Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back fires

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
back- -fires
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of back fire

Questions

What does back fires mean?
plural of back fire

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