Brushfire

Scrabble:17 ptsWWF:18 pts9 letters
Definition of Brushfire

noun

  1. A fire in low-growing, scrubby trees and brush.
  2. A relatively minor crisis.
  3. A large fire in a <xref>scrubland</xref> or <xref>prairie</xref>, as opposed to a <xref>forest fire</xref>, which happens in <xref>forests</xref>.

adjective

  1. Minor enough to involve only small-scale mobilization of counteracting resources.

    "brushfire wars."

Anagrams of Brushfire

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "brushfire":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "brushfire" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Brushfire"

Brushfire is a 9-letter word that scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "brushfire" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Brushfire" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "brushfire" is a high-scoring word.