Words Containing IRE
Explore a range of words that include the letter IRE, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring IRE.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ire | 3 | a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | - |
4 letter words
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| fire | 7 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | - |
| hire | 7 | engage or hire for work | They hired two new secretaries in the department |
| wire | 7 | a message transmitted by telegraph | - |
| tire | 4 | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | - |
| sire | 4 | the founder of a family | - |
| dire | 5 | fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | a dire emergency |
| lire | 4 | - | - |
| mire | 6 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| vire | 7 | - | - |
| cire | 6 | - | - |
| ires | 4 | - | - |
| ired | 5 | - | - |
5 letter words
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| tired | 6 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | - |
| fired | 9 | having lost your job | - |
| hired | 9 | hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | - |
| siren | 5 | a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | - |
| wired | 9 | tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline | - |
| aired | 6 | open to or abounding in fresh air | - |
| shire | 8 | British breed of large heavy draft horse | - |
| afire | 8 | lighted up by or as by fire or flame | forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning |
| zaire | 14 | a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 | - |
| siree | 5 | - | - |
| spire | 7 | a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | - |
| mired | 8 | entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire | brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion |
| quire | 14 | a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets | - |
| wires | 8 | - | - |
| wirer | 8 | a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring | - |
| paire | 7 | - | - |
| vaire | 8 | - | - |
| vires | 8 | - | - |
| vireo | 8 | any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color | - |
| vired | 9 | - | - |
| twire | 8 | - | - |
| tires | 5 | - | - |
| swire | 8 | - | - |
| stire | 5 | - | - |
| sires | 5 | - | - |
| sired | 6 | - | - |
| airer | 5 | - | - |
| cires | 7 | - | - |
| direr | 6 | - | - |
| moire | 7 | (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern | - |
| mirex | 14 | - | - |
| mires | 7 | - | - |
| maire | 7 | - | - |
| hiree | 8 | - | - |
| hires | 8 | - | - |
| hirer | 8 | a person responsible for hiring workers | - |
| firer | 8 | - | - |
| fires | 8 | - | - |
6 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| entire | 6 | constituting the full quantity or extent; complete | an entire town devastated by an earthquake |
| desire | 7 | expect and wish | - |
| direct | 9 | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | - |
| empire | 10 | a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | - |
| admire | 9 | feel admiration for | - |
| retire | 6 | break from a meeting or gathering | The men retired to the library |
| haired | 10 | having or covered with hair | - |
| squire | 15 | a man who attends or escorts a woman | - |
| attire | 6 | put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | - |
| aspire | 8 | have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | - |
| umpire | 10 | an official at a baseball game | - |
| expire | 15 | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | - |
| satire | 6 | witty language used to convey insults or scorn | - |
| paired | 9 | occurring in pairs or as a pair | paired fangs |
| soiree | 6 | a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house) | - |
| spires | 8 | - | - |
| rewire | 9 | provide with new wiring | the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets |
| rehire | 9 | - | - |
| direst | 7 | - | - |
| airers | 6 | - | - |
| airest | 6 | - | - |
| bemire | 10 | make soiled, filthy, or dirty | - |
| bireme | 10 | - | - |
| heired | 10 | - | - |
| gloire | 7 | - | - |
| glaire | 7 | - | - |
| firers | 9 | - | - |
| fairer | 9 | - | - |
| faired | 10 | - | - |
| enfire | 9 | - | - |
| direly | 10 | - | - |
| hirers | 9 | - | - |
| hirees | 9 | - | - |
| moires | 8 | - | - |
| maires | 8 | - | - |
| laired | 7 | - | - |
| leired | 7 | - | - |
| ireful | 9 | feeling or showing extreme anger | ireful words |
| irenic | 8 | conducive to peace | irenic without being namby-pamby |
| intire | 6 | - | - |
| zaires | 15 | - | - |
| wirers | 9 | - | - |
| weired | 10 | - | - |
| vireos | 9 | - | - |
| virent | 9 | - | - |
| waired | 10 | - | - |
| venire | 9 | (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) | - |
| unwire | 9 | undo the wiring of | - |
| twires | 9 | - | - |
| twired | 10 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| vampire | 14 | (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living | - |
| retired | 8 | no longer active in your work or profession | - |
| require | 16 | have need of | - |
| gunfire | 11 | the act of shooting a gun | the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders |
