Definitions For Boilover

Noun

BOILOVER (plural BOILOVERs) A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.

Etymology

boil + over, from the phrasal verb.

Anagrams

overboil

Is Boilover a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Boilover is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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