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Est. 1828
Results for
'backfires'
Rhymes
400
Near Rhymes
13
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43
Related Words
90
Descriptive Words
11
Homophones
0
Same Consonant
0
Similar Sound
1
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x
/x (trochaic)
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xx (pyrrhic)
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xx/ (anapaest)
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x/xx (second epitrite)
xx/x (third epitrite)
xxx/ (fourth epitrite)
Rhymes with
backfires
Word
Rhyme rating
Syllables
Popularity
Categories
backfires
100
/xx
Verb, Noun
blackfires
100
/xx
sapphires
92
/xx
Noun
black friars
92
//x
Name
black fibers
92
//x
Name
samphires
92
/xx
Noun
camphires
92
/xx
flank fires
92
//x
Phrase
slack wires
92
//x
Phrase
campfires
88
/xx
Noun
quagmires
88
/xx
Noun
jaghires
88
/xx
Noun
drag wires
88
//x
Phrase
backfired
86
/xx
Noun
satires
84
/xx
Noun
backfire
84
/x
Verb, Noun
hampshires
84
/xx
Name
grandsires
84
/xx
Noun
backbiters
84
/xx
Noun
glass fibers
84
//x
Phrase
rampires
84
/xx
Noun
shanghaiers
84
//x
Noun
backliners
84
/xx
bass fibers
84
//x
Phrase
greek fires
84
//x
Name
jack timbers
84
//x
Name
jacklighters
84
/xx
stand fires
84
//x
Phrase
stock fires
84
//x
Phrase
bagpipers
80
/xx
Noun
tackifiers
80
/xxx
Noun
rebaptizers
80
x/xx
Noun
ragtimers
80
/xx
Noun
cap irons
80
//x
Phrase
drag irons
80
//x
Phrase
gas pliers
80
//x
Phrase
gas-fired
78
//x
Adjective
pan-fired
78
//x
sapphire
76
/xx
Noun, Adjective
half hours
76
//x
Phrase
bonfires
76
/xx
Adjective
catch fire
76
//x
Phrase, Verb
spitfires
76
/xx
Name
franchisors
76
/xx
Noun
pathfinders
76
/xx
Noun
ceasefires
76
//x
Noun
andirons
76
/xx
Noun
backsliders
76
/xx
Noun
franchisers
76
/xx
Noun
brush fires
76
//x
Phrase
watch fires
76
//x
Phrase
black friar
76
//x
Name
spot fires
76
//x
Phrase
flatliners
76
/xx
Noun
slow fires
76
//x
Phrase
aggrandizers
76
x/xx
Noun
tax liens
76
/xx
Phrase
slack wire
76
//x
Phrase
tracklayers
76
/xx
Noun
gaslighters
76
/xx
Noun
bass viols
76
//x
Phrase
mangaians
76
//x
Name
balefires
76
//x
Noun
fact finders
76
//x
Phrase
rimfires
76
/xx
Noun
dasyures
76
/xx
Noun
backfillers
76
//x
backsteiners
76
/xx
bantayans
76
//x
bast fibers
76
//x
Phrase
bisque fires
76
//x
Phrase
black fevers
76
//x
Name
black fiber
76
//x
Name
black flowers
76
//x
Name, Noun
black ices
76
//x
Name
black micas
76
//x
Name
black powers
76
//x
Name
blackfishers
76
/xx
call-fires
76
/xx
cast irons
76
//x
Phrase
cataians
76
//x
cease-fires
76
//x
cramp irons
76
//x
Phrase
cross fires
76
//x
Phrase
crown fires
76
//x
Phrase
dead fires
76
//x
Phrase
death fires
76
//x
Phrase
direct fires
76
x//x
Phrase
drumfires
76
/xx
enfranchisers
76
x/xx
epigrammatizers
76
xxx/xx
fen fires
76
//x
Phrase
flank fire
76
//x
Phrase
flash hiders
76
//x
Phrase, Noun
fox fires
76
/xx
Phrase
grand tiers
76
//x
Phrase
green fires
76
//x
Phrase
half-timers
76
//x
handirons
76
/xx
hang fire
76
//x
Phrase, Verb
indirect fires
76
xx//x
Phrase
malleable cast irons
76
xxxx//x
Phrase
marfires
76
/xx
needfires
76
/xx
new fires
76
//x
Name
pack ices
76
//x
Phrase
panayans
76
//x
pinfires
76
/xx
propagandizers
76
xx/xx
red fires
76
//x
Phrase
sandivers
76
/xx
sapphisms
76
/xx
scratch dials
76
//x
Phrase
sea fires
76
//x
Phrase
shell fires
76
//x
Phrase
shellfires
76
/xx
slack ices
76
//x
Phrase
snake wires
76
//x
