Definitions For Backfiring

noun

  • To make a loud sound when fuel is not burned properly
  • To have the opposite result of what was desired or expected

Is Backfiring a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
26

The word Backfiring is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backfiring in a Sentence

  • My plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up sobbing that everyone had forgotten her birthday

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