5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
verb start firing a weapon
verb cause to go off
verb bake in a kiln so as to harden
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English -ed English fired From fire + -ed.
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