firmware
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of firmware
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.
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noun
- (uncountable)A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.
- (uncountable)Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.
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Etymology
From firm + -ware, coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software.
Words you can make from firmware
111 playable · top: FIREARM (12 pts)
Best play firearm 12 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
32 words- WAIF 10 pts
- WIFE 10 pts
- FAME 9 pts
- FARM 9 pts
- FIRM 9 pts
- WAME 9 pts
- WARM 9 pts
- FAIR 7 pts
- FARE 7 pts
- FEAR 7 pts
- FIAR 7 pts
- FIRE 7 pts
- FRAE 7 pts
- REIF 7 pts
- RIFE 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- AMIR 6 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- MAIR 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- RAMI 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- RIME 6 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- FEW 9 pts
- FAM 8 pts
- FEM 8 pts
- MAW 8 pts
- MEW 8 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
2-letter words
17 wordsHooks
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