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There are 20 eight-letter words containing WIRE

BARBWIRE	• barbwire n. Alternative spelling of barbed wire. • barb-wire n. Alternative form of barbed wire. • barb␣wire n. Alternative form of barbed wire.
HARDWIRE	• hardwire v. Alternative spelling of hard-wire. • hard-wire v. To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires. • hard-wire v. (Computing) To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed.
HAYWIRES	• haywires n. Plural of haywire. • HAYWIRE n. wire used in baling hay.
NANOWIRE	• nanowire n. (Physics) A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers. • NANOWIRE n. a wire of microscopic thickness.
NEWSWIRE	• newswire n. A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public. • news␣wire n. Alternative spelling of newswire. • NEWSWIRE n. a teleprinter which transmits news stories as they occur.
PREWIRED	• prewired v. Simple past tense and past participle of prewire. • PREWIRE v. to wire beforehand.
PREWIRES	• prewires v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prewire. • PREWIRE v. to wire beforehand.
TRIPWIRE	• tripwire n. A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or… • tripwire n. Any means of detecting intruders or attackers. • tripwire v. (Transitive) To set a tripwire mechanism in (a location).
WIREDRAW	• wiredraw v. (Transitive, now rare) To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. • wiredraw v. (Transitive, obsolete) To stretch (Words, a meaning etc.) to suit one’s own purpose. • WIREDRAW v. to draw into wire.
WIREDREW	• wiredrew v. Simple past tense of wiredraw. • WIREDRAW v. to draw into wire.
WIREHAIR	• wirehair n. A wire-haired terrier. • WIREHAIR n. a breed of terrier.
WIRELESS	• wireless adj. Not having any wires. • wireless adj. Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves. • wireless n. (Uncountable) The medium of radio communication.
WIRELIKE	• wirelike adj. Resembling wire or a wire. • WIRELIKE adj. like wire.
WIRELINE	• wireline n. (Telecommunications) A landline. • wireline n. (Oil industry) A wire that runs from a drill rig down into the drill hole to support a dead load or… • WIRELINE n. a telegraph or telephone line.
WIRETAPS	• wiretaps n. Plural of wiretap. • wiretaps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wiretap. • wire-taps n. Plural of wire-tap.
WIREWAYS	• wireways n. Plural of wireway. • WIREWAY n. a tube for protecting electric wire.
WIREWORK	• wirework n. Work, especially openwork, formed of wires. • wirework n. (Film) The use of wires to suspend actors in otherwise impossible positions. • WIREWORK n. an article made from wire.
WIREWORM	• wireworm n. The larva of the click beetle. • WIREWORM n. a hard-bodied wormlike larva of the click beetle, destructive to plant roots.
WIREWOVE	• wirewove adj. A type of writing paper of a fine glazed quality. • wirewove adj. A translucent material made of woven iron wires coated in varnish, used for windows or roofs on temporary structures. • wirewove adj. A bedspring made entirely from twisted wires formed into springs.
ZIPWIRES	• zipwires n. Plural of zipwire. • zip-wires n. Plural of zip-wire. • zip␣wires n. Plural of zip wire.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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