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Is fire a Scrabble word?

Yes, fire is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of fire?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.uncountable

2. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).Examples: "We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales."; "We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove."countable

3. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.Examples: "There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down."; "During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts."; "Efforts to fight the fires in New South Wales and Victoria were hampered as large fires converged and created their own violent weather systems. The fire created dry lightning storms so severe that planes had to be grounded."countable

4. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.uncountable

5. (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).Britishcountable

6. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.Examples: "The fire was laid and needed to be lit."countable

adj (English)

1. (slang) Amazing; excellent.Examples: "This is fire, keep up the amazing work!"not-comparablepredicativeslang

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.Examples: "["]Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time." / "You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp. / "Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.["]"; "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair."; "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs."Synonyms: inflame, kindle, alight, conflagrate, fire, fire up, ignite, inflametransitive

2. (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.Examples: "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack."; "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end."; "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."transitive

3. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.Examples: "Till my bad angel fire my good one out."transitive

4. (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).Examples: "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…]."Synonyms: dehire, dismiss, give someone their cards, give the boot, give the elbow, give someone the heave-ho, let go, make redundantAntonyms: hiretransitive

5. (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.Examples: "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have."; "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms."broadlytransitive

6. (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).Examples: "We will fire our guns at the enemy."; "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy."; "He fired his radar gun at passing cars."Synonyms: let off, loose, shoottransitive

noun (English)

1. (finance) Acronym of financial independence and retire early.abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

2. (economics, business) Acronym of finance, insurance and real estate, a class of businesses.Examples: "As Figure 2.1 demonstrates, total income acquired by the finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE) sector has been increasing since the early 1980s. While in the 1952–1980 period, the share of national income that went to the FIRE sector hovered between 12 and 14 percent, by the 2000s it had approached 20 percent."abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "fire"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "fire"?

Scrabble
7 points
F4
I1
R1
E1
Words With Friends
7 points
F4
I1
R1
E1

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