Phrase
span irons
76
//x
Phrase
stamp irons
76
//x
Phrase
tank irons
76
//x
Phrase
time fires
76
//x
Phrase
twitchfires
76
/xx
vendue criers
76
x//x
Phrase
witch fires
76
//x
Phrase
zone fires
76
//x
Phrase
pacayas
74
//x
Name
cap iron
74
//x
Phrase
drag iron
74
//x
Phrase
factors
72
/x
Noun
actors
72
/x
Noun
fractures
72
/x
Noun
manufactures
72
xx/x
Verb
reactors
72
x/x
Noun
attackers
72
x/x
Noun
crackers
72
/x
Noun, Adjective
classifiers
72
/xxx
Noun
tractors
72
/x
Noun
campfire
72
/xx
Noun
hackers
72
/x
Noun
packers
72
/x
Noun
detractors
72
x/x
Noun
staffers
72
/x
Noun
backers
72
/x
Noun
attractors
72
x/x
Noun
quagmire
72
/xx
Noun, Verb
trackers
72
/x
Verb
contractures
72
x/x
Noun
bioreactors
72
xxx/x
Noun
distractors
72
x/x
Noun
retractors
72
x/x
Noun
extractors
72
x/x
Noun
lacquers
72
/x
Noun
slackers
72
/x
Noun
anaphors
72
x/x
Noun
kaffirs
72
//
Noun
pacifiers
72
/xxx
Noun
redactors
72
x/x
Noun
distracters
72
x/x
Noun
trip wires
72
//x
Phrase
ackers
72
/x
Name
gasifiers
72
xxxx
Noun
reenactors
72
xx/x
Noun
compactors
72
x/x
Noun
impactors
72
x/x
Noun
transactors
72
x/x
Noun
enactors
72
x/x
Noun
stackers
72
/x
Noun
chamfers
72
/x
Noun
refractors
72
x/x
Noun
relaxers
72
x/x
Noun
acters
72
/x
Noun
protractors
72
x/x
Noun
ratifiers
72
/xxx
Noun
gaffers
72
/x
Noun
knackers
72
/x
Noun
semimanufactures
72
xxxx/x
Noun
laughers
72
/x
Noun
lamplighters
72
/xx
Noun
jackers
72
/x
Noun
hang gliders
72
//x
Phrase
smackers
72
/x
Noun
whackers
72
/x
Noun, Verb
factures
72
/x
Noun
taxers
72
/x
Noun
chaffers
72
/x
Noun
opacifiers
72
x/xxx
Noun
tactors
72
xx
Noun
sackfuls
72
/x
Noun
makars
72
/x
Noun
clackers
72
/x
Noun
tackers
72
/x
Noun
sackers
72
/x
Noun
deep fryers
72
//x
Phrase
rackers
72
/x
Noun
remanufactures
72
xxx/x
Verb, Noun
exactors
72
x/x
Noun, Verb
scarifiers
72
/xxx
Noun
coactors
72
x/x
Noun
waxers
72
/x
Noun
lakhers
72
/x
Name
claqueurs
72
//
Noun
biohackers
72
xx/x
Noun
subtracters
72
x/x
Noun
dogfighters
72
/xx
Noun
camphors
72
/x
Noun
infractors
72
x/x
Noun
cacklers
72
/x
Noun
nonreactors
72
xx/x
Noun
achars
72
/x
Noun, Verb
trakehners
72
/x
Name
unpackers
72
x/x
Noun
yakkers
72
/x
Noun
compacters
72
x/x
Noun
gratifiers
72
/xxx
Noun
enactures
72
x/x
Noun
impacters
72
x/x
Noun
hacklers
72
/x
Noun
taxors
72
/x
Noun
exacters
72
x/x
Noun, Verb
manufactors
72
xx/x
Noun
actifiers
72
/xxx
alachlors
72
x/x
alfurs
72
/x
arapaimas
72
x//x
back files
72
//
Phrase
compactures
72
x/x
detracters
72
x/x
drag wire
72
//x
Phrase
drop wires
72
//x
Phrase
flackers
72
/x
flag flowers
72
//x
Phrase
fracturs
72
/x
g-factors
72
xx
grandfers
72
/x
heptachlors
72
x/x
hog wires
72
//x
Phrase
hydroextractors
72
xxx/x
hyper-reactors
72
xxx/x
jump fires
72
//x
Phrase
nagaikas
72
//x
piaffers
72
x/x
pre-manufactures
72
xxx/x
premanufactures
72
xxx/x
protracters
72
x/x
r factors
72
/x
Phrase
rackfuls
72
/x
relacquers
72
x/x
rh factors
72
/x
Phrase
sclaffers
72
/x
teptiars
72
//x
three-pliers
72
//x
vw factors
72
/x
Name
cast iron
70
//x
Phrase, Adjective
flatiron
70
/xx
Noun, Adjective
flat iron
70
//x
Phrase
andiron
70
/xx
Noun
tapuyas
70
//x
Name
rampired
70
/xx
Verb, Adjective
dacryon
70
//x
Noun
brand iron
70
//x
Phrase
cramp iron
70
//x
Phrase
crance iron
70
//x
Name
grab iron
70
//x
Phrase
handiron
70
/xx
Noun
malleable cast iron
70
xxxx//x
Phrase
quick-firer
70
//x
span iron
70
//x
Phrase
stamp iron
70
//x
Phrase
tank iron
70
//x
Phrase
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