BACKFIRING
A 10-letter word worth 22 points in Scrabble.
b 3 a 1 c 3 k 5 f 4 i 1 r 1 i 1 n 1 g 2
- Length
- 10
- Scrabble
- 22 pts
- Sorted letters
- abcfgiiknr
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of BACKFIRING
A form of BACKFIRE.
- noun
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Synonyms: boomerang
- noun
a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
- noun
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within BACKFIRING
180 words can be made from any subset of the letters in BACKFIRING.
- bricking 17
- finback 18
- backing 16
- arcking 14
- barking 14
- braking 14
- carking 14
- racking 14
- ricking 14
- barfing 13
- farcing 13
- bracing 12
- fairing 11
- faking 14
- baking 13
- biking 13
- caking 13
- fabric 13
- firkin 13
- facing 12
- fibrin 11
- irking 11
- raking 11
- faring 10
- firing 10
- arcing 9
- baring 9
- caring 9
- racing 9
- ricing 9
- airing 7
- brick 13
- fakir 12
- frank 12
- kafir 12
- brank 11
- brink 11
- crank 11
- farci 10
- ficin 10
- franc 10
- kiang 10
- baric 9
- cabin 9
- fagin 9
- rabic 9
- acing 8
- bring 8
- cigar 8
- icing 8
- infra 8
- acini 7
- bairn 7
- brain 7
- cairn 7
- naric 7
- ricin 7
- garni 6
- grain 6
- iring 6
- back 12
- fink 11
- kaif 11
- bank 10
- bark 10
- birk 10
- cark 10
- kbar 10
- nick 10
- rack 10
- rick 10
- barf 9
- gink 9
- king 9
- akin 8
- carb 8
- crab 8
- crib 8
- fang 8
- frag 8
- frig 8
- kain 8
- karn 8
- kina 8
- kirn 8
- knar 8
- nark 8
- raki 8
- rank 8
- rink 8
- bang 7
- brag 7
- brig 7
- crag 7
- fain 7
- fair 7
- fiar 7
- firn 7
- garb 7
- grab 7
- naif 7
- abri 6
- bani 6
- barn 6
- bran 6
- brin 6
- cain 6
- carn 6
- narc 6
- agin 5
- gain 5
- girn 5
- gnar 5
- gran 5
- grin 5
- ragi 5
- rang 5
- ring 5
- airn 4
- inia 4