words
fracked 17 bricked 16 dieback 16 carbide 12
6 Letter Words
backed 15 backer 14 bicker 14 arcked 13 barked 13 biface 13 braked 13 carked 13 dacker 13 debark 13 dicker 13 fabric 13 racked 13 ricked 13 barfed 12 cakier 12 farced 12 fibred 12 bardic 11 braced 11 daiker 11 darkie 11 farcie 11 fiacre 11 caribe 10 faired 10 abider 9 caried 9
5 Letter Words
frack 14 brick 13 faked 13 baked 12 biked 12 caked 12 dreck 12 faker 12 fakie 12 fakir 12 freak 12 kafir 12 kefir 12 baker 11 biker 11 brake 11 break 11 crake 11 creak 11 decaf 11 faced 11 icker 11 kebar 11 barfi 10 brief 10 cebid 10 diker 10 drake 10 facer 10 farce 10 farci 10 fiber 10 fibre 10 irked 10 raked 10 acerb 9 baric 9 brace 9 caber 9 ceiba 9 fader 9 fared 9 fired 9 fried 9 rabic 9 abide 8 acred 8 acrid 8 afire 8 arced 8
4 Letter Words
feck 13 back 12 beck 12 deck 11 dick 11 fake 11 kaif 11 kerf 11 kief 11 bake 10 bark 10 beak 10 berk 10 bike 10 birk 10 cake 10 cark 10 kbar 10 kerb 10 kibe 10 rack 10 reck 10 rick 10 barf 9 cafe 9 dark 9 dike 9 dirk 9 drek 9 face 9 fice 9 kadi 9 bice 8 carb 8 crab 8 crib 8 deaf 8 defi 8 fade 8 fard 8 keir 8 kier 8 krai 8 rake 8 raki 8 abed 7 aced 7 acid 7 bade 7 bard 7
3 Letter Words
kaf 10 kef 10 kif 10 ick 9 kab 9 caf 8 dak 8 fab 8 fib 8 kid 8 ark 7 cab 7 def 7 dif 7 fad 7 fed 7 fid 7 irk 7 kae 7 kea 7 kir 7 arf 6 bad 6 bed 6 bid 6 cad 6 dab 6 deb 6 dib 6 far 6 fer 6 fie 6 fir 6 ref 6 rif 6 ace 5 arb 5 arc 5 bar 5 bra 5 car 5 ice 5 reb 5 rec 5 rib 5 aid 4 die 4 rad 4 red 4 rid 4
2 Letter Words
ka 6 ki 6 ef 5 fa 5 fe 5 if 5 ab 4 ba 4 be 4 bi 4 ad 3 da 3 de 3 ed 3 id 3 ae 2 ai 2 ar 2 er 2 re 2
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