Definitions For Backfire
noun
- A miscalculation that recoils on its maker
- A fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
- A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- To make a loud sound when fuel is not burned properly
- To have the opposite result of what was desired or expected
verb
- Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
- Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
- Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Is Backfire 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
19
Words with Friends
21
The word Backfire is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Backfire in a Sentence
- My plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up sobbing that everyone had forgotten her birthday