Definitions For Backfired

noun

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

Is Backfired 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
21
Words with Friends
23

The word Backfired is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backfired 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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