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sure-fire is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for sure-fire.

17 total results for SUREFIRE   ( score: 50 )

7 results for SUREFIRE from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Wed Jul 19, 20238DCan't-missBilly Bratton
Thu Mar 12, 201553AImpossible to failEllen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
Sun Dec 9, 200712DNever-failing (2)Patrick Blindauer
Fri Jul 7, 200660AGuaranteedJoe Krozel
Mon Jan 24, 200511DGuaranteed to succeedSarah Keller
Sat Apr 10, 199934ANever-failing (2)A. J. Santora
Sun May 1, 199480DUnstoppable, as a planPeter Gordon
10 results for SUREFIRE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Wed Feb 25, 198720AHighly dependablePeter SwiftMaleska
Sat Mar 18, 197838DFoolproofWilliam LutwiniakMaleska
Thu Mar 2, 197848AGuaranteedWilliam LutwiniakMaleska
Fri Oct 11, 197426APositiveBert H. KruseWeng
Fri Jan 26, 197338DBound to succeedUnknownWeng
Tue Jul 20, 197127ACan't missUnknownWeng
Sat Aug 18, 196236DCertain: Slang.Eugene T. MaleskaFarrar
Fri Oct 20, 196114ACertain to succeed.UnknownFarrar
Tue Oct 28, 195829ACertain: Slang.Jules ArensbergFarrar
Fri Nov 18, 195558ACertain to win: Colloq.UnknownFarrar
Anagrams:FIREUSER
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