backfire is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

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Meanings

Verb

(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
• His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.

Noun (COUNTABLE)

(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire.
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.

backfire is a Scrabble valid word

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• 19 points

backfire is an iScramble valid word

• The word is valid in iScramble ✓
• 36 points

backfire is an QuickWords valid word

• The word is valid in QuickWords ✓
• 36 points

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Same letters words (Anagrams)

• FIREBACK

Same letters plus one

• BACKBRIEF
• BACKFIRED
• BACKFIRES
• BRIEFBACK
• FABRICKED
• FACEBRICK
• FIREBACKS

Same letters minus one

• FABRICK
• REFBACK