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Word entry · 8 letters

wildfire

Best crossword clue

"Uncontrolled blaze"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪɚ/Part of speech nounSorted defiilrwStarts with WEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1W2I3L4D5F6I7R8E

Definitions

  1. Rapidly spreading uncontrolled fire, especially across open land.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English wilde fyr, wilde fire, wylde fyre, from Old English wilde fȳr. By surface analysis, wild + fire.

Used in a sentence

  • “It was my own personal watch and I wanted to change the face,” she said in an interview during a recent business trip to New York. “I started wearing it, and it was wildfire — everybody wanted one.”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Uncontrolled blaze8 letters
02Rapidly spreading blaze8 letters

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