BACKFIRE

Meaning

noun

the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

Synonyms blowback

verb

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”

Synonyms backlashrecoil

Definitions, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Related words without a link are English but not in our game word list.

Hooks

Letters you can add to the front or back of BACKFIRE to make another valid word.

Anagrams

• fireback¹⁹

Words inside BACKFIRE

80 shorter words you can make from these letters.

6-letter

• backer¹⁴
• bicker¹⁴
• biface¹³
• cakier¹²
• caribe¹⁰
• fabric¹³
• farcie¹¹
• fiacre¹¹

5-letter

• acerb⁹
• afire⁸
• areic⁷
• baker¹¹
• baric⁹
• biker¹¹
• brace⁹
• brake¹¹
• break¹¹
• brick¹³
• brief¹⁰
• caber⁹
• ceiba⁹
• ceria⁷
• crake¹¹
• creak¹¹
• erica⁷
• facer¹⁰
• faker¹²
• fakir¹²
• farce¹⁰
• farci¹⁰
• feria⁸
• fiber¹⁰
• fibre¹⁰
• freak¹²
• icker¹¹
• kafir¹²
• kebar¹¹
• kefir¹²
• rabic⁹

4-letter

• abri⁶
• acre⁶
• back¹²
• bake¹⁰
• bare⁶
• barf⁹
• bark¹⁰
• beak¹⁰
• bear⁶
• beck¹²
• bice⁸
• bier⁶
• bike¹⁰
• birk¹⁰
• brae⁶
• brie⁶
• cafe⁹
• cake¹⁰
• carb⁸
• care⁶
• cark¹⁰
• cire⁶
• crab⁸
• crib⁸
• face⁹
• fair⁷
• fake¹¹
• fare⁷
• fear⁷
• feck¹³
• fiar⁷
• fice⁹
• fire⁷
• frae⁷
• kaif¹¹
• kbar¹⁰
• keir⁸
• kerb¹⁰
• kerf¹¹
• kibe¹⁰
• kief¹¹