Definition of flames

"flames" in the noun sense

1. fire, flame, flaming

the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

"fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

"flames" in the verb sense

1. flare, flame

shine with a sudden light

"The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"

2. flame

be in flames or aflame

"The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"

3. flame

criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium

"the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"

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Quotations for flames

Friendship that flames goes out in a flash. [ Proverb ]

Flames rise and sink by fits; at last they soar
In one bright flame, and then return no more. [ John Dryden ]

Love is never lasting which flames before it burns. [ Feltham ]

Lord, shall we grumble, when thy flames do scourge us?
Our sins breathe fire; that fire returns to purge us.
Lord, what an alchemist art thou, whose skill
Transmutes to perfect good from perfect ill! [ Francis Quarles ]

To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose. [ Goldsmith ]

Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns. [ Feltham ]

Truth shines with its own light; it is not by the flames of funeral piles that the minds of men are illuminated. [ Belisarius ]

No; creation, one would think, cannot be easy; your Jove has severe pains, and fire flames, in the head out of which an armed Pallas is struggling. [ Carlyle ]

Death is a mighty mediator. There all the flames of rage are extinguished, hatred is appeased, and angelic pity, like a weeping sister, bends with gentle and close embrace over the funeral urn. [ Schiller ]

flames in Scrabble®

The word flames is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters flames:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word flames

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flames in Words With Friends™

The word flames is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters flames:

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Words within the letters of flames

2 letter words in flames (9 words)

3 letter words in flames (10 words)

5 letter words in flames (7 words)

6 letter words in flames (1 word)

flames + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence flames

Words that start with flames (1 word)

Words with flames in them (1 word)

Words that end with flames (4 words)

Word Growth involving flames

Shorter words in flames

am lam lame flame

la lam lame flame

me lame flame

am lam lame lames

la lam lame lames

me lame lames

Longer words containing flames

enflames

inflames reinflames