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Is inflame a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inflame is a Scrabble US word. The word inflame is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is inflame a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inflame is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is inflame a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word inflame is a Words With Friends word. The word inflame is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

FEMINAL,INFLAME,

6-letter words (6 found)

FAMINE,FINALE,FLAMEN,INFAME,MALINE,MENIAL,

5-letter words (20 found)

ALIEN,ALINE,AMINE,ANILE,ANIME,ELAIN,ELFIN,EMAIL,FAINE,FEMAL,FINAL,FLAME,FLANE,FLEAM,LEMAN,LIANE,LIMAN,LIMEN,MAILE,MINAE,

4-letter words (61 found)

AINE,ALEF,ALIF,ALME,AMEN,AMIE,AMIN,ANIL,EINA,ELAN,FAIL,FAIN,FAME,FANE,FEAL,FENI,FILA,FILE,FILM,FINE,FLAM,FLAN,FLEA,FLIM,ILEA,LAIN,LAME,LANE,LEAF,LEAM,LEAN,LIEF,LIEN,LIFE,LIMA,LIME,LIMN,LINE,MAIL,MAIN,MALE,MALI,MANE,MANI,MEAL,MEAN,MEIN,MELA,MIEN,MILE,MILF,MINA,MINE,NAIF,NAIL,NAME,NEAL,NEIF,NEMA,NIEF,NIFE,

3-letter words (37 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,ALE,ALF,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,EAN,ELF,ELM,FAE,FAN,FEM,FEN,FIE,FIL,FIN,LAM,LEA,LEI,LIE,LIN,MAE,MAL,MAN,MEL,MEN,MIL,MNA,NAE,NAM,NEF,NIE,NIL,NIM,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AI,AL,AM,AN,EA,EF,EL,EM,EN,FA,FE,IF,IN,LA,LI,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 148 words from inflame according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inflame

inflame

Etymology

From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- +‎ flame.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈfleɪm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪm
  • Hyphenation: in‧flame

Verb

inflame (third-person singular simple present inflames, present participle inflaming, simple past and past participle inflamed)

  1. (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
    • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:
      The long-awaited verdict could inflame tension in the Southeast Asian country and have far-reaching implications in the politically divided kingdom.
  3. (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
  4. (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
    to inflame the eyes by overwork
  5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
  6. (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Alternative forms

  • enflame

Synonyms

(set on fire): kindle, fire (intensify or excite (feeling)): provoke, kindle, arouse, excite (provoke a person to anger): incense, irritate, enrage, exasperate, anger

Related terms

  • inflammable
  • inflammatory
  • inflammation

Translations

Further reading

  • “inflame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “inflame”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • feminal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
  • Hyphenation: in‧fla‧me

Verb

inflame

  1. inflection of inflamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

inflame

  1. inflection of inflamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. second-person singular voseo imperative of inflar combined with me

Source: wiktionary.org