The Clue
Conflagration (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BLAZE
Tags
Notes
The answer BLAZE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bonfire
Fire
Flame
Pioneer
Brilliant display
Burst of flame
Flame or fire
Flare up
Horse marking
Mark, as a trail
Name for a flame
Showy outburst
Trail marker
Four-alarmer, e.g.
Mark out, as a trail
Three-alarm event
Five-alarmer, e.g.
White mark on a horse's face
Definition
BLAZE as a noun:
1. (blaze, blazing) = a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly"
2. (hell, blaze) = a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
3. (hell, blaze) = noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
4. (glare, blaze, brilliance) = great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"
5. a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
BLAZE as a verb:
1. shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
2. (blaze away, blaze) = shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
3. burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
4. (blaze, blaze out) = move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
5. indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"