| inspire | 9 | heighten or intensify | - |
| fireman | 12 | a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | - |
| admired | 11 | regarded with admiration | - |
| expired | 17 | having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time | an expired passport |
| acquire | 18 | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | - |
| admirer | 10 | someone who admires a young woman | she had many admirers |
| desired | 9 | wanted intensely | it produced the desired effect |
| bonfire | 12 | a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | - |
| inquire | 16 | conduct an inquiry or investigation of | inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady |
| firearm | 12 | a portable gun | he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
| firefly | 16 | nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs | - |
| haywire | 16 | not functioning properly | has gone completely haywire |
| enquire | 16 | have a wish or desire to know something | - |
| heiress | 10 | a female heir | - |
| esquire | 16 | a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name | - |
| misfire | 12 | an explosion that fails to occur | - |
| wiretap | 12 | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | - |
| rehired | 11 | - | - |
| aspired | 10 | - | - |
| armoire | 9 | a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons | - |
| retiree | 7 | someone who has retired from active working | - |
| rewired | 11 | - | - |
| firebug | 13 | a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | - |
| attired | 8 | dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | the elegantly attired gentleman |
| affaire | 13 | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | - |
| tiredly | 11 | in a weary manner | he walked around tiredly |
| saltire | 7 | a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length | - |
| admires | 10 | - | - |
| choired | 13 | - | - |
| expires | 16 | - | - |
| expirer | 16 | - | - |
| entires | 7 | - | - |
| empaire | 11 | - | - |
| enfires | 10 | - | - |
| enfired | 11 | - | - |
| empires | 11 | - | - |
| eirenic | 9 | - | - |
| dirempt | 12 | - | - |
| direful | 11 | causing fear or dread or terror | a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked |
| directs | 10 | - | - |
| desirer | 8 | - | - |
| desires | 8 | - | - |
| demirep | 12 | - | - |
| deaired | 9 | - | - |
| outfire | 10 | - | - |
| outhire | 10 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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| director | 11 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
| directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
| entirely | 11 | without any others being included or involved | was entirely to blame |
| directed | 12 | manageable by a supervising agent | a directed program of study |
| required | 18 | required by rule | required reading |
| inspired | 11 | being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | an inspired performance |
| acquired | 20 | gotten through environmental forces | acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on |
| wireless | 11 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
| firewood | 15 | wood used for fuel | they collected and cut their own firewood |
| fireball | 13 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| tiresome | 10 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | the tiresome chirping of a cricket |
| campfire | 17 | a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
| impaired | 13 | mentally or physically unfit | - |
| sapphire | 15 | a light shade of blue | - |
| inquired | 18 | - | - |
| backfire | 19 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
| redirect | 11 | channel into a new direction | redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists |
| wildfire | 15 | a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
| conspire | 12 | engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | They conspired to overthrow the government |
| tireless | 8 | characterized by hard work and perseverance | - |
| firewall | 14 | a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| entirety | 11 | the state of being total and complete | he read the article in its entirety |
| hellfire | 14 | a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned | - |
| indirect | 11 | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines | an indirect descendant of the Stuarts |
| firework | 18 | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | - |
| spitfire | 13 | a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman) | - |
| quagmire | 20 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| enquired | 18 | - | - |
| enquirer | 17 | someone who asks a question | - |
| cheshire | 16 | - | - |
| inquirer | 17 | someone who asks a question | - |
| fireside | 12 | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | fighting in defense of their firesides |
| surefire | 11 | - | - |
| tripwire | 13 | - | - |
| perspire | 12 | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | - |
| firetrap | 13 | a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
| repairer | 10 | a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | - |
| firebomb | 17 | a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | - |
| firebird | 14 | tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage | - |
| grimoire | 11 | a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons) | - |
| barbwire | 15 | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage | - |
| fireweed | 15 | an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | - |
| firedamp | 16 | a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
| overtire | 11 | tire excessively | - |
| needfire | 12 | - | - |
| fireplug | 14 | an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | - |
| firebase | 13 | an artillery base to support advancing troops | - |
| yessiree | 11 | - | - |
| zipwires | 22 | - | - |
| wireline | 11 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| direction | 12 | the act of setting and holding a course | a new council was installed under the direction of the king |
| fireworks | 19 | - | - |
| directing | 13 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | felt his mother's directing arm around him |
| fireplace | 16 | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it |
| directory | 15 | an alphabetical list of names and addresses | - |
| firepower | 17 | (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
| firehouse | 15 | a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | - |
| directive | 15 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | - |
| conspired | 14 | - | - |
| backfired | 21 | - | - |
| crossfire | 14 | a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
| solitaire | 9 | a card game played by one person | - |
| fireproof | 17 | impervious to damage by fire | - |
| firestorm | 14 | an outburst of controversy | the incident triggered a political firestorm |
| tiredness | 10 | temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | - |
| firewater | 15 | any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) | - |
| firebrand | 15 | a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | - |
| firestone | 12 | a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
| transpire | 11 | pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | - |
| reacquire | 20 | - | - |
| undesired | 11 | not desired | an undesired result |
| overtired | 13 | - | - |
| firelight | 16 | the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace) | - |
| shellfire | 15 | shooting artillery shells | - |
| misdirect | 14 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | - |
| brushfire | 17 | - | - |
| grandsire | 11 | - | - |
| firebreak | 18 | a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | - |
| perspired | 14 | - | - |
| bonetired | 12 | - | - |
| fencewire | 17 | - | - |
| firescape | 16 | - | - |
| firereels | 12 | - | - |
| firehoses | 15 | - | - |
| crosswire | 14 | - | - |
| tiremaker | 15 | - | - |
| wirelines | 12 | - | - |
| wireframe | 17 | - | - |
| shiretown | 15 | - | - |
| nanowires | 12 | - | - |
| quickfire | 27 | - | - |
| acrospire | 13 | - | - |
| acquirees | 20 | - | - |
| acquirers | 20 | - | - |
| baignoire | 12 | - | - |
| backfires | 20 | - | - |
| cheshires | 17 | - | - |
| ceasefire | 14 | - | - |
| casimires | 13 | - | - |
| campfires | 18 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| directions | 13 | - | - |
| retirement | 12 | withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | - |
| repertoire | 12 | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | - |
| indirectly | 16 | not in a forthright manner | he answered very indirectly |
| tirelessly | 13 | with indefatigable energy | - |
| transpired | 13 | - | - |
| uninspired | 13 | deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention | uninspired writing |
| directress | 13 | - | - |
| wiretapped | 18 | - | - |
| directness | 13 | trueness of course toward a goal | rivaling a hawk in directness of aim |
| desireless | 11 | - | - |
| undirected | 14 | aimlessly drifting | - |
| unrepaired | 13 | unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made | - |
| unimpaired | 15 | not damaged or diminished in any respect | his speech remained unimpaired |
| directrice | 15 | - | - |
| directives | 16 | - | - |
| dirempting | 16 | - | - |
| disattired | 12 | - | - |
| disattires | 11 | - | - |
| direnesses | 11 | - | - |
| diremption | 15 | - | - |
| despairers | 13 | - | - |
| firethorns | 16 | - | - |
| firestorms | 15 | - | - |
| firestones | 13 | - | - |
| firescreen | 15 | - | - |
| fireproofs | 18 | - | - |
| firepowers | 18 | - | - |
| fireplaces | 17 | - | - |
| fireplaced | 18 | - | - |
| firetrucks | 19 | - | - |
| firewarden | 17 | - | - |
| firewaters | 16 | - | - |
| firelights | 17 | - | - |
| firehouses | 16 | - | - |
| fireguards | 15 | - | - |
| firebrands | 16 | - | - |
| firebombed | 20 | - | - |
| fireboards | 16 | - | - |
| fireballer | 15 | - | - |
| firebreaks | 19 | - | - |
| firebricks | 21 | - | - |
| firefloods | 17 | - | - |
| firefloats | 16 | - | - |
| firefights | 20 | - | - |
| firefanged | 18 | - | - |
| firedrakes | 18 | - | - |
| firedragon | 15 | - | - |
| firecrests | 15 | - | - |
| firebushes | 18 | - | - |
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