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Is gunfire a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gunfire is a Scrabble US word. The word gunfire is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is gunfire a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gunfire is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is gunfire a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gunfire is a Words With Friends word. The word gunfire is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GUNFIRE,

6-letter words (5 found)

FEUING,FIGURE,FINGER,FRINGE,RUEING,

5-letter words (16 found)

ERING,FEIGN,FINER,FUGIE,FUNGI,GREIN,GRIEF,GRUFE,INFER,INURE,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,RUING,UNRIG,URINE,

4-letter words (31 found)

ENUF,FENI,FERN,FIER,FINE,FIRE,FIRN,FRIG,FRUG,FUNG,GENU,GIEN,GIRN,GREN,GRIN,GRUE,GURN,IURE,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,REFI,REIF,REIN,RIFE,RINE,RING,RUIN,RUNE,RUNG,URGE,

3-letter words (44 found)

ENG,ERF,ERG,ERN,FEG,FEN,FER,FEU,FIE,FIG,FIN,FIR,FUG,FUN,FUR,GEN,GER,GIE,GIF,GIN,GNU,GUE,GUN,GUR,ING,IRE,NEF,NEG,NIE,NUG,NUR,REF,REG,REI,REN,RIF,RIG,RIN,RUE,RUG,RUN,UNI,URE,URN,

2-letter words (15 found)

EF,EN,ER,FE,FU,GI,GU,IF,IN,NE,NU,RE,UG,UN,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 113 words from gunfire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gunfire

gunfire

Etymology

From gun +‎ fire.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌnfʌɪə/

Noun

gunfire (usually uncountable, plural gunfires)

  1. Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
    Let's hide in the trees to avoid the gunfire.
    Sergeant, direct your gunfire toward that copse of trees.
  2. (chiefly military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
    Killing people became much easier and faster once armies started using gunfire.
  3. (military) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.
  4. (army slang) Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.
    • 1937, David Jones, In Parenthesis, I:
      They had only in them the rolled mattresses, the neatly piled bed-boards and the empty tea-buckets of the orderly-men, empied of their last gun-fire.

Related terms

  • gunnery
  • gunpowder
  • gunshot
  • gunshy or gun-shy

Translations

Anagrams

  • ungrief

Source: wiktionary